Germany, 1931. The youth novel "Emil and the Detectives" is being filmed, which will make its author, Erich Kästner, world famous. An unusual friendship begins between the childless author and fatherless Hans, the 9-year-old playing the character Little Tuesday. Their friendship is put to the ultimate test in the Third Reich when Kästner's books are banned and little Hans becomes a Hitler Youth. Based on a true story.

Willi Kritz earns his living as a night watchman and corpse washer at the East German Pathological Institute at the Berlin Clinic. In the process, he found another source of income: he steals pathological exhibits and smuggles them to West Berlin disguised as a Berlin bear. His customer is Frundsberg, and the delivery always takes place in his Yankee sleigh.

Kasimir has just lost his job and doesn't really feel like partying. But his girlfriend Karoline persuades him to go to the Oktoberfest. A fight breaks out at the Oktoberfest...

1984 in the GDR. Jürgen and Vera Färber spend their vacation with their children Martha and Mischa in the eastern Harz Mountains. Shortly before returning home, they all play hide-and-seek together in the great outdoors. Mischa disappears without a trace! The police search is fruitless. A few days later, the authorities close the investigation and demand that the Färbers declare their son dead. But Vera and Jürgen refuse to give up.