Judith leads a busy life with her daughter Lissi and her job as statistician.

Max Helmer, son of Paul Helmer, a great businessman, must now work for a while as domestic help to know better what is work and the value of money.He will help Elena and her children.

Katja Stern, a successful newspaper editor, is shocked to find that the tensions in her marriage with Erik, a no less successful lawyer, have led to health problems for her 12-year-old son. On the advice of her doctor she drives the boy alone into the mountains. Christopher is getting better, but the family life of Stern is not going well. When Katja meets the farmer Johannes in the mountains and falls in love, she has to make a decision.