When a body is found floating inside a pond deep in the forest, Detective Paul Werner is faced with a mystery.

As a 16-year-old girl, Christina experienced her great love – with 39-year-old Jakob. When he died in an accident, he left an irrevocable gap in her life. Twenty years later, young Patrick rescues Christina from a thunderstorm. From the beginning, he reminds her of Jacob, from his friendly and confident nature to his characteristic gestures. The two become lovers. Christina is happy with Patrick, in whom she sees more and more the Jacob she has found again. But the more the two men become one person for Christina, the more irritated Patrick becomes. When he begins to see more than coincidence in their encounter, Christina has disappeared.

Jana hits a man who crosses the road without looking at her. Even though she is not to blame, the thought of Tom, who is now in a coma, never leaves her mind. One day he stands in front of her, complaining about what has happened - but no one can see him except her. He struggles with the fact that he appears to be a ghost....

Rainer has everything he needs to be happy: a great job, a gorgeous wife and a designer apartment. And tonight, he absolutely wants to have a baby, which is bound to be great. Except that his partner would have liked to talk about it first. Lotte is feeling more and more the need to get some fresh air and take stock. She rushes off to the airport with the idea of getting away for a few days. At the airport bar, she meets Henrik, who has decided to change his life after the death of his wife and is about to leave for Australia...

Jakob and Annette are on their way to Arved. An "alumni party" is being held there with fellow students. Host Arved is now a successful politician who has offered the previously unsuccessful journalist Jakob an attractive job. But when Annette sees Arved's wheelchair-bound wife Diana, she just wants to get away.

The beautiful Emma is not only a notorious kleptomaniac, but also walking proof of the chaos theory: although she usually only has good things in mind, her life is a trail of destruction. When she is no longer even wanted in prison, Franz Berger has to deal with Emma. In no time at all, the life of the unfortunate probation officer resembles a shambles: In no time at all, he loses his wife, house, car and job. To make matters worse, he is also accused of bank robbery.

Lily wants to be run a brothel. But corrupt cops threaten her with violence. Lily needs help.

Peter Weiss’ monumental 1965 stage play, among the greatest artworks on the Holocaust, condenses the testimonies of witnesses and the accused during the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963-1965. This ultra-faithful film adaptation builds, across four hours, in its intensity and graphically described detail.