Schabernack tells the story of Robin, who has to take responsibility for his mentally ill mother at an early age. Together with his little brother Felix, he tries to keep any stress away from her. When the two brothers throw potatoes at their neighbors' windows at night, they are suddenly followed by strangers...

During World War II, a Polish food server at a luxury German hotel tempts fate as he romances local women while hiding his Jewish identity.

Sixteen-year-old Jann shields his mother Lina from the outside world in a system that has been established over the years. When Jann falls in love with Selma, who is a year older than him, he is less and less able to keep his family secret. Selma and Jann's love causes his previous world to collapse, but ultimately it also gives him the strength he needs to claim a new place for himself in life.

After 14 years away, Hein returns to his home village on a remote island, only to discover that the close-knit community no longer recognises him. Suspecting him to be an impostor, they demand a trial to determine his true identity.

A writer in a midlife and marital crisis, overwhelmed by his growing children and unable to accept change, meets another woman. A bit half-hearted and unintentionally funny, he tries to do something different.

17-year-old twins Mia and Jakob are distraught: their father died unexpectedly the night after his 50th birthday. Suicide, at least according to the police investigation. Mia and Jakob cannot accept this; unlike their mother, they are convinced that someone else must be responsible.

Yasmin works as a paramedic while caring for her sick mother and nine-year-old sister Ayla. Financial pressure pushes her into an extra shift. During a 24-hour duty, mistakes pile up. When she takes Ayla along in the ambulance, the next call is a resuscitation - and Yasmin loses control. Suddenly, she is her own emergency.