Things are turbulent at the Munich Institute for Molecular Research: physicist Jakob, a distracted professor, and his colleague Lehmann are working flat out on an incredible transformation project to solve the world hunger problem. However, if Jakob does not provide practical proof of his theories within 24 hours, his project is to have the lights switched off or the funding withdrawn. On the umpteenth attempt, the unbelievable suddenly happens: a simple beer bottle turns into an oriental miracle vessel in the transformer - in which the genie Tabatah lives! She was supposed to be married off to the Prince of Baghdad by her uncle Assis, but falls in love with her new lord and master Jacob, to whom she now owes three wishes. But Jacob is far too busy to realize who Tabatah really is and how she feels about him.

In 1943, while the Allies are bombing Berlin and the Gestapo is purging the capital of Jews, a dangerous love affair blossoms between two women – one a Jewish member of the underground, the other an exemplar of Nazi motherhood.

Two beautiful young women kill men in a villa in Tuscany: Maya and Cora have been friends since childhood. Maya has an alcoholic artist father who deserted the family, a mentally disturbed mother and a violent brother, Carlo. Cora is from a wealthy middle-class family. Cora helps Maya to poison Carlo's friend Detlef, who is threatening to blackmail her. They then kill Carlo when he tries to rape Cora. Cora's family takes Maya in, and a happy time begins for her, particularly when they spend the summer in Italy.

A new case for the energetic criminal investigation officer Beate Stein: The half-undressed corpse of a subway driver is found in a subway tunnel. It soon seems as if the perpetrator has been found in a convicted female murderer. But after his death, the murders continue ...

Italy gives sponsors the choice between banishment and prison. Mario Adorf decides to go into exile.