The marriage crisis between Annabelle and Friedrich Schrader is barely over when Annabelle's mother Edda causes a stir with her late marriage plans. Edda has fallen in love with her rich classmate Martin Bergmann. When he turns out to be an impostor, the excitement is great. After all, Martin has boastfully announced that he will grant Annabelle and Friedrich an interest-free loan with which they can finance their dream home. The debts incurred by the house purchase weigh heavily on Friedrich's shoulders, who also doesn't have the best standing in his job as a chemist.

Ironies abound in this extremely sad melodrama about Elif, a Turkish immigrant in Germany who has been sent to prison for murdering her abusive husband. At the time of her imprisonment, she has never ventured outside the Turkish community, and even there has had no friends because of the demands her husband placed on her. She speaks no German. Now, in a place which most people find to be hell on earth, she gains a never-before known taste of freedom among these strangers, who don't even speak her own language. Unfortunately, as a "guest worker," she is horrified to discover that she is soon to be transferred to the horrific prisons of Turkey and will stand trial there for her crime, which will be much less understandingly dealt with in her home country than it would have been in Germany. The false paradise she must say goodbye to is her German prison.

Psychotherapist Ulf Weiß and his girlfriend Sarah Gievenbeck want to get married. They go to Sarah's parents' house for a weekend. Sarah's father, Heinrich Gievenbeck, a judge at Münster District Court, is extremely pedantic and keeps a close eye on his daughter's well-being. So this weekend he wants to test whether Ulf really is the right man for Sarah. At first Ulf and Sarah have to sleep in separate rooms, and the next morning Heinrich asks Ulf to come hunting with him at the crack of dawn. Ulf does Heinrich the favor. But he accidentally shoots Heinrich's beloved dog instead of the stag.

Diesel, Sheriff and Hopper are not only avid Borussia Dortmund fans, they are also best friends. After a game of their hobby team, one of their teammates takes his own life. While still in mourning, the three buddies discover that the deceased had stashed millions of dollars in a hiding place at work. In the midst of their joy over their unexpected wealth, however, they realize that these are flowers, albeit well-made ones. But that doesn't stop the Ruhr Valley couple from having the bills exchanged for real Deutschmarks.

Based on the novel "Trust D. E." by Ilja Ehrenburg. Jens Boot, a successful manager in a multinational corporation, organizes the takeover of companies in Europe. Very soon he realizes his task—the preparation of the destruction of Europe. He suspects his girlfriend of being involved in the conspiracy. Only in the European desert do they meet again.