A man in search of his son: Adil Bahdari comes from Berlin to Passau after a fisherman finds an expensive watch with a dedication on the back on the banks of the Danube. The watch was a gift from Adil Bahdari to his son Ahmed, whom he has not heard from for some time. He hires private detective Ferdinand Zankl to search for his son.

An overwhelmed young mother, her hard-working boyfriend and her lonely sister are trapped in their daily routine and social conventions, until one of them breaks out of her role and turns everything upside down.

The undercover investigator Robert is supposed to win the trust of a criminal through a fictitious relationship with Leni. However, the feelings are not just a game. It is the spied criminal, of all people, who makes him confront his contradictory feelings…

Leonardo, whose real name is Michael, wants new white teeth—because everyone has them now. Only unsuccessful people still have yellow ones. So he needs 150 euros, which he doesn’t have, since he’s got more credit record entries than cash. On the streets, the law of the strongest applies—if you don’t have something, you take it, and Leonardo takes it. But the watch he steals turns out to be a fake, and he decides to simply return it to its owner. Luck, however, arrives a little later…

In 1952, a train journey to Oslo becomes a battleground when a journalist and her husband confront a man who claims to have saved thousands during WWII. As questions arise about his true motives, the line between hero and opportunist blurs.