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- An anthology series that follows the work of homicide detectives in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
- A show about students at a boarding school in Erfurt.
- Although mistreated by her cruel stepmother and stepsister, Cinderella is able to attend the royal ball with help from her fairy godmother.
- Pre-teen foundling Emil and slightly older middle class orphan Inga seek to comfort each-other in the pitiful conditions at Mrs. Landfried's orphanage. She sells the shoes the produce in a Dickensian poorhouse workshop but keeps most profits, only ambitious eldest turned foreman Franz gets a bonus. For Christmas, the kids must sell I town the sets of matchsticks she bargained as bonus with the shoes, the winner gets a goose helping, sub)standard sale means a caning. After chasing the duo from the lucrative market, Frans wins and even gets to cane Emil, but lets him off with loud pretense. Inga ran away, dreaming in the rundown family home of her late parents welcoming her home whenever she strikes a match. Emil informs the homonymous friendly cop they met on the market, who sees the tyrant is replaced by a proper administrator.
- *King Gustav's crown prince Moritz, an avid hunter refusing to pick a suitable bride, only has an instant crush on an unidentified fresh girl he meets while she stops him from shooting a deer. It's miller Gisbert's headstrong daughter Lisa. Overheard from the castle bragging absurdly is daughter can do anything, even spin gold from straw, the miller must either accept punishment for lies or prove his words. Lis is locked up in a castle tower with straw and a spinning wheel, desperate the task is impossible, hence doomed. At night appears a measly character, who offers to do it for her heirloom necklace. As the king demands more, threatening the miller's while family, Rumpelstilzchen returns, setting as price her last heirloom, mothers' ring. The king demanding even more, his price rises to her firstborn. Prince Moritz discovered she's his wood flame, but is locked up. However the king catches a gold allergy and passes the crown to his son, who marries Lisa and has a son himself a year later. Rumpelstilzchen demands delivery, granting a last chance to keep the baby prince: is she guesses his name within a day.
- Adaptation of the famous fairy tale, "The Emperor's New Clothes".
- Two seasons, two story arcs. Season one, a bunch of terrorists take over a school to get to an instructor who has access to an advanced scientific device. A core group of youngsters fight back to try and stop the bad guys. Season two, biological weapon is being produced by some terrorists. A group of youngsters, the ones from season one, fight to stop the bio-weapons from being used.
- Wise king Christoph intends to abdicate and enjoy a carefree twilight, but has no son and hesitates to enthrone either of his daughters, the eldest two Isabella and Eugenia having flawed characters and petty obsessions, while junior princess Amélie more resembles their berated mother, queen Louisa. The king plans to let the crown go to the daughter who makes the most convincing declaration of pious love for him, but while hers sisters claim to love him more then their beloved jewels viz. fashion, Amelie infuriates him by saying 'as a daughter can only lover father, more precious then salt', he stays on and banishes her 'until salt proves more valuable'. She wanders off, disguised as journeyman Anton, still tempting fate with her smart mouth, but resolves to return after meeting again wandering African 'prince' Tabor on his natural science expedition, who lusts for her since a sharp-tongued meeting, and loyalty markers are called as true feelings combine with a ruinous salt shortage.
- With Hansel and Gretel's woodcutter father being too poor to provide for the family, their stepmother persuades him to abandon them while foraging in the forest. Wandering hungry, they find and feast on a witch's cabin made of gingerbread covered in all kinds of candy and other treats. The seemingly hospitable crone owner soon cages Hansel to be fattened as her own feast, while Gretel serves as her maid. the pair must outsmart the hag to survive and escape or be eaten.
- Goofy farm boy Max Klopstock seems good for nothing, although the mean goat makes him look worse then he actually does. Feeling an utter disappointment to his dad, he decides to follow his two brothers' example, wandering out of the village to learn a profession. Emil and Jockel become carpenter and miller, learning those trades regularly. Max first adopts a vagrant rascal dog and trough his own honesty gets apprenticed by a tailor. He makes slow progress, but by inventing the overall saves his master from bankruptcy. each brother gets a magical gift before returning home. The miller's donkey, under whose tail gold is produced, and the carpenter's table which magically produces any desired meal, get stolen by an inn-keeping couple. Max uses his gift, a self-propelled cudgel, to make them return the rest black and blue.
- Games- and gambling-obsessed king Wilbur is all but amused when his heiress daughter Ella agrees to wed street musician Jasper, who is flushed into the dungeon for subjects who didn't let the king win, witches and alleged criminals. Ella gets a forged letter claiming Jasper change his mind, but he escapes and teams up with five other weird-gifted fellow outcasts: strong man Lukas, infallible shooter Benjamin, tornado-speedy Markus, plants witch Flora and frost-breathing Lisa. Jasper masquerades as a count to wager against the realm's never-beaten runner Theodor the princess' hand. The king keeps cheating, and his whole palace is equipped for it.
- Five best friends must fight a cult to save themselves and their class.
- (Bearskin Prince) Aging king Wenzel's only son and heir, prince Marius, was his father's pride and joy, but showed no interest in state matters, absorbed by fashionable flirt and idle pleasures, taking no suitable suitor serious. On a pleasure ride trough the forest, Marius is caught in the net trap of a devil. They agree that Marius will be released but can only return home is he finds true love within a limited time. Alas for him, the additional challenge is to do so while covered in live bear fur, making him appear a dangerous monstrosity. Wandering hungry, 'bear Marius' gets shot-wounded by mean widow Hedwig and her lazy son Kilian, but is hidden, fed and nursed by their constantly abused maid Elise, who falls in love with the 'bear man'.
- A girl and her scientist uncle try to hide a penguin from treasure hunters.
- When a charming business man betrays several women in order to make money, two betrayed women execute a plan to get their money back.
- Après la mort tragique de son épouse, Ralf, décide de partir loin pour refaire sa vie avec ses enfants. Il rachète une ancienne auberge afin dy ouvrir un restaurant. La famille ignore, que jadis, lauberge fut le théâtre dévénements étranges, que les villageois imputent aux fantômes des frères Buckler, des brigands qui sévissaient 4 siècles plus tôt.
- Shortly before Christmas, the Dresden lawyer Julius Weimann is expecting his beloved daughter Julia. To his surprise, she brought the man of her dreams from the States, whom she wants to marry right away for Christmas.
- Meticulous medical doctor Hannah Blacher and eccentric writer Arthur Chalimar live next door to each other in the same hotel. Some friction soon arises
- Luis is fed up. For eight years he was the center of his parents' lives. But then IT came, the little sibling. And in no time at all it's vying for his place. But Luis doesn't give up that quickly, he wants his parents back and it's clear to him: the baby has to go. The attempt to smuggle the baby out of the house unnoticed with the help of his best friend Cem, past the sleeping mother, turns out to be a pure obstacle course, culminating in a wild chase with the neighbour's dog.
- Tom is a musician whose last success with his band was 15 years ago. Now he is broke; even his beloved guitar has been repossessed and he must look for a proper job. With forged papers he apples for a temporary position as a music teacher at a Catholic school for students with learning disabilities. His approach to music education, a far cry from hitting a few notes on a triangle which is pretty much all his new students are used to, is to form a band: The Mongolettes.
- Does it bring luck or rather bad luck, this little black tomcat who wanders through the cozy suburb where Rosa Schätzlein and Frido Schulz are at home? At first neither of them notice the animal at all, as they are far too busy with other things: Especially with themselves. Because although Frido and Rosa have known each other since their studies, have been neighbors for ages and Frido's wife is Hanne Rosa's best friend, they are like cats and dogs and never miss an opportunity to fight. The former law student is a thorn in the side of Frido in particular: She made it to the position of a successful lawyer while he had to take over his father's modest electronics business. But then a real stroke of fate overtakes the family man, notorious choleric and lay lawyer: Hanne dies. Frido and Rosa notice how empty their lives are without Hanne. Frido's children, with whom Rosa is also very close, cannot alleviate the grief: Daughter Vivien is pursuing a career in the USA, son David is working hard on his own relationship life in addition to the police job and is slowly getting tired of daddy's constant emergency calls. In this desperate situation, the said cat comes into play: One evening she runs up to the broken widower, who immediately takes her into his heart, takes her in and affectionately baptizes "Puschi". The jealous neighbor Almut Fischer doesn't like that at all: She has long since kept her eye on Frido, wants to have him to herself and is also allergic. Thanks to Almut's deceitful intervention, "Puschi" ends up with Rosa, who, also single and plagued by professional hardships, shows herself delighted at the arrival of the cuddly animal: henceforth it will be called "Lumpazi". Of course it is only a matter of time before Frido gets wind from Rosa's new housemate, recognizes him as his "Puschi", senses a wanton cat theft and takes the case to court. But what will the verdict be: the end point of a wonderful enmity - or the chance for something completely new?
- Prisoner Edmund Frank is offered a large amount of money by the editor of a magazine, to tell the real story of his crime and the hiding place of the one million Mark he stole from the bank he worked for.
- After receiving a dubious Phone call at work, Eva Konalsky, a typist working at a Steel Factory disappears without a trace. The Saarbrücken Police sends the two cops Liersdahl and Schäfermann to investigate. Both of them have a very different view of how police work should be done and they are not very fond of each other at first. When another person of the Steel Factory's personnel is murdered they both have to do their best to solve the case.
- The East German authorities are calling the West German Police for assistance on a case. The body of a boy was found at a Truck Stop near Leipzig. The boy wears shoes made in West Germany. Some time later the assistance call is withdrawn. Phoning his colleague in East Berlin, a man he worked together with in the past, investigator Paul Trimmel in Hamburg is told: "There is no work for you here." But Trimmel investigates on his own. He finds out that the wealthy Erich Landsberger is the illegitimate father of the dead kid. Landsberger and his other son have moved to Frankfurt. Trimmel pays him a visit there. The man is of no great help for him, but Trimmel gets an unexpected clue from Landsberger's little son. He has to go to Leipzig himself to find out more. So he leaves the Transit Route near the city, pretending his car broke down, takes a Taxi and goes looking for Eva Billsing, the dead boy's mother. She is not home when Trimmel arrives. The next day Trimmel encounters Eva's boyfriend Peter Klaus, who works for the East German Police, and talks him into letting him have a word with Eva. At least Klaus gives in to Trimmel and the things Eva tells him help solve the case.
- A dead woman found in the Donau, is the wife of a very important guest of the Austrian Government. Oberinspektor Marek is asked to investigate the case very gently.
- Brigitta Beerenberg calls the police to inform them she has killed her husband in self-defense. Trimmel wants her to be examined by a psychiatrist.
- Max Bergusson hijacks flight AE612 from Milaan to Beirut. His wife's murderer is on board and he demands the captain to fly to Hamburg instead. Before he boards the plane, he informs Hauptkommissar Trimmel through a curious message.
- After a few days away from home with his girlfriend constructor Breuke from Sieverstedt hurries home to convince his wife he is not having an affair. On the road home he hits a bicyclist, but drives on instead of calling an ambulance. Arriving at his house he deliberately hits the post of the driveway gate to disguise the damage of the accident. All the while he is unaware that his wife is watching him. Hauptkommissar Finke arrives in the village after the local police has taken Peter Reichert as a suspect. His assistant wants to investigate further. Meanwhile Breuke is being blackmailed by an unknown person. Then an actual murder takes place.
- In Frankfurt con man Johannes Stein is making easy money with his latest trick: He is selling "Gold" to unsuspecting people. He too talks the Wimper family into buying some, later to be stored in a Swiss bank. After seeing proof, Grandpa Wimper is eager to buy. Little does he know about that "Gold". When Stein tries to sell some more to a business tycoon, he gets busted and has to flee. It's now up to investigator Konrad to track down the swindler and to arrest him.
- Kressin is back in Cologne, where he works for the customs office. Soon he is ordered to a new case. A gang of bootleggers keep outwitting the customs authorities. Kressin's colleagues can't find any evidence of a crime. Everytime the suspicious trucks are checked at the border, their load is always correct, as declared. Kressin now has to find the liquor and the bootleggers' HQ.
- Customs officer Kressin is on holiday in Hamburg and sees the tour guide acting suspiciously. He ignores it, but the day after the guide is found dead in the water.
- An American private eye is shot dead in Germany by an international extortion gang, and his partner arrives to seek revenge.