Ingo, Paul und Sebastian sind seit Sandkastenzeiten beste Freunde. Viele Höhen und Tiefen haben sie gemeinsam überstanden. Bis Ingo aus Verzweiflung erst eine Bank überfällt und dann die Freunde und sich selbst in eine Fernsehshow zwingt. Seit kurzem wohnen Ingo, Paul und Sebastian zusammen in einer Single-Männer-WG in München. Die Wohnung gehört eigentlich Sebastian, Paul steigt bei ihm ab, wenn er in der Stadt ist, und Ingo zieht nun ein, weil sich seine Frau von ihm getrennt hat. Aber damit nicht genug: Ingo ist in einer prekären Lage. Er braucht dringend Geld, ...

Happily married to Thomas, her daughter just off to college, Katja teaches math and music at the local elementary school. Her life seems perfect. Until a chance encounter turns her world upside down. The very weekend her family is away, she meets Daniel, an attractive, inquisitive fellow, backpacking through Germany. A travel journalist, just passing through, he camps out on her lawn. They connect. She finds his independent, freewheeling lifestyle fascinating. He tells her of his journeys. He makes her feel alive, reawakens her youthful hopes and dreams. Now old regrets come rushing back. After three exciting days, she is faced with the decision: does she go with him, or does she stay in her own, safe little world?

Juvenile court judge Marlene Neubach relies on strictness out of conviction. When she visits her son Jakob in Athens, who is currently studying there for a semester abroad, Marlene has a surprise. Jakob has disappeared from the face of the earth and is wanted by Inspector Vergas in connection with crimes. The lawyer cannot imagine that her beloved son could be involved in illegal activities. But can Marlene trust the local police? Together with her random acquaintance Alexandros, who offers to be a lawyer, the judge begins to investigate in the Greek metropolis. As she finds out, her son belongs to an allegedly criminal activist group. Through Jakob's friend Eleni, the worried mother learns about the double life of her son, who hasn't studied for months but has committed himself to political activism with conviction. In order to find him and help him, the courageous lawyer begins to rely on means that she would have to punish in the courtroom.

2013 television film

2018 television film directed by Hans Steinbichler