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The Germanic cult 'Colonia Dignidad' abused children, tortured and killed prisoners in its secret compound. Now, with Chilean dictator Pinochet gone, Leo RamĂrez, a young federal prosecutor, must bring its leader Paul Schaefer to justice.
In a politically, morally and economically destroyed country, three sisters of an industrialist family in post-war Germany reinvent themselves and set the course for their future.
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Hardly any piece of clothing embodies freedom, pragmatism and individuality as much as the Bluejeans. It is considered a symbol of the "American Dream" and is carried from arm to rich by almost every person. Despite their popularity, very few know the history of their invention. Around 1850, the German-Jewish peddler son Levi Strauss emigrated to America with his sister due to lack of prospects and anti-Semitism in the old Franconian homeland. His brothers are already doing a dry goods store there. When the big gold rush breaks out, Levi continues to San Fransicso, where he opens a textile goods business under his own name. The demand from the gold-diggers for hard-wearing pants is high. So the bustling businessman teams up with the ingenious Latvian tailor Jacob Davis, who came up with the idea of ​​strengthening the seams of the pants with rivets. But a protection money patron dominates the port city and makes life difficult for them. And there are also difficulties with the patent.
Lucie is desperate: ever since she met Ben, the damn good-looking adventurer, no stone has been left unturned in her life. Not only did she immediately fall in love with the guy, but now she's fighting for her life in the hot desert sun: Because the little adventure she dreamed of is becoming a brutal reality. When their jeep gets stuck in quicksand, they have to continue on foot. But the scorching sun is merciless and their water supply is finite. The supposedly saving road seems close enough to touch, but then a huge canyon opens up in front of them ... In the meantime, Lucie's fiancé David, who as usual has no time to look after Lucie because of all his appointments, has organized a jeep to look for his girlfriend. He sets off into the desert with two locals - and there a fight to the death breaks out...
The biker Anne has a violent one night stand with the supposed cop Chris after a minor infraction. Two days later, feeling guilty and traumatized, she decides to go hiking with her boyfriend Michael in the Whistler chain of mountains, a spot where bicycles are prohibited. When she sees Chris riding a bike, she tells Michael about her affair, and Chris unexpectedly kills Michael. Along the rest of the day and night, Anne is chased by Chris in a sick and mortal mouse-and-cat game.
Henriette's second assignment as a premium nanny also takes her to an exotic location. The young-at-heart woman in her mid-50s travels to South Africa to look after two bored children on a farm in the wilderness. Anton and Linus are staying with their grandfather Konrad Eckstein for four weeks. Eckstein doesn't really have much interest in his grandchildren, preferring to spend his time with his animals. Nanny Henriette comes at just the right time - even if he can't warm to the older lady either. But Henriette refuses to accept Eckstein's stoic nature. She investigates why the grandfather has no desire to spend time with his grandchildren and also wonders why Johanna Eckstein's daughter left the farm a long time ago. Who knows, maybe Henriette can reunite the family.
August 13, 1961: The passengers on the interzonal train from Munich to East Berlin learn 3½ hours before crossing the border that the Wall is being built in Berlin. They have 3½ hours to make a life-changing decision: to get off the train or keep going.
1978. In a desperate act of love, a plane is hijacked in East Germany and forced to land in the American Sector of West Berlin, triggering a Cold War crisis and forcing 60 hapless passengers to decide in minutes whether to give up everything and stay in the West...
