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An anthology series that follows the work of homicide detectives in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Two young football players get caught up between the politics of the game and the politics of love.

A secretary at a Berlin newspaper in 1936 gets to write about two Alpinists, as she knows them well. She later gets to report on and photograph her friends' and other Alpinists' climbs of the dangerous Swiss Eiger north face.

The tourist season is over. Peace and monotony have settled in at a large lakeside hotel. Jacqueline, her sister Helen and her husband Hans are still there, seemingly living in harmony. But Jacqueline has a secret desire to break the routine and get away from it all. One day, as she once again hits the road in her Buick, she runs into a young man, Mark. He takes up residence in the hotel until he recovers. Jacqueline senses that this man could be the one she needs to make a fresh start.

Psychologist Eliane Hess loses her objectivity and becomes personally involved with a traumatized 8-year-old boy, who has lost his parents in a car crash.

Lea, a student at a religious school in the mountains falls in love with Father Bachman, a handsome young priest who teaches there. She pursues him and eventually he weakens, but their actions have serious repercusions for the couple and those around them.

Senator Isaak Kohler shoots and kills Professor Winter in a crowded restaurant, while Winter is dining with the struggling idealistic young lawyer, Felix Spat. Kohler puts up no defense and is sentenced to twenty years. Kohler then gets his daughter Helene to pay the reluctant Spat to reinvestigate the case, on the assumption that Kohler is innocent. The newspapers pick up on this and begin to question whether Kohler was wrongly convicted.

Steff, a solitary gay man nearing middle age in Zurich, seeks capital to buy a furniture restoration business. A newspaper's funeral notice for Martin Hilder, dead from cancer, jolts him: he and Martin had been lovers for three years, and Steff didn't know Martin was ill. At the funeral, Martin's gaunt lover, Rex, angrily denounces the family's denial: Martin, whom he calls "Hilde" and refers to as "she," died of AIDS. Martin's will leaves everything to Steff, plus the wish that his ashes be released into the sea off the coast of France. Martin's mother wants the estate and the ashes: she makes Steff an offer. Rex wants Martin's wishes honored. Will the ashes reach the sea?

Fritz Reinhart is a successful surgeon in Zurich suddenly faced with the suffering in a refugee camp on the Burmese border during his vacation in Thailand. Being a doctor, he is confronted with the issue of providing immediate emergency aid. He has no idea that this is going to last a whole year and that as a "helper" he will be caught in a turmoil of emotions that challenge his existence as a family man, even his entire life, abruptly and radically.

After his mother is rushed to the hospital, her young son Moritz finds a new home with a gay couple in the neighborhood.

When Hans looks back, he must say: That was a good life! He saw the world, loved his wife Martha and yes, two, three things went wrong. But that doesn't need to be talked about. And now? Two years ago Martha died, Hans can barely manage his daily routine anymore, and after a visit to the vet his beloved dog Miller doesn't return home. Hans is tired. Basically he can't be bothered anymore. He wants to die. But one doesn't talk about this. At best maybe with Willi, his friend. He trusts in him, he considers him as his ally, who should help him implement his plan...

Claudia is a young and talented singer aspiring to a career at the opera and working hard to receive a grant for studying in Rome. She lives with Stefan, a classical music record dealer who's divorced and has young daughter. One evening she's attacked by a purse thief on wheels. A young man, Paul, runs to her rescue. Claudia feels attracted to Paul...

Six outstanding personalities of Swiss history presented in a small documentary series.

A compulsive gambler is forced to take a chance with his own life.

The Chinese I Ching, the Book of Changes, is one of the oldest and most influential documents of mankind. It was the missionary Richard Wilhelm, who brought it to the West. The film tells his story and provides insight into ancient Chinese thought.

Swiss Army Pilot Philipp "Speedy" Scherres dies in an accident and comes back as an angel to help his widowed wife Anja to overcome the pain and loss of his death. Alphonse, another angel, accompanies Philipp and gives him the advice to have somebody "real" comfort her. Philipp chooses his best friend Albi only to discover that the two fall in love with each other. Now Philipp really has a problem to let her go.

Tom, married, 35, lives in Los Angeles where he runs a successful software company. The reason for his trip to Switzerland is the death of his younger brother, Philipp, whom he has not seen for years. As he is the only parent, he must liquidate the estate. Without enthusiasm, Tom begins to tidy up Philipp's chaotic apartment. He falls in love with Christine, Philipp's former friend, and ignores the bizarre events that occur that apparently have to do with his brother's death. One day, Christine disappears without leaving a trace. It is only then that he ceases to be indifferent. Tom wants to find her at all costs .

Roberto, a zookeeper, is not what is called an ordinary man. As a child, worked in a circus with his parents , which resulted in a strange combination of strengths and weaknesses. For instance, after having been their partner in a dangerous flying trapeze act, he has developed the ability to climb the front of a building. On the other hand, he cannot read and write. One day at the zoo, he meets Timmy, a young boy who seems to be fascinated by Lucy, a female chimpanzee. But no sooner do they start talking than a blonde tornado comes running and drags the child away.

Dragan and Madlaina accidentally meet in Zurich and fall in love. Madlaina is just 16 and is still looking for an apprenticeship. She is black, the adopted daughter of Swiss parents. Dragan is 21, a Serb. He is waiting for the appeals commission to decide on his request for asylum. When Madlaina asks him about his desertion he waffles and manages to side-step the question. Madlaina tries to help him but her plan fails. But their budding love affair survives being severely put to the test. Madlaina and Dragan travel together in a roundabout way to visit her grandmother. The latter sends them to a friend from her youth, Monti, to whom she is tied by a secret. All seems to be turning out for the best until Corro, Monti's servant, attacks Madlaina.