Fri, Nov 10, 2000
Karl Ravinski, CEO of a flourishing design kitchens firm, celebrates his birthday with family, mist of which lives on his grand country estate. Then Karl travels to Mallorca, to negotiate a Spanish takeover with slick Freiberg, who keeps him distracted with his luxury villa, yacht and foxy executive assistant Cora Talheim. She however betrays her boss by revealing she not an MBA but a call-girl, and the deal is rotten. Back in Germany, Karl stubbornly overrules Cora's protestations she wants neither a reward nor a relationship. They end up married, greeted by the family with mixed feelings, which culminate after Karl dies during love-making, having put Cora in his will.
Thu, Jan 6, 2005
At the death of her once close Italian uncle Gianni, Lilly Kerner is in line to inherit a substantial sum. While her whole family is in Venice with her to settle the estate, she meets Conte Francesco di Selari, the charming aristocratic hotel owner who was Gianni's best friend. They soon fall in love, but she refuses a proposal because he's already engaged to employee Giovanna. Francesco also tells her that Gianni had an illegal child. Actually, uncle Gianne left his palazzo jointly to Lilly and Francesco.
Fri, Nov 20, 2015
At a speed dating, it clicks between public greens laborer Andi, who pretends being an attorney, and assurance mathematician Kathrin (40), whose married -hence envied- sister Susanne convinced her to try, but reacted on previous candidates being turned off by that profession posed as a nurse. Yet finding out his deception she meanly overreacts, yet can't forget him and is to be found out herself after 'dumping him', believing she's revenging being stood up, while he only hesitated to call. Andi's work buddy Norbert and Susanne counsel coming clean, leading to another date.
Fri, Apr 11, 2014
Single farm girl Anna must consider seeking a fiance so they can run her retirement-minded parents Hans and Elisabeth's mixed farm together. So he must be a good worker and sexy, but the date site her best friend recommends yields no suitable candidate. Against initial objections on principle, she tries and likes foxy fatherless neighboring farm boy Ludwig, who is eager to date. However pilot Georg, who met Anna as market vegetables client, has the hots for her and isn't satisfied stealing a kiss.
Fri, Oct 29, 2004
Julius von Tallien invites Barbara to spend the summer and attend his daughter Marianne's grand wedding at the family castle. She's the orphaned daughter of his sister Barja, who was discredited on account of an 'undesirable affair. The girl's lack of finesse disturbs the women, especially Julius's wife. Her natural charm soon delights the men, especially hunky neighbor Christian Thormann, an architect who adored Barja as a boy. She dumps him when his estranged wife, actress Liliane Thormann, turns up. Then Marianne's fiancée dumps her to seduce Barbara.
Fri, May 20, 2011
Romantic Bavarian hotel Blaues Land ('blue country'), visited by several artists, even inspiring them, is a family business. Widow Ruth Rosinger runs it with her granddaughter Marie, whose mother Carla always gives priority to her own career in painting and admirers, like art professor Peter Blumfeld. Berlin-based international photographer Niklas Steinke is hired for a publicity campaign, but Ruth also hopes to 'sell' gray mouse Marie before age cripples her charm as potential bride. Fellow hotelier Ronald Schönauer is attracted by dating website, but ignored. Marie has an instant secret crush on Niklas, but feels she can't compete with his flirtatious model Sandra.
Fri, May 16, 2003
The brothers Franz and Klaus Seebacher's comfy farm life is shaken by the arrival of penniless Eva 'Eve', who claims to be Franz's estranged gambler-son Georg's second ex-wife, arriving with recently deceased first wife Eva Maria's sissy pre-teen son Robbie. Unhappilt married country doctor Dr. Freese gave Eva a lift from the rail station, and already has a crush on her. Franz decides to file for grandfatherly custody and make Robbie his heir, Klaus turns flirtatious. Devoted housekeeper Alma soon smells a rat about 'poor' Eve and takes measures against the apparent gold-digger, but the plot is yet incomplete.
Fri, May 3, 2013
Paul Sommer reluctantly faces mandatory pension age as Bavarian weather observation station officer, forced to hand over to academically more qualified, yet in his eyes inept, unconcerned present deputy Bernhard. Paul's wife Teresa plans the start of their happy life as leisure couple, to kick off with a Mexican cruise, but he enlists local, also meteorology-obsessed rascal whiz kid Tim Gruber to help him set up a private website while Paul transforms his garden into a weather station. That drives Paula to attempt making him jealous by answering the seductive invitations of handsome, younger Cristian Frey.
Fri, May 27, 2011
Dr. Maria Wagner's sudden dismissal at 50 is a hard blow, so she wants another job. Meanwhile she goes to her ex's idyllic lake house, where her best friend Jovana presents her older lover, Elvis imitating hedonist Steffen Berger. An anniversary party and a lumbago soon make Maria spend time with and grow closer to Steffen, as Jovana with her ex, studly veterinarian Finn Huber.
Fri, Jun 27, 2003
Paul Buchner's romantic novels sell well, his head on the cover stands for love, romance and passion. His private life however is a depressing mess. Paul's marriage ended in divorce. He has a lover, his publisher's daughter, yet their whining daughter forces him to return to his ex, who remarried Konrad 'Conni' Killinger, a better catch who provokes Paul.