Fluss des Lebens: Wiedersehen an der Donau

Vienna – In front of the Tanneks’ villa, a somewhat wild Romanian of no more than 15 years of age stands and demands to see Dana Manulescu. Dr. Daniela Tannek is thunderstruck, slams the door in the “stranger’s” face, tries to hide her agitation from her still-husband Franz and daughter Paula. But the
young Romanian doesn’t let up until he’s in the car with “Aunt Dana” – on the way to her old home: the Romanian Danube Delta. Neither Franz nor Paula know about Daniela’s real origins.

In the Delta, Dana meets the real reason for this trip: Her brother Silviu Manulescu. The rifts of the past between Dana and Silviu have widened with each passing year since childhood, seeming almost insurmountable for brother and sister. Dana is about to turn her back on Silviu, the village and her old home once and for all. But then Franz and Paula appear in this enchanted water world, in the mist of which their Daniela has disappeared so uncharacteristically that they were seriously worried.

Franz, in his own way, helps Dana stay. It is the only chance to save their almost lost relationship. It is only in the encounter with the homeland that has become so foreign to her and with the unique nature of the people there that she finds the peace to arrive and to pave a way to herself with careful steps.

But then she realizes that she doesn’t have much time left, because Silvio is sick. Very sick. Emil’s only wish was for his father to finally find his way back to his sister, whom he misses – whether he admits it or not – more than he can even bear.

Fluss des Lebens -Verloren am Amazonas

A wildly romantic love adventure that surprises the viewer anew with every bend of the Amazon, the largest river on earth, and in the end lets the hearts that belong together find each other.

Fluss des Lebens: Geboren am Ganges

Together with his mother Elvira, Robert Hansen travels to India to pick up his now two-year-old niece Suri from her surrogate mother. While Elvira is excited by the thought of soon being a grandmother, the pragmatic Robert acts more out of a sense of duty. He only recently learned of the girl’s existence while sorting through the records of his sister Anke, who died in an accident. Now he believes he has to fulfill Anke’s last wish: He wants to bring Suri to Germany and take care of her.

After their arrival in the holy city of Varanasi, they learn that the little girl has suddenly disappeared: Ganesh, the ex-husband of surrogate mother Parvati, has kidnapped the child. Supposedly because he wants to protect Parvati, who belongs to a lower caste and lives in poor circumstances. Because as the mother of a blonde and fair-skinned girl, she is ostracized by those around her.

Only reluctantly does the cautious Robert set off in search of the kidnapped child. But when he sees Suri, the spitting image of his deceased sister, for the first time, there is no doubt in his mind: he must save his niece. Together with Parvati he takes up the pursuit across the Ganges. However, his mother knows nothing about Robert’s adventurous journey. Worried about her son, she finds comfort in the German dropout Fluppe.

Fluss des Lebens: Geliebte Loire

Romy believed that with Kay she had finally found the happiness of her life. But now, when she is released from prison after a year of incarceration, she has to learn that he has a child with someone else. A bitter disappointment for Romy. And even the job in a retirement home promises little hope for better times.

A trip to the Loire is just what she needs. Johanna Langhoff, a resident of the home, makes her a tempting offer: If Romy accompanies her on her last trip to the Loire, the old lady wants to make her her sole heir.

Although the two women are like fire and water, the disillusioned Romy embarks on the adventure. At the same time, it gets on Romy’s nerves that Mrs. Langhoff still draws on her memories: as a young woman, she spent unforgettable summers on the Loire with her French lover. However, their happiness came to an abrupt end when one day Mrs. Langhoff had to receive the surprising news of the death of her beloved Henri.

Pierre, the French captain of the ship in which Romy and Mrs. Langhoff travel down the side channels of the Loire, is also scarred by love. But that does not mean that he has lost his French lightness. And so three very different people embark on a journey together, during which Romy learns for the first time what it means to be valued as a person for oneself.

Only with this new attitude towards life does she finally manage to jump over her shadow and stand by the old lady when she is completely surprised to learn that her whole life is based on a lie.

Der Prag-Krimi: Wasserleiche

Jan Koller, a theater-loving inspector with the BKA in Berlin, is asked to solve the death of a colleague. And this in the Czech Republic, of all places, where Koller lived as a child and which is associated for him with exclusively bad memories.

Reluctantly, he goes to Prague, where his colleague was killed at his brother’s bachelor party. It quickly becomes clear to Koller that the killer is to be sought in the dead man’s closest circle of friends.

In order to unmask the perpetrator, Koller exposes him to the very situation that led to the murder: Koller has the night of the murder meticulously recreated – much to the displeasure of the suspects, but also of his Prague colleague Klára Majerova. Koller’s unusual method takes everyone involved to their limits.