Leipzig, 1989: Twelve-year-old Fritzi lovingly looks after a little dog belonging to her best friend, Sophie, who has apparently gone on summer vacation with her family in Hungary. But when Sophie doesn’t return in the fall, it becomes clear that her family actually fled to West Germany. Fritzi courageously sets out to return Sputnik to Sophie… and gets caught up in a movement that’s changing the future of the country.

After the success of the internationally acclaimed Threepenny Opera, the film industry sets its sights on creating a film version. But Bertolt Brecht (Lars Eidinger) is not prepared to play by their rules. His conception of The Threepenny Film is a bold, uncompromising vision, steeped in politics and sharp satire. He aims to forge a cinematic paradigm shift, a goal he knows the production company will never endorse, their focus firmly entrenched in commercial viability.

As a train passenger, you can usually sit back and relax on the 791 kilometers (492 miles) of track between Munich in the south and Hamburg in the north. Not so on this evening, when a storm brings train services to a standstill and forces many travelers to rethink their plans. Four completely different personalities find themselves sharing a cab...

Pierrot and Dickie have completed their training as spaceship pilots and are now looking forward to new challenges. Soon, the two arrive for their first mission, which is to identify an unknown flying object.

An unknown flying object appears on the radar. Pierre, Pierrette, and Maestro discuss where it might come from and whether it might be hostile.

The representatives of the confederation, chaired by the President, are now to vote on how to deal with the unknown flying object. There is no consensus at all!

The new recruits of the Milky Way security force arrive for training. Pierrette is worried about Fat Nose's threatening behavior. Meanwhile, the UFO enters the ship's observation space. This calls for immediate action!

Now things are getting serious: The crew is getting ready to launch, and the two young pilots are eager to go along for the ride. Will they be able to persuade their fathers to let them?

The crew of Starship Hummingbird are doing everything they can to make contact with the unidentified flying object. Will they be successful?

Julia and Marie have recently moved to Berlin and are waiting for their friend Brigitta to arrive for a visit.

After picking her up from the train station, the two roommates are very excited to show Brigitta their apartment. She is impressed, but also very tired from traveling.

After a good night's sleep and a delicious breakfast, Brigitta's friends want to take her out to see their neighborhood. They hope that they can even convince her to move there.

Brigitta finds out that her friends are having some trouble getting along as roommates and communicating about their expectations.

When Marie comes home and has a few complaints about living with Julia, it's clear to Brigitta that the two of them need to talk.

When all three friends are back at the apartment, Brigitta encourages Marie and Julia to speak about what's bothering them.