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A woman of English extraction born in the German city of Ingelheim in the ninth century disguises herself as a man and rises through the Vatican ranks.

Trapped in a loveless arranged marriage to the immature future Czar, a young German Princess proves a skillful political infighter and rises to become Catherine the Great.

The secret smuggling of 9,300 Jewish children out of Nazi Germany in the late 1930s.

Ethaniel, an alien creature from a distant galaxy, takes on human form in order to capture the rogue alien David Banning. Now Ethaniel must learn about our world: how we think and how we relate to each other. Dr. Laura Keating assists Ethaniel in his understanding of the "human" way while he pursues Banning. Ethaniel knows Banning's secret goal lies in the brain of Thorber, Ethaniel's missing brother. A brilliant scientist, Thorber originally worked with Banning but fled after discovering Banning's real scheme: the ultimate destruction of all human life on earth. Joined by Byder, a rebel hooked on conspiracy theories, Ethaniel and Dr. Laura Keating set out on their mission. Forging a powerful interspecies alliance, Laura and Ethaniel risk their lives and their emotions, including their growing love for each other. Danger, romance and suspense abound.

A C.I.A. Agent and a geneticist battle to keep a deadly biological weapon from falling into the wrong hands, when the weapon's inventor is kidnapped.

Just before her 18th birthday, Kirsten leaves for a village called Selmen. All the girls kill themselves when they turn 18. Kirsten finds out that just before that, they all had problems getting to sleep. She also experiences sleeping problems and attempts to find out what is going on.

In 1986, David Whitman came home, contaminated his wife and child, and watched them die. Years later, he leads a hazmat team investigating an industrial accident near Budapest. One contaminated man escaped. Terrorist expert Holly Anderson is part of a unit which operates on the premise that the contaminated man is a terrorist murdering his victims. Whitman, on the other hand, believes the contaminated man to be an innocent victim. Either way, the contaminated man must be found, because after he touches people, they live only a few minutes.

A couple of days in the life of a police station in Hamburg.

When a dead priest turns up, the police inspector Blank begins to investigate. In parallel, from the Vatican a special emissary, Father Castell, is sent to investigate. That way they meet, and begin to work together in future crimes.

Successful photographer Esther Kaufmann has entered into a love affair with the married Munich publisher Rolf Berghoff, who dies under mysterious circumstances.

Felicitas Büchner, known as Fee, is a dedicated Berlin physiotherapist. For two years, Fee has been having a secret affair with the married orthopedist Dr. Wolfgang Schlegel, who repeatedly promises her that he will leave his wife in order to open his own practice with Felicitas. The realization of this dream comes closer when Fee's favorite uncle dies and leaves her a farm in Bavaria. For Wolfgang, who accompanies Fee to the funeral service in her old home, the matter is clear: over her head, he makes contact with a windy broker in order to sell the run-down farm as quickly as possible and put the money into the joint practice. But for Fee, who reminisces about her youth, it all happens a bit quickly - and there's a catch: Luise, her uncle's clever and cheerful housekeeper, has a lifelong right to live in the magnificent old farmhouse, which is also a listed building . While Wolfgang now has to go to Munich because his wife thinks he's at a medical conference there and wants to visit him, Fee is having more and more doubts about whether she should even sell. When the farm goes up in flames one night, Fee is suspected of setting the fire herself in order to solve the problem with the monument protection. The dedicated veterinarian Valentin Wildner is at her side and convicts the corrupt city councilor Ebert as an arsonist. Fee and Valentin get closer - but now of all times Wolfgang shows up with the long-awaited news that he has finally separated from his wife.

A day trip to the desert turns into a nightmare for a group of German tourists

Successful surgeon Bettina Nachmann releases herself from rehab. She's fed up, she wants to get out, she wants to get back to her daily routine in the clinic, see her colleagues and lead a normal life.

Comedy about a publisher's employee who pretends to be pregnant to protect herself from imminent dismissal.

Turandot at the Forbidden City is a 1998 live production of Puccini's opera Turandot directed by Zhang Yimou, with Zubin Mehta conducting the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.