Duitsland, zomer 1936. Toni en Andi zijn jeugdvrienden die een passie voor bergbeklimmen delen. Ze zijn geobsedeerd door het trotseren van de beruchte Noordwand (in de volksmond 'Moordwand') van de berg Eiger. Ze gaan over tot beklimming onder grote media-aandacht, onder meer van Toni's jeugdliefde Luise die nu journaliste voor de Nazi-partij is. Onderweg komen de heren ook nog twee Oostenrijkers tegen met wie ze optrekken, maar dan draait het weer volledig om.

When a notorious German serial killer is captured after committing some of the most heinous acts against humanity ever imaginable, a farmer and police officer from a sleepy rural community on the outskirts of Berlin is drawn into the case as he searches for the answers to a murder that has shaken his tight-knit community.

In anticipation of his promotion, Carlo Lehmann and his family move into a house in an exquisite residential area. But instead of professional advancement, the sudden termination follows! Carlo doesn't dare to tell his family the truth and gets more and more entangled in white lies. When his children find out about him, they secretly try to avert the financial catastrophe with their own means..

Bettina and Frank are from Saxony, without a job and are on vacation for the first time. They go to the sunny beach, where the unemployed Bulgarians Tenscho and Radka open a boutique to earn money with the Germans.