Peter Pikl

Thomas Donnhofer has worked for many years as a director of the best hotels to earn enough money for his dream: his own horse farm in Austria. As his divorced wife sends her fourteen-year-old daughter Stefanie to him during the holidays, it comes first to conflicts with the father. Stefanie hates the country life. But when Thomas the vet Dr. Meeting Lisa Kern and now thinking about creating a hoard for tortured, unloved animals, Thomas's unruly daughter is finally reconciled. And between Thomas and Lisa develops a delicate romance.

Kurt Schneider is a superficial and funloving character. Instigated by his mother he swindles his way into the legacy of a house and some money. Both Kurti and his mother are certain there are no legal heirs to the property. Great is their surprise when Ilona appears, who is the legal heiress coming from a remote part of Yugoslavia. Several attempts to get rid of that "Tschusch" prove unsuccessful. Once Mama Schneider gets to know that Ilona is also the beneficiary of a sizable life assurance contract, she destines her son to marry Ilona. While trying to double-cross Ilona, Kurti actually falls in love with her. Now it is Ilona's turn to take vengeance on mother Schneider and to prompt Kurti to take a clear-cut decision...

Henriette, the buoyant wife of a politician leaves her ambitious husband in the middle of an election campaign and begins a new life. The fact that, as the still legally married wife of a public figure, she takes a job as a model for lingerie just can't go well.

This melodrama about love in the third age focuses on the 65-year-old Mathilde living alone after the death of her husband. When she gets to know the attractive Carlo in the opera, she sleeps with him at the same evening. Mathilde tries to call him up some days later, but learns he gave her a wrong number. Despite this disappointing experience, she gets to know the sympathetic Hannes. They become a couple, but after a while, Mathilde meets Carlo, who apologizes and admits being married to a dead sick woman, again...

Former kiosk owner Rainer Gebhardt is at the peak of his career. He has become mayor and his power is greater than ever: "Anything is possible, neighbor" is his motto.