The time of the first songs
How Hermann leaves his home town and comes to Munich to study
music. How right away on the first day he makes friends, how he falls
in love and how he starts to fight against this love.
Two Strange Eyes
How Juan, a young South American, attempts to make some progress
with his talents, for he has too many. How Hermann becomes friends
with Juan, how Juan kisses Clarissa and how Hermann loses all of his
worldly possessions to Mrs. Moretti. How he becomes sick for the first
time away from home.
Jealousy and Pride
How Evelyne, the girl with the deep voice, loses her father and starts
out to look for her mother, who is presumed to be dead. How she ends up
in Mrs. Cerphal's villa and experiences the film premiere of some young
filmmakers. How Hermann, Clarissa and Juan are jealous and hurt each
outher's feelings. How Evelyne finds Angar.
Ansgar's Death
How Ansgar and Evelyne become inseperable, how Olga shoots at Ansgar
to try to kill her love. How Clarissa wins the cello competition, playing
a piece written by Hermann, how Hermann is overshadowed by her and
suffers because of it. How Ansgar points out his parents to Evelyne, and
how he suffers from self-doubt. How an artists' party is celebrated
during carnival and how Ansgar dies in an accident.
The Game with Freedom
How Elga lanquishes, and how Hermann and she experience the riots in
Schwabing. How Hermann is beaten by a policeman and how he flees
Munich. How Hermann arrives in Helga's sleepy town, and how he
becomes the dream man of three women.
Kennedy's Children
How Alex, the eternal philosopher, experiences teh day John F. Kennedy
is assassinated. How Mrs. Cerphal has a cherry tree chopped down. How
Hermann refuses to accept the dreams of Helga's. How Clarrissa refuses
to have a child that has two fathers. How the young filmmakers have a
falling-out, how Hermann meets Schnüsschen and how the death of the
American President rescues Helga from committing suicide.
Christmas Wolves
How Clarissa almost dies from an abortion. How Hermann performs his
SPUREN concert ("Traces") and remains alone afterwards. How Helga and
Stefan realize that they can torture one another. How Juan and Renate
bury their hopes. How Christmas draws near and Hermann has to cling
to Schnüsschen. How Clarissa flees from the clinic and how she, once
again, misses the right moment with Hermann.
The Wedding
How Schnüsschen celebrates New Year's Eve in Hunsrück, and how she
resolves to marry soon. How she and Hermann take care of the children
of a girlfriend of hers and she demonstrates to him the advantages of a
perfect household. How Clarissa goes to Paris in order to play for a
famous cello teacher. How the wedding of Hermann and Schnüsschen
turns into a party for all of their friends. How Clarissa returns and
goes to the wedding reception as everyone is allready in despair. How
Juan tries to die.
The Eternal Daughter
How Mrs. Cerphal finds out that her father will die soon. How she must
realize that the villa doesn't belong to her at all and how she
surpresses the past. How Hermann and Schnüsschen do everything for
their child and try to be happy. How Clarissa returns from California
and her cello breaks. How Volkert becomes a great pianist and gets
closer to Clarissa. How old Mr. Cerphal dies and thus a period of time
for all concerned ends.
The End of the Future
How Reinhard comes back from Mexico and can't find the villa of his
friends. How he tries, together with Rob, to depict the disappearance of
the house in a film. How Hermann composes a requiem for the torndown
house and how the friends have a fight on the construction site. How
Clarissa becomes a mother. How Reinhard goes to Venice in order to
write a screenplay, how he meets Esther there and how he becomes a
charachter in his own film. How he drowns in Lake Ammer near Munich.
Time of Silence
How Rob, the cameraman, meets Esther. How he develops a film
technology. How Esther visits the concentration camp in Dachau with
her father and loses all trace of her mother. How Hermann meets Consul
Handschuh. How Clarissa and Hermann attempt to come to grips with
day-to-day life. How Clarissa stops playing the cello. How Hermann
cheats on Clarissa and how he and Rob get lost in experiments. How
Helga becomes politcally active and fights against the artists. How Rob
loses his sight for a while during the premiere presentation of
VariaVision.
A Time of Many Words
How Stefan goes to Berlin to shoot his first film. How Helga "modifies"
the shooting of the film. How Schnüsschen becomes a student late in
life and has a "self-realization". How Clarissa discovers singing with
an American girlfriend. How Hermann leaves Schnüsschen and flies to
Katrin in Berlin. How a Hollywood producer, unwittingly, pays for the
whole revolt against Stefan. How Hermann is confronted with the
rubble of his past.
Art or Life
How Hermann becomes the crown prince of Isarfilm, and the childless
consul wants to create a permanent bond between him and Hermann,
how Hermann looks for advice from friends and how he can't find any of
his friends anymore. How Hermann follows Clarissa and finally finds
her in Amsterdam. How he experiences Clarissa's "Witches' Passion" and
spends a long night with her. How he returns to his small town
Hunsrück, in order to learn how to wait.