The focus is on the psychologist Stefan Schwab, who after overwork, burnout and divorce is actually just looking for the proverbial “Boarische Rua” ("Bavarian peace") in the tranquil foothills of the Alps. However, this wish is not fulfilled; instead, he is reluctantly drawn into the bloody awakening of ancient legends: children disappear, “sinners” are murdered and archaic legends suddenly take on a deadly relevance.
Pikul, a gifted flutist, and Luang Yot fall in love despite class barriers, eloping against the odds, but their romance is doomed by a cursed flute and Sarapee’s obsessive desire for Luang Yot, leading to betrayal, tragedy, and death.
When 16-year-old refugee Priya's dad goes missing, Priya and her best friend Obi must navigate a community where they are treated as undesirables in order to find her dad and destroy the creature plaguing their neighbourhood.
The village maniac Timofey from the village of Sosnovka is very fond of classical literature. So much so that he stages his murders based on the works of Bulgakov, Dostoevsky, Shakespeare and other book classics, but the local police cannot understand this. Olga, the investigator, becomes a ray of light in the dark kingdom for Timofey, who comes to Sosnovka from the city and immediately notices the literary background of the crimes. But the authorities do not want to listen to her guesses.
Young psychologist Martín Mondragón is contacted by a mysterious man named José Sagasti, who tries to collect an old debt that Martin's grandfather left when he died. Rivera, being the first male descendant, is the most suited guarantor to pay off the debt, which consists in giving his soul to the devil by dropping a bit of blood from an old parchment.
The Fifth Corner was a very short-lived American television series which aired on NBC and produced by TriStar Television in 1992. The two-hour pilot aired on April 17, 1992, and one final episode aired the week after.
Incorruptible customs officer Sveta Suvorova has always been too principled for a small town where everything is decided "by friendship". At least until the Finnish mafia kidnapped her husband. There is a chance to get him back, but for this Sveta will have to forget about her principles and make a deal with her conscience.
Shirakawa Keita works as a building inspector. He is a single father, who has raised his 14 year-old-daughter Hitomi alone since his divorce with ex-wife Sendai Yukiko. Yukiko works as a corporate lawyer for a large construction company. After his ex-wife left, Keita placed his daughter as a priority, making him the ideal father. One day, Keita receives a phone call. The caller informs him that "I have your daughter. If you want to save her life, go to your ex-wife." While looking for his daughter, Keita uncovers secrets about his daughter and ex-wife.
This series is an adaptation of the original story "One Thousand and One Nights", a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales. The story unfolds across three different times and locations: present-day Tehran, modern Istanbul, and a mystical, ancient world known as "The Other World," a parallel realm deeply intertwined with the current time. These worlds influence each other in unexpected and mysterious ways. The story begins in Tehran, where a string of disappearances has shaken the city-each case involving women.
Moscow opera Vasily Sharonov is a tough and uncompromising person. For these qualities, as well as for the cold look and stern expression on his face, his colleagues have long nicknamed him the Sheriff. Because of the difficult nature of the Sheriff, he was once kicked out by his wife, and now his teenage son is avoiding him. Because of his character, neither his subordinates nor his superiors like him.