A Summer in …

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Who hasn’t dreamt of escaping everyday life for a fresh start in a beautiful destination?

For over a decade, A Summer in… has taken viewers to some of the world’s most enchanting locations, from sun-drenched Mediterranean coastlines and idyllic islands to charming seaside towns and breathtaking natural landscapes.

At the heart of each film are strong, relatable women embarking on journeys that will change their lives.
Whether seeking adventure, a career opportunity, a fresh perspective, or a chance to leave the past behind, they step into unfamiliar surroundings where unexpected encounters open new doors. Along the way, they find friendship, rediscover themselves, confront old wounds, and learn valuable lessons about love, family, and happiness.

Billie and Hella, an unlikely pair, share a car trip to the Italian region of Apulia. Billie, a trained nurse who is always eager to help, forgoes spending her well-earned vacation poolside to lend…

Fiona has her sights set on a spa break in the Black Forest when a minor car accident leads her to Marlies and Joseph’s farm in the mountains. She ends up staying there longer than she initially…

Franka comes to Valletta with the hopes of convincing the local language school’s new director about the modern, sophisticated learning system that has made Talk to Me, a language school operating…

Isabel Burger would normally consider herself lucky. An unexpected inheritance takes Isabel, a trained chef, to Crete, where her German father left her a country house complete with its own olive…

Katrin is eager to get the notary appointment over with as quickly as possible. She had arranged to meet her father, who she cut out of her life 25 years ago. But Herbert doesn’t bother to show up…

Free at last! Nell wants to fulfill her dream of becoming a paragliding instructor at Lake Garda. After her parents’ death in an accident, Nell spent the last ten years managing the family’s…

Brimming with anticipation, recently separated veterinarian Britta embarks on a long-awaited vacation in the French province of Brittany with her friends Nina and Jens. Britta has been longing for…

Soccer scout Anne is headed to Croatia to be the maid of honor at her friend Laura’s wedding. Despite the fact that Anne finds the groom’s brother Zoran very attractive, she is magically drawn to the…

After learning of her father Josef’s car accident, Franziska Gasser travels to South Tyrol. She only plans to be there for a short time, looking after things at her parents’ vineyard and helping out…

Fashion designer Caro and her grandmother Magda are looking forward to a special reunion in Antwerp. Magda hasn’t spoken to her childhood friend Judith since Judith and her family were forced to flee…

Despite having been divorced for two years now, spending a vacation together with their sons once a year is important to Maja and Thorsten. The idea is a good one, but the reality is terrible…

A short encounter at the airport in Amsterdam has consequences. Although Pia and John barely know each other, there is strong chemistry between them. Head over heels, they plan to meet again in half…

Sophie is supposed to work as a private investigator on board the boat Svoboda. Little Katka’s grandparents are hoping the detective will be able to find out whether her father is really taking good…

What was supposed to be a mother-daughter vacation on the island of Mykonos turns out to be a real surprise for Jana, a dog trainer: Her mother Susanne has arranged a reunion in Greece with Jens,…

Gifted marine biologist Dr. Julika Bergmann quit both her job and her relationship in Germany after her boyfriend Ansgar betrayed her at work, stealing her research results and passing them off as…

Laura uncovers a family secret her mother took to her grave, almost destroying her own belief in true love. Going through the belongings of her recently deceased mother, Laura, a fashion reporter,…

Sisters could hardly be more different than Rike and Nicola. That’s one of the reasons why they go on holiday together once a year, taking turns to surprise each other with an exotic destination. …

Upon returning to the city where she studied five years ago, now as a professor, Nina's past catches up with her faster than she would have liked. Historian Nina Petersen is researching trauma…

Somewhere in the hinterland of Vietnam and bitten by a deadly snake, Paula awakes in a remote village. Although still dazed, she sets off on her quest to find Danh and her twin sister. A hair…

Paula’s emotional world turns topsy-turvy when she finds out she has a twin sister. This was not how Paula imagined her fresh start in Vietnam would be: Shortly after she arrives at the airport, her…

Victoria Körner lands on Mallorca – not for a vacation, but to get a divorce and see a notary. She and her soon-to-be ex-husband Nico want to sell the house they own together and finally put an…

Barbara Leitner – known as "Bärbel" back home – left her hometown over ten years ago with her boyfriend Jörg Hutter and became one of the most successful free climbers. Jörg turned Bärbel into an…

Dr. Katrin Gutmann, an experienced psychologist, is invited to an event in Prague to present an app she has developed, “Sorry”, to an intrigued audience of experts. Yet what the event’s…

To answer her eleven-year-old son Moritz’s urgent questions about his roots, single-mother Tina has tracked down Aiven in Cyprus, with whom she once had an affair while on vacation. Now married, the…

Lena, a translator, is working on a biography of famous author Karen Blixen, who after years in Africa returned to Denmark where she later died. In order to get a feel for Karen Blixen's life and…

Successful management consultant Charlotte has inherited her Uncle Olivier’s funeral parlour in Provence – but only half of it. Having arrived in this rural idyll, she wants to sell the enchanting…

Young wine specialist Sandra has come to Sicily in search of a unique red wine for her boss’s well-stocked collection – and finds the man of her life by chance. The international wine dealer Reinhold…

Marine biologist and single mom Henriette Stetter has high expectations of her upcoming vacation in Florida with her 18 year-old twins Mara and Nils. This will probably be their last vacation…

Juliane flies to Lanzarote with the aim of recruiting Juan Garcia for a big company. The trip is very convenient for her, as it gives her the opportunity to visit her mother, Eva. Eva has been…

Having grown up in a patchwork family, Lisa now longs for a stable family of her own. Emilio feels the same way: Lisa and the heir to an aristocratic Barcelona banking family, the Alvarados, have…

Sabine, who suffers from Asperg Syndrome, has inherited her father’s farm in Masuria. There she meets Marek, who gradually makes inroads into her hermetically closed world and accepts her as she is…

When Rieke’s brand-new coach is stolen in Athens, she embarks upon an odyssey that takes her across Greece and through the country’s bureaucratic jungle on a voyage of self-discovery. This is Rieke’s…

"A Summer in Burgenland" starts when Maria finds a surprising postcard in her son’s mailbox while he’s away on a business trip to China. According to the sender, her son, Paul, is about to be a…

Flight attendant Jette Krogmann flies to Iceland with the ashes of her much-loved aunt Rosalie. It had been her aunt’s wish to have her final resting place there. Rosalie was one of the 300 young…

While studying fashion design in Amsterdam more than 20 years earlier, Mia Kaufmann had earned some much-needed money by serving as an egg donor for a childless couple. Now her longing for a child…

After a row with her boss, hairdresser Doro spontaneously decides to leave the Danube cruise ship she is working on in Budapest. lldiko, a fiery Hungarian woman Doro has previously got to know on the…

Liane travels to Lisbon to meet her husband, Ben. To mark their wedding anniversary, they plan to spend a romantic week together. While Liane was at home raising the children, Ben traveled the world…

Unread letters, which Ena finds in her mother’s estate, guide her to her grandmother Karmela’s fish restaurant. The exuberant old lady welcomes Ena with open arms. However, Aunt Tereza thinks she is…

After her mother’s death, Jeanine inherits half of a house in the idyllic Alsatian village of Louiswiller. The other half belongs to her uncle Jean, a shoemaker. Jeanine wants to sell her half, since…

After breaking up with her boyfriend while on a romantic weekend in Paris, young nurse Klara decides to stay in Paris. Feeling light and free, she meets the charming Philippe and, at his request,…

Tina and her ex-husband Rudi are in Marrakech for the wedding of their daughter Anna to her childhood sweetheart Markus. Their joy turns to surprise and, for Tina, to dismay when Anna reveals that…

When Sophie's husband Dirk runs off to Cape Town with a younger woman, Sophie doesn't stay depressed very long. Determined to fight for him, she sets out for South Africa – and makes friends with…

Ben has come home for the funeral of his father, famous author Sven Goldmann. Ben is an aspiring writer himself, and he has resolved to stay in his father’s house for the summer, in the hope of…

At the heart of the story, we find 51-year-old Kristin, whose her marriage has fallen apart, leaving her jobless after working for her now ex-husband. The invitation by her former au pair Sophie…

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Format

46×90’

Available

ready-made, format rights

Produced by

teamWorx Television & Film GmbH

Cast

various

Year of Production

2009 - present

Original Language

German

Broadcaster

ZDF

Writer

Thomas Kirdorf

Director

Jophi Ries

A Summer in Long Island

A Summer in Cape Town

A Summer in Marrakech

A Summer in Paris

A Summer in Alsace

A Summer in Croatia

A Summer in Hungary

A Summer in Amsterdam

A Summer in Iceland

A Summer in Greece

A Summer in Masuria

A Summer in Barcelona

Ein Sommer auf Lanzarote

A Summer in Florida

A Summer in Sicily

A Summer in Southern France

A Summer in Denmark

A Summer in Cyprus

A Summer in Prague

A Summer in the Allgäu

A Summer on Mallorca

A Summer in Vietnam (Part I)

A Summer in Vietnam (Part 2)

A Summer in Oxford

A Summer in Salamanca

A Summer in Tuscany

A Summer in the Algarve

A Summer in Mykonos

A Summer on the Vltava

A Summer in Andalusia

A Summer In South Tyrol

A Summer In Istria

A Summer in Brittany (Ein Sommer in der Bretagne)

A Summer at Lake Garda

Ein Sommer auf Langeoog

Ein Sommer auf Malta

Ein Sommer im Schwarzwald

Ein Sommer in Italien