Herzdamen an der Elbe (2013)

• 55%
• 2013
• Comedy
• TV Movie
• Thomas Nennstiel
• Thekla Carola Wied
• Katerina Jacob
• Mona Seefried

Fries soup, Viennese juice goulash, Linzer torte: Maria Lieblich, Steffi Krieg and Carola Bleibtreu are on everyone's lips with their Austrian specialty restaurant "Lieblich an der Elbe" in Dresden's Elbschlösschen. But in spite of well-running business, the active trio of women, in their prime, is left with the enormous operating costs. Maria and her friends are only able to convince the bank director Schober with difficulty to top up their outstanding loan of 300,000 euros by a considerable sum before the appliances are dismantled in the kitchen. In an emergency, an apparently generous patron comes to their rescue: the gallant shipowner Hermann Augartner submits Maria a lucrative catering contract for his Elbe fleet. This could - once successfully mastered - expand into a permanent commitment, which would solve all financial problems for the three restaurateurs. They eagerly get to work, throw themselves into further expenses and even hire a new cook: the somewhat rough but highly talented Ernst Geyer, who immediately begins to rub against Maria's quick-tempered temperament. While Steffi has to cancel the long-planned dream vacation with her fiancé Wolfgang Rühmer in view of the situation, Carola feels butterflies in her stomach again after a long time: The local pastor Hans Liebenwein has done it to her - she will soon take care of the local parish in his parish Senior group. However, the euphoria of the highly motivated Lieblich crew is suddenly dampened when they discover that Augartner is an outright fraud. Surprisingly, he stops the expensive job with a flimsy justification, knowing full well that he can use the calculated ruin of the ladies to his own advantage: He is targeting the Elbschlösschen. But Maria and her fellow campaigners do not give up without a fight.