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Ambitious Jana is confronted with the unscrupulous machinations of the world of finance. Her working life is determined by egotism, the pressure to succeed and machismo. She soon has to decide how far she is prepared to go for her career.
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Ambitious Jana is confronted with the unscrupulous machinations of the world of finance. Her working life is determined by egotism, the pressure to succeed and machismo. She soon has to decide how far she is prepared to go for her career.
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Episode 1
Successful junior banker Jana's world collapses: She is dismissed without notice. But she gets one last chance.
Directed by Christian SchwochowWritten by Oliver Kienle, Jan Galli, Jana BurbachGuest stars Angus McGruther, Rainer Furch, Daniel Drewes, Tom Zahner, Meik van Severen, Thomas Schmuckert, Denis Simonetta, Ronald Top
Episode 2
Jana receives insider information from Christelle Leblanc: The multi-billion dollar city development project "Leipzig 2025" will be expedited.
Directed by Christian SchwochowWritten by Oliver Kienle, Jan Galli, Jana BurbachGuest stars Michael Baral, Anja Antonowicz, Jördis Triebel, Oscar Hoppe, Hadi Khanjanpour, Maximilian Brauer, Tobias Langhoff
Episode 3
A protracted flu and work around the clock take a hard hit on Jana. Again Christelle Leblanc stands by Jana's side. But what does she really want?
Directed by Christian SchwochowWritten by Oliver Kienle, Jan Galli, Jana BurbachGuest stars Christoph Schechinger, Oscar Hoppe, Hadi Khanjanpour, Annika Olbrich
Episode 4
There are growing signs that Jana's former employer and Deutsche Global Invest want to merge. But what is happening behind closed doors?
Directed by Christian SchwochowWritten by Oliver Kienle, Jan Galli, Jana BurbachGuest stars Hadi Khanjanpour, Christian Bronchart, Maximilian Brauer, Larisa Faber
Episode 5
Against all odds Jana does everything necessary in order to make mega-project "Leipzig 2025" a reality. But the pressure on her increases. Fenger cannot and will not protect her any longer.
Directed by Christian SchwochowWritten by Oliver Kienle, Jan Galli, Jana BurbachGuest stars Eugenie Anselin, Mathilde Irrmann
Episode 6
Events come thick and fast. Deutsche Global Invest is about to fold and Germany faces another financial crisis. Did Jana trigger it?
Directed by Christian SchwochowWritten by Oliver Kienle, Jan Galli, Jana BurbachGuest stars Larisa Faber, Lion Wasczyk, Peter Becker, Hana Sofia Lopes, Johanna Polley, Sabine Rossbach
Episode information updated Sep 15, 2026
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