8:15 p.m., ZDF, Astrid, Biopic
Stockholm. An old lady is sitting at her desk, which is covered with letters. Letters from children who thank her for the great stories she tells. The old lady has her birthday and is one of the most famous writers in the world: Astrid Lindgren (Alba August). The film looks back on the years when, as a young and unmarried woman, she was forced to leave her home and assert herself as a single mother.
8:15 p.m., The first, The Barcelona thriller: Kidnapped girls, thriller
An abandoned ruin in a dilapidated corner in Barcelona. A little girl (Emilia Packard) frees herself from a boarded-up refrigerator and is picked up by the police shortly thereafter. The girl went through bad things, but she doesn't speak. Only detective commissioner Xavi Bonet (Clemens Schick) can believe it. Xavi is supposed to hand over the little girl, whom he calls Luisa, to the children's home. But she struggles against the home, Xavi takes Luisa home with her.
8:15 p.m., Sat.1, Happy Family, creepy comedy
The Wünschmanns are not exactly happy: Mama Emma's bookstore is not running smoothly, Papa Frank no longer sees any light on the horizon because of all the files, the intelligent son Max is bullied in school and daughter Fee is in the middle of puberty. A monster costume party could add a little variety until Dracula, the prince of darkness, intervenes and hires an old witch to turn the whole family into real monsters.
8:15 p.m., kabel eins, The Miracle of Bern, family drama
In the Ruhr area in spring 1954: While the Lubanski family is expecting their father to return from Russian captivity, the German national soccer team is preparing for the upcoming World Cup in Switzerland. The 11-year-old Matthias Lubanski (Louis Klamroth) is also looking forward to the sporting event, as he is responsible for the well-being of the national soccer player Helmut Rahn as a personal bag holder and lucky charm. But father Lubanski (Peter Lohmeyer) has other plans.
8:15 p.m., ZDFneo, gladiator, monumental epic
Emperor Marc Aurelius (Richard Harris) wants to make the victorious and popular general Maximus (Russell Crowe) his successor. When his son Commodus (River Phoenix) learns of it, he kills his father and is crowned himself the new emperor. Maximus is rejected and sentenced to death, but manages to escape. In a gladiator school, he gained new fame and finally returned to Rome to take revenge on Commodus.