片名是Tannbach，这是个虚构的农村小村庄的名字，按德语音译可翻译为“塔恩巴赫”，按意译可翻为“冷杉溪”（注：冷杉是一种针叶树，常用作圣诞树），但在电视剧播映时，也可能会用其它的片名。 据介绍，Tannbach这个村庄座落于德国东南部巴伐利亚州和北部连接的图林根州的接壤地带。这个地区在二战即将结束时，先是由美军占领，后又被苏军占领，最后在分别建立西德（全称是“德意志联邦共和国”）和东德（全称是“德意志民主共和国”）两个国家时，这个地方被划在了边界上，在该村中间流过的溪流变成了界河。以二战末期和1945至1952年的战后时期为时代背景，突出选择了三个家庭的成员，以及其他居民、战俘、逃兵和纳粹投机分子等各种人物，在村中，穿行往来于两岸的联邦德国和民主德国之间，发生和展开了形形色色的各种故事。
马克斯·麦克劳克林是一名美国警察，他于1946年夏天抵达柏林，在战后的混乱中帮助建立一支警察部队。
"Löwengrube – Die Grandauers und ihre Zeit" is a German television series first aired between 1989 and 1992, created by Willy Purucker and directed by Rainer Wolffhardt. It is set in Munich and follows the lives of Ludwig Grandauer and his son Karl, both policemen, covering the years from 1897 to 1954. The TV show is based on Purucker's radio play series Die Grandauers und ihre Zeit (‘The Grandauers and their time’). The series’ main title "Löwengrube", meaning ‘Lions’ Den’, refers to the address of the Munich Police Headquarters inaugurated in 1913.
Lena's father works as a developer in Hitler's high-tech forge, where the famous unit receiver E1 was developed. When he dies in 1945, he leaves a notebook with the name Sattler. He should look for Lena. Lena is stranded with her seriously ill mother Hilde and her sister Betty in a village near Fürth. Here she meets two men: Walter Juskowiak, returnees from prisoner of war, with whom she meets, and Hans Sattler. The representative for radio kits turns out to be the son of Wilhelm Sattler, owner of the Sattler works in Fürth. Lena is sure to have finally found the right man.
