Vater wider Willen is a German family drama television series broadcast on Das Erste from 1995 to 2002.
She wants Max to bring their three daughters, Gitti, Beatrice, and Marlene, to South America; he does so reluctantly.
Marlene gets involved with a religious sect, Beatrice quits her medical studies to become a paramedic, and Gitti has kidney failure.
Max meets Helen, an American soprano, and they begin to date.
William's birth mother starts a custody battle, Henry experiments with drugs, and eventually, the two brothers try to run away from home when they become convinced that Max wants to send them to boarding school.