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- The Nuremberg Einsatzgruppen trial of 1947/1948 is considered the largest murder trial in history against members of four death squads from the security police and SD (the security service of the SS). During World War II, six million Jews were murdered. Four million died in the extermination camps, but two million people were killed in systematic mass shootings. A fact that is hardly known today. The perpetrators came face to face with their victims. They shot at men, women, children - day after day, obediently and assiduously, as if it were normal work. Tens of thousands of Germans belonged to the mobile commandos of the task forces and police battalions. Who were these men, how could they commit such murders? What did the few survivors tell, how were they able to escape the mass extinction and live on with the horrific experience? Based on written traditions, original documents, film footage and photos as well as expert statements, the documentary traces the path of one of these murder battalions.
- The World War 2 Battle of Stalingrad from the initial attack to the repatriation of the survivors after the war.
- A series depicting the lives and deaths of various celebrities who died well before their time.
- Hard to imagine, but true: according to estimates, out of 500,000 active male professional footballers, less than ten are openly homosexual. While homosexuality hardly matters elsewhere, the topic seems to be taboo in professional soccer.
- There are only a few iconic football stars being constantly admired across the globe for their art of handling a ball and controlling a game, winning basically all the relevant titles. Toni Kroos is one of them.
- Tells the story of the football player Colin Kaepernick and how he became the icon of a protest movement.
- A documentary encompassing the lives of world heavyweight boxing champions, Vitali & Wladimir Klitschko. The first time in history two brothers have shared all the heavyweight world titles, this film explores their humble beginnings in the Ukraine to their rise to stardom and domination of heavyweight prize fighting.
- From his juvenile roles to his darker mature roles, a portrait of American actor Leonardo DiCaprio.
- A documentary that follows the early career of basketball star Dirk Nowitzki, his relationship with coach and mentor Holger Geschwindner, and their path to NBA glory.
- A documentary about art, its function, its meaning and its development during the Russian-Ukrainian war. About artists in real and creative trenches. Art has proven to be a strong tool for survival and transformation, served as an anthem to continue fighting, as a recovery from trauma and crowdfunding for the army. This project aims at looking at this phenomenon, trying to understand what the art during war is.
- In the 1990s, Ryan Gosling began appearing in a series of TV series, followed by film roles, but it wasn't until 2011 that he won public and critical acclaim with three films: "Crazy, Stupid, Love", "Drive" and "Steps to Power". Portrait of an actor more complex than his smooth image might suggest.
- DIE UNBUGSAMEN tells the story of women in the Bonn republic who literally had to fight for their participation in the democratic decision-making processes against success-obsessed and officially drunk men like real pioneers. Undaunted, ambitious and with infinite patience, they followed their path and defied prejudice and sexual discrimination. Politicians from back then have their say today. Her memories are funny and bitter at the same time, absurd and at times terrifyingly topical. The documentary filmmaker and journalist Torsten Körner ("Angela Merkel - The Unexpected") has succeeded in creating an emotionally moving chronicle of West German politics from the 1950s to reunification, intertwined with partially unseen archive cuttings. The images he has found unfold a force that allows cinema to be rediscovered as a place of political self-assurance. An insightful contemporary document that makes an unmistakable contribution to the current discussion.
- "Angela Merkel - The Unexpected" tells the story of Chancellor Merkel's unexpected rise to power - from an East German physicist to the most powerful woman in the world. The film takes a look at her biography from when she entered the political stage in 1989 to the present. A second focus is put on the refugee crisis and establishes the connection between Merkel's actions and her biography. Political and personal companions who have witnessed the chancellor throughout the years comment on her childhood in East Germany, her first political steps, her rise to the top, her eventful chancellorship, and the current political situation she is facing. In an exclusive interview, Angela Merkel herself reflects on her life in the German Democratic Republic, comparing it to her life after the fall of the Berlin wall, her unexpected and unprecedented career, the refugee crisis, and finally on herself as a politician, a motivator, or a listener.
- It is a struggle about power and billions. Only those who abide by the rule of law should receive funds. Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán is opposed. The European community of values is struggling - A search for clues throughout Europe.
- In World War II. African-American GIs liberate Germany from Nazi rule while racism prevailed in their own army and home country. Returning home they continue fighting for their own rights in the civil rights movement.
- Corona took millions of lives and brought the world to a temporary standstill. Was it really inevitable that the pandemic would take on such proportions?
- The UN General Assembly regards antibiotic-resistance as a "global and most urgent threat". The WHO alarms that we could fall back into a "post-antibiotic age". The film tells us how we got there: It is a story about how negligence, greed, and short-sightedness have rendered the lifesaving effects of antibiotics powerless. It is a science-thriller about disillusioned, fighting doctors, rebellious scientists, patients wrestling with life-threatening diseases and diplomats searching for a global solution. They all are Resistance Fighters.
- The documentary lets black players of the German national soccer team tell their personal stories for the first time. What road did they take and what obstacles did they have to overcome before they got to where we cheer for them?
- Documentary about the bombing of the city of Dresden in 1945 during World War II.
- Born in 1971 into a bohemian, libertarian family, Winona Ryder - born Horowitz - grew up surrounded by books. The introverted and dreamy young girl, who attended drama school in San Francisco, found it difficult to fit in with her peers and at the age of 15 she landed her first film role in David Seltzer's "Lucas". Her performance was noticed by a certain Tim Burton, who chose her for the macabre comedy "Beetlejuice": her role as a gothic teenager suddenly propelled her into stardom. Her lively performances and her maturity seduced Martin Scorsese and Bille August, as well as Jean-Pierre Jeunet. The actress, now in her fifties, made a comeback as unexpected as it was noticed in the fantasy series "Stranger Things".
- From 2017 to 2018, a camera team followed Toni Kroos and his closest environment, resulting in a second "private film" next to the cinema documentary KROOS. An intimate portrait into the life of the otherwise media-shy star.
- Love is diverse and complicated, sensual and erotic, selfish, selfless, passionate, tender, painful - all regardless of whether it is reciprocated or not. Love is a wide field. The author team Frank Diederichs, Annebeth Jacobsen and Achim Scheunert set out through the vast landscapes of love. Emmy award winner Anna Schudt lends her voice to the mini-series. Love is diverse and complicated, sensual and erotic, selfish, selfless, passionate, tender, painful - all regardless of whether it is reciprocated or not. Love is a wide field. The author team Frank Diederichs, Annebeth Jacobsen and Achim Scheunert set out through the vast landscapes of love. Emmy award winner Anna Schudt lends her voice to the mini-series How do we want to love? In episode 1 "The Child of Freedom" we try to liberate love. People who are searching for true, fair and free love in the name of love, freedom and equality tell us their stories. A long and often arduous path that has had to be traveled again and again for generations. Among others, at an international sex-positive event in Berlin, we find it - this free love, or at least free lust. Gretchen Dutschke-Klotz - feminist, former student protester and widow of Rudi Dutschke - can also tell us about her and Rudi's path to freer love. Through her and many other protagonists, we approach love as the "child of freedom". The three-part series is a BROADVIEW TV production. Editors for ZDF/ARTE are Shila Behjat and Wolfgang Bergmann, producers for BROADVIEW TV are Britta Luckas and Franziska Rempe. Producer is Emmy award winner Leopold Hoesch.
- The documentary takes time to show the staying power of the exceptional politician Angela Merkel and traces fundamental questions defining her politics.
- East Berlin, October 7, 1989: While the state elite was celebrating the GDR's 40th birthday before the eyes of the world, resistance was forming in the streets. Guests celebrated in the Palace of the Republic in Berlin. In front of it, people loudly demanded reforms. There were also demonstrations outside Berlin, for example in Plauen. The situation escalates.
- He shoots with stars like Chris Hemsworth and Quentin Tarantino. Whether a manic racing driver or a Marvel villain - Daniel Brühl can play anything. That wasn't always the case. He became famous with "Good Bye, Lenin!" - and began the fight against the cliché of the nice son-in-law. At the height of his career, he is now venturing into new territory: his debut as a director. As a child, Brühl was already vying for attention. The urge to slip into roles came to him early on. Through his father's work as a director at WDR in Cologne, Brühl came into contact with the film world at an early age. Instead of attending drama school, he watched old film classics and soon received his first offers for television roles. One film will change his life forever: The tragicomedy "Good Bye, Lenin!". The film is a resounding success and breaks records, both nationally and internationally. Brühl is known all over the world in one fell swoop. He receives many awards for his performance. A blessing and a curse at the same time, because from now on he is only offered film roles as "the nice guy" in Germany. Brühl wants to escape the cliché and flees abroad. He reinvents himself under the direction of Quentin Tarantino and in the Marvel universe. Here Brühl gets to show a different face - the multi-layered villain. A role that challenges him and that German film and its audience have long denied him. Thus, his directorial debut 2021 is also dedicated to the theme that hovers over his entire career: his image, which he settles with in "Next Door".
- Italy has always been the country that Germans dream of. Ever since the Middle Ages, the southern side of the Alps has excelled a fascination over the Teutonic race. While it was primarily power politics which provided the motivation in the time of Barbarossa, today Germans are prompted to make this journey by their hopes and desires, the yearning to see their wishes come true. The dream of sunny Italy - every year millions of Germans succumb to it. The film-maker Beatrice Schaechterle journeys to their favorite tourist resorts and meets a whole range of fascinating people: holidaymakers, drop-outs and also Germans who decided many years ago to make new lives for themselves in Italy. What is the truth behind the myth of "Bella Italia"? What do Germans look for on the far side of the Alps - and what do they find?
- In Leipzig East German people are protesting for freedom, civil rights, and democracy. Party officials prepare to resort to violence in a state which suppresses its own citizens and keeps them under constant surveillance. Nameless individuals overcome their fears in solidarity, which marks the beginning of the end of the East German state.
- In 1980, two Rhinelanders pulled off one of the most spectacular million-euro coups in German history. A pair of crooks from Düsseldorf relieved the trading giant Metro of no less than 36 million DM.
- In September 1972, a tragedy unfolds in the Olympic village, the first episode of which ends in a bloodbath. Mossad agents are writing the sequel with their retaliatory strikes.
- For many years the Emerald Isle was considered the poor man of Europe. But over recent years Ireland has experienced unprecedented growth, making it today the wealthiest state in the EU and the number one IT location in Europe. Many Germans have also decided to settle there. Ireland is the country where big city style coexists with idyllic rural scenes, where the rugged cliffs of the coastline gives way to gentle hills inland, and where historic reminiscences are closely entwined with vibrant, modern culture. This unique mixture has made Ireland one of the favorite destinations for German emigrants and holidaymakers ever since the 1950s. The film-maker Beatrice von Schilling sets off to track down the most fascinating and picturesque places throughout the Emerald Isle.
- In his "first life" as an economic pioneer, Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth revolutionized his father's factory and became involved with the concept of expiration dates. When his father dies, Karl goes from butcher to manager of a company at 34.
- Where do we as humans find ourselves on the scale: are we nature's--our world's--protectors or its destroyers? In expansive film theater images we will enter the wild animals' cosmos. In one of the most beautiful landscapes in Europe--the German, Austrian, and Swiss Alps--we will pose this question to humanity on the basis of the condition of the forests, their owners, the wild animals, their hunters, and the farmers in the cycle of the seasons. And then we take a closer look at Canada, where we learn about the Alonquin Indian Nation Hunters and their relationship towards animals and nature.
- With their glamorous lives, tragic misfortunes, and scandals, the members of the Monegasque royal family have been in the media spotlight for decades. Luxury, jet set, and games of chance ... words that are synonymous with the principality's ruling family, which surrounds itself with an aura of glitz and glamour like no other royal dynasty in Europe. This documentary features rare film footage of the royal family, including, for the very first time, an amateur film of the preparations for the marriage of Prince Rainier and Grace Kelly. We interview representatives of Europe's high nobility, including Prince Eduard of Anhalt and Prince Heinrich of Hanover, Princess Caroline's brother-in-law. For the first time on German television, Hollywood director Robert Dornhelm speaks of Grace Kelly's last film project. There are also interviews with biographers and old friends of the House of Grimaldi, all of which provides an unusual insight into the history of this dazzling royal family.
- No other opinion leader before or after him has divided Germans as much as the Hamburg publisher Axel Springer. This film takes a look back at one of the most controversial, but also most influential personalities of the Federal Republic.
- NYE 2015 in Cologne. For ten hours, the central square of a German city of millions is a lawless space, where the state loses control - and leaves its citizens behind. It is the night that deeply shakes the citizens' trust in their state.
- "If you don't want to become anything, become like Titus" a teacher warns classmates of the restless boy. Maybe with this backstory it's only logical that he quit his job to sell skateboards out of his home, prior people knowing them