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- In the 16th century in the Cévennes, a horse dealer by the name of Michael Kohlhaas leads a happy family life. When a lord treats him unjustly, he raises an army and puts the country to fire and sword in order to have his rights restored.
- After Birgit Meier vanishes in 1989, police missteps plague the case for years. But her brother never wavers in his tireless quest to find the truth.
- Based on the book by German writer W.G. Sebald, examines the perception and processing of the phenomenon of mass destruction of the German civilian population in European post-war literature.
- The rise of a poor German lay preacher to one of the mightiest men in Latin America told through the eyes of those who lived in the sect, who endured it, who fought it. All brought to life by unearthed, never before seen archive material.
- This four-part documentary series weaves together rare and exclusive footage of attorney general, U.S. senator, and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in the 1960s.
- This documentary series recounts the tumultuous history of Cuba, a nation of foreign conquest, freedom fighters and Cold War political machinations.
- The history of the powerful weapon on land, the tank. Covers its entire history, from paper designs of the early-1900s to the beasts of the present day.
- "Clash of Futures" created by Jan Peter and Gunnar Dedio explores the dramatic era of the 1920s and '30s. The eight-part series follows the fates of extraordinary men, women and children from France, Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Austria, Sweden, Poland and the Soviet Union using their own diary entries, letters and memoirs. These are people drawn into the war by their convictions, who with their loves and decisions bring the history of Europe with all its contradictions to life.
- Driven by extensive archive material and interviews with those who know her, this is the astonishing story of how a triple outsider - a woman, a scientist, and an East German - became the de facto leader of the Free world, told for the first time for an international audience.
- Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1933, when the Nazis came into power, until 1945 when the Third Reich collapsed.
- A woman lives in a small village in Russia. One day she receives the parcel she sent to her husband, serving a sentence in prison. Confused and angered, she sets out to find why her package was returned to sender.
- Look at 40 years of war through the eyes of those who suffer most from it - the women of Afghanistan. The documentary begins in the 1960s, when peace reigns in the Kingdom of Afghanistan. When the communists take power, an endless war begins that changes the face of Afghanistan. Women become pawns in ideological battles. After September 11, 2001, Afghan women hope for the return of peace. They want to take their fate into their own hands, but the spiral of violence continues to this day.
- A blind pianist living in 18th-century Vienna forms an extraordinary relationship with the physician who is trying to restore her sight.
- Portrait of Christian Gerhartsreiter, who posed as a Rockefeller heir for decades, but who was, in fact, a con artist and a murderer.
- Before the Berlin Wall fell, Erich Mielke was the most feared man in East Germany. He created the East German "Stasi" and, for over four decades, ruled this most perfidious and effective secret service: 300.000 men, women and children, to control a population of 17 million. Fear was key to the efficiency of the Stasi, and Mielke was the master of fear.
- 70 years after the liberation of the Auschwitz camp, our eight-part film about the destruction of Europe's Jews sets out to explore a story whose roots go back to before the start of the 20th century, and which is still playing out today.
- 100 years after its outbreak, this series lets viewers experience WWI solely through the eyes of those who lived it.
- What does it mean to be a war child? This German drama series for children about World War II sets the official version of history against a young and international perspective and shows how children experienced the war in Europe.
- Focuses on the Weimar Republic (1918-1933) and its 'collective spirit' in cinema. The purpose of film as a cultural tool is examined. Based on celebrated sociologist Siegfried Kracauer's seminal book 'From Caligari to Hitler' (1947).
- This documentary series plunges into the abyss of German sect, Colonia Dignidad. It shows the way of life of an isolated community that, far from the world, even influenced international politics.
- A look at the war ships through history. The battleships, aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, frigates, corvettes, submarines and amphibious assault ships of modern warfare.
- This documentary drama series tells the story of the Thirty Years War from the perspective of the people who experienced it: like the soldier Peter Hagendorf, the "Winter Queen" Elisabeth Stuart, the famous artist Peter Paul Rubens and the "Grey Eminence" Father Joseph. Their gripping accounts, letters and diary entries are condensed into a fascinating and emotive portrait of the time. In the 17th century, a generation of painters and illustrators developed the first type of visual mass medium - genre art, the pictorial representation of scenes and events from everyday life. The artists visualized the world they lived in with all its facets: markets, domestic settings, interiors, parties, inns, street scenes, and many more. This visual memory of the 17th century forms the 'archive footage' in the series. Combined with vivid drama and contributions from international experts, the series builds a bridge between "now" and "then" enabling viewers to experience what it was like to live through the Thirty Years' War.
- Dramdocumentary based on letters and journals, many of which have never been published before, this tells the story of 1914-18 solely through the eyes of those who lived through it. Bringing together 25 broadcasters from around the world, this is television's global event for the centennial of World War I.In 1914, most people's knowledge of war comes from schoolbooks and newspapers. But when the heir to the Austrian throne is killed in Sarajevo, the system of alliances runs its inevitable course. Featuring the stories of a Scottish auxiliary nurse who accompanies the British army to Belgium as a matter of national Honor, a young Cossack girl who follows her father into battle, a German mother who endures the untimely death of her only son, a French schoolboy who witnesses his country under occupation, a German schoolgirl who is forbidden to use French words in class, and an English journalist whose age is held against him. Their diaries focus on what archive and historical analysis cannot reveal: personal tragedy, love, happiness, pain and grief. Through glorious dramatic reconstruction viewers experience the greatest war mankind had ever seen, not from the perspective of what it was, but of what it was like from within. Great War Diaries reveals the simple human experience of 1914-18, unsullied by historical interpretation.
- A documentary on the late French jazz pianist.
- TV SeriesThe world is divided once more. World War II and its aftermath have changed the political and moral landscape again. Personal beliefs are shattered and renewed. Following the first two award winning seasons, "14 - Diaries of the Great War" and "Clash of Futures", the project finale is set between 1939 and 1956. History, narrated by the personal life of six protagonists: modern and engaging, factual and fascinating.
- In a traveling specially built video booth, ordinary Ukrainians get to tell in their own words how their lives changed when Russia attacked Ukraine. The box travels around during a year of war. Anyone who wants to can go in and speak freely, without questions being asked. The many testimonies collected from mothers, women, children and the elderly provide a unique insight into everyday life with the war.
- Cities under siege, families displaced, prisoners parked in concentration camps: in 1993, while the conflict in the former Yugoslavia had been raging for two years, world public opinion became aware of the atrocities committed. The United Nations set up a special tribunal in The Hague to judge war crimes committed by the belligerents, a first since the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials. There was talk of ethnic cleansing by the Serbian army, while the Bosnian side itself was guilty of serious crimes. The Blue Helmets dispatched to the area were unable to prevent the massacre of several thousand men in Srebrenica in 1995. This first part looks back at the chronology of the Bosnian war and the beginnings of a long trial.
- On August 13, 1961, Berliners woke up on a Sunday morning to find their city divided by a wall. That day became known as "Barbed Wire Sunday", marking a peak in the era of the Cold War.
- Spies of Mississippi tells the story of a secret spy agency formed by the state of Mississippi to preserve segregation and maintain white supremacy. The anti-civil rights organization was hidden in plain sight in an unassuming office in the Mississippi State Capitol. Funded with taxpayer dollars and granted extraordinary latitude to carry out its mission, the Commission evolved from a propaganda machine into a full blown spy operation. How do we know this is true? The Commission itself tells us in more than 146,000 pages of files preserved by the State. This wealth of first person primary historical material guides us through one of the most fascinating and yet little known stories of America's quest for Civil Rights.
- 3-part documentary series telling the stories of the battles to keep the European Union together, with contributions from Presidents, Prime Ministers and their closest advisers.
- Over the years some works previously attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach have been reattributed to other composers, barely causing a ripple in the placid waters within the classical music landscape, but when Forensic Antho-Musicologist, Professor Martin Jarvis, dares to suggest evidence exists advocating the great maestro's wife, Anna Magdalena, as a serious contender for recognition, the reaction of the Bach orthodoxy is swift and fierce, and access to key research materials is denied. "There will always be those who find themselves threatened by any possible change and this one is particularly threatening because it involves a woman" suggests Dr. Alan Powell, Emeritus Professor of History at Charles Darwin University in Australia. The rapid acceleration of emerging technology and forensic techniques changes beliefs and critical thinking in ways the world has never seen before. US Document examiner, Dr. Heidi Harralson, examines original manuscripts and investigates the impact on the monetary value of Bach autographs. British Composer, Sally Beamish, narrates.
- A documentary about the seminal horror film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) and the purpose of cinema as a cultural tool according to Siegfried Kracauer (1889-1966).
- In conversations with the children and grandchildren of the victims and perpetrators of forced labour, the series tells a story of reconciliation in modern Europe.
- The conflict in the Donbas, a secessionist region of Ukraine, began in 2014, after the fall of pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych and the election of Petro Poroshenko. Playing on the divisions in the country, Moscow annexed Crimea and encouraged the Donbas region to declare its secession. Since then, the war has claimed more than 14,000 victims and no political solution has yet been found in this complex issue.
- This documentary series depicts the terrorist attack during the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. It makes the continuing Middle East conflict tangible and shows that the wounds of the victims' families have still not healed.
- Ullrich Kasten draws parallels between the trajectories of the two 20th century dictators, who never met each other but had in common their anti-Semitism and a form of paranoia. The director describes in particular the terrible game of liar's poker they played at the time of the German-Soviet pact. Thus, when Nazi Germany invaded the USSR on June 22, 1941, Stalin was dumbfounded. He was slow to react and gave contradictory orders. During this time, the German troops, hardened by several blitzkriegs, triumphed. The Führer already saw himself in Moscow, which he said he wanted to raze to the ground and replace with a huge artificial lake. Then, faced with his failure, he swore to destroy Stalingrad. This terrible battle will be the turning point of the war.
- »Comrade Couture« is a journey into the world of the fashionistas and Bohemians of East Berlin in the 80s. A fantasy world within East Germany's restricted everyday life. Director Marco Wilms was himself a model at GDR's fashion institute.
- Deutsche Welle's point of view on the collapse of the Soviet Union and its political consequences in the years following that.
- In southern Africa is a unique and gigantic desert, the Kalahari. But it is far more than just a desert. Due to its numerous trees and grassy vegetation zones the Kalahari looks more like a large and dry savannah. Geographically the Kalahari extends into a total of nine countries. In the north it stretches as far as Angola and Zambia. But the largest region of the Kalahari is in Botswana, one of the most sparsely inhabited areas in the world.Few animals are able to survive in this part of the world. The Kalahari has its own strict rules and those who do not obey will not survive here for very long. Due to its size the ostrich is the most striking creature in this region and it is also the largest bird in the world. Despite its harsh environment the Kalahari is also the home of an ancient African tribe, the San. The San people are known as Bushmen and although their tribal name has a racist background they are one of the oldest ethnic groups in the world. For twenty five thousand years the San have lived in complete harmony with nature within this hostile looking desert in the south of the African continent.The Kalahari is far more than just a large desert in Southern Africa. With its huge variety of fascinating wildlife and magnificent landscapes it is a unique world all of its own!
- The complex relationship between royal brothers Edward VIII and George VI, who were both at the heart of the infamous abdication crisis of 1936, is the subject of this excellent documentary. From British Pathé TV's Royalty Collection.
- Thomas Demand, internationally acclaimed as a »photographer«; but yet not your usual photographer, takes photographs of models; photographs that are mostly recreations of specific places. He builds life-sized models out of pasteboard and paper in his studio that are inspired by incidents he finds in the media and private photos. Even though the models require the greatest expenditure in the work process, he photographs them, destroys andt hen disposes them afterwards. His final photographic product evokes the collective memory. The viewer sees well-known visual images of scandals and political or social events which have long ago become part of our common visual consciousness. As much as Demand reduces the images to a few necessary details, the viewer develops his own fantasy being confronted with the all too familiar media images. This happens with the »Badezimmer«(Bath Room), where the Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein was found dead in a bathtub in a Geneva hotel in 1987. Demand also has quite a sense of humor as demonstrated in his piece »Landing«. It was inspired by an accident at the Fitzwilliam Museum in England. In January 2006, a man stumbled over his shoe string and fell down some stairs onthree 300 year old vases from the Quing Dynasty. All three vases broke. A mobile phone snapshot of the bizarre accident quickly found its way to the Internet. Incontestably, Demand has accentuated the comedic side for his reconstruction of this photograph of the accident. The themes Demand has made use of are multilayered, from an apparently coincidence to trivial happenings to the unforgettably tragic. Whether referring to political events or simply owing to the beauty of nature, all of his artworks never fail in their effect.