Films
Riefenstahl
"I have been working on the Riefenstahl estate for more than two years. When I began my research, I focused on unknown documents such [...]
Surviving in Brandenburg
The auteur filmmaker Lazlo Kovac (Zoltan Paul) is denied funding for his film project. Too old, heart problems and no longer employable. Didn't the [...]
Cicero. Two lives, one stage
Eugen and Roger Cicero were father and son, but above all they were exceptional artists. While Eugen achieved fame as a piano virtuoso in [...]
Kennedys Liebe zu Europa
Documentary drama about John F. Kennedy's travels in pre- and post-war Europe. What is behind the political pop star and the famous phrase "Ich [...]
A regular woman
In the middle of Berlin, Aynur (Almila Bagriacik) is shot dead by her brother Nuri (Rauand Taleb) on the street. She unsuspectingly accompanied him [...]
The Good Göring
ARD, 2015, 90 Minuten Two brothers. One of them is universally known – he was Reichsmarschall and second in command to Adolf Hitler: Hermann [...]
Mata Hari – Dancing with Death
ARD, 2017, 90 min. In their new dramatised documentary, the director and screenwriter Kai Christiansen and the executive producers Matthias Martens and Sandra Maischberger [...]
A blind hero – The love of Otto Weidt
ARD, 2013, 90 min. A film about the untold story of Otto Weidt, who saved numerous Jews during the Nazi reign of terror in [...]
Recent documentaries
Cracks through Europe – The EU in the Corona crisis
Unprepared health systems and inadequate social security systems: the Corona crisis mercilessly exposes the weak points in numerous European countries. But the pandemic also [...]
Grapes of Wrath – The Cultural Heritage of the Arabellion
For ten years now, youth in North Africa and the Middle East have taken to the streets for their freedom. But not with weapons [...]
Katarina Witt – A world star from the GDR
Katarina Witt is the most successful female athlete in the history of figure skating with two Olympic victories, four world championship and six European [...]
Power struggle for German unity – The Two-Plus-Four Talks
Not only is the German unity an effect of popular movements and the collapse of the GDR, but also the result of a political [...]
Longing sailing
Bright white sails, turquoise water and palm tree beaches - this is the backdrop of the 10-part ARD documentary series "Sehnsucht Segeln" (longing sailing). [...]
The Islam of Women
When you think of women in Islam in Europe, the first thing that usually comes to mind is the oppression of women. No religion [...]
Lebanon – A Country as a Hostage
Hezbollah, the Shiite “Party of God”, is becoming more and more powerful. In its home country, Lebanon, it is now a state within a [...]
Never Again – America’s youth against gun mania
Newtown, Orlando, Las Vegas – every one of these place names has become a synonym for a mass shooting in the USA that left [...]
Estimate, bid, fear
The new rbb documentary series "Estimate, bid, fear" takes a look behind the scenes of a Berlin auction house and accompanies auctioneers on their [...]
Lebanon – A Country as a Hostage
Hezbollah, the Shiite “Party of God”, is becoming more and more powerful. In its home country, Lebanon, it is now a state within a [...]
The Black Sea Coast
ZDF/ARTE, 2018, 5x52 min. and NDR 2x45 min. The Black Sea at the edge of Europe: For a long time it was almost inaccessible. [...]
Manuel Down Under
ZDF/ARTE, 2018, 5x26 min. Manuel Zube and Julius Werner are from Kiel and dream of backpacking across Australia. What makes them different is that [...]
Secrets of Arabia
RBB/ARTE, 2017, 5x45 min. and NDR 2x45 min. The countries on the Arabian Peninsula are known for three things: their wealth, Islam and their [...]
The Dream of the Conductor Kent Nagano
NDR/ARTE , 2017, 52/90 min. The US citizen with Japanese roots is a star in the “classical music business”, one of the great conductors [...]
Al-Anood – Sindbad’s heiress casts off
KIKA, 2017, 25 min. Al-Anood and her family live in the small port of Sur on the coast of Oman. She is twelve years [...]