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 [...]
Saudi Arabia – Oil Power in Crisis
Arte, 2017, 52 min “Saudi Arabia has been dependent on oil for far too long. This has got to change, very soon!”– Ahmed El [...]
“In the Footsteps of Cesária Évora – World Music of Cape Verde”
Cesária Évora made the melancholic Capeverdian music world-famous in the early 90s - in France she was known as "la diva aux pieds nus", [...]
German Dynasties: The Furtwänglers
ARD/WDR, 2015, 43 min. Maria Furtwängler’s surname has sometimes been a burden to her. After all, the Furtwänglers have produced an outstanding archaeologist and [...]
Avraham and his new home
KIKA, 2015, 26 min. In this film about Hasidic Jews in Ukraine, the writer Andrea Morgenthaler gives us a glimpse of a very unusual [...]
Travelling on the North Sea Cycle Route – From Belgium to Norway
ZDF/ARTE, 2015, 5x43 min. Part 1: Belgium and the Netherlands Part 2: Germany Part 3: Denmark Part 4: Sweden Part 5: Norway In the [...]
ADVENTUROUS TURKEY – From the Bosporus to the Tigris
ARTE, 2015, 5x 52/43 min., NDR, 2015, 2x 43 min. The five-part series “Turkey Adventure – From the Bosporus to the Tigris” takes us [...]
The Cape of Wild Animals
ARD/NDR, 2015, 30 x 48.30 min. Landscapes brimming with exotic beauty, glowing red sunsets and wild animals – this is the backdrop to the [...]
Mensch, Bio!
WDR, 2014, 90 min. Alfred Biolek is one of the last living doyens of German television. For decades he presented personal biographies with unparalleled [...]
Kill Zone USA – Investigations in a Gun-Crazy Country
NDR/ARTE, 2014, 85 min. The massacre at an elementary school in Newtown came as a terrible shock. To the world, to America and most [...]
German Dynasties – The Princely House of Thurn and Taxis
ARD, 2013, 45 min. The documentary “German Dynasties – The Princess of Thurn and Taxis” is a wild journey through the centuries. Princess Gloria [...]