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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- From his juvenile roles to his darker mature roles, a portrait of American actor Leonardo DiCaprio.
- 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.
- 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".
- 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.
- 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?
- 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.
- 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.
- Documentary about the bombing of the city of Dresden in 1945 during World War II.
- 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.
- 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?
- 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.
- 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".
- 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 takes time to show the staying power of the exceptional politician Angela Merkel and traces fundamental questions defining her politics.
- Whiskey and cigarettes are his trademarks. His unique voice and his bright winning smile are his assets. Frank Sinatra is the All-American-Man: A gentleman in a suit, who can do anything but hide everything.
- 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?
- Contact through touch, a guarantee of a primordial bond with the other, can also be experienced as a painful intrusion into intimacy. The first sense developed by the embryo, touch can cause, in those who are deprived of it, a psychic, social but also physical atrophy. In the history of humanity, the way people touch each other and what art says about it reveal the conception of life and relationships transmitted by a society. From the kiss of peace to the physical distancing imposed today by the pandemic, this historical and cultural exploration of touch through the prism of art or philosophy highlights its specificity and vitality.
- 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.
- 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.
- "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.
- Nick Watts and Michael Dörfler address the issue of the ecological footprint caused by individual consumption and the use of resources.
- 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.
- One theater, a variety of shows, over 50 professions - and each performance is a total work of art involving a huge number of participants. They all do their bit, so that in the 150 public theaters of Germany alone approximately 5,800 performances can be staged each season for audiences numbering 35 million. Creative artists, craftsmen, technicians and administrative staff; these are the people who make the world a stage in our theaters. Often ignored by the audiences, they put months of work into each show, along with a lot of sweat and many a crisis. It is a long road from the moment the play is chosen and the cast selected, through the process of set and costumes design to rehearsals and then to the first night. Behind the scenes dramatic consultants, administrators, accountants, set builders and sound technicians do the groundwork which is essential for the success of the play and the delight of the audience. Each performance is an ensemble work during which everybody involved in the theater works together to achieve success. Theatermakers shows what is special about working in the theater and manages to explain part of the magic which is inherent in the dramatic arts. A glimpse behind the scenes and onstage reveals some fascinating insights into the unique and widely varied collection of professions involved, many with traditions going back for hundreds of years - but all absolutely indispensable today. BROADVIEW TV presents the series Theatermakers: fifty 15-minute episodes about the theater as a workplace and the wide range of professions involved in every theatrical and operatic production.
- In the high-gloss documentary "Majesty! Bhumibol and Sirikit of Thailand" BROADVIEW TV and ZDF tell the fascinating story of the longest reigning monarch in the world. He has been ruling Thailand for 60 years. He has survived 26 governments and over a dozen attempts to overthrow him: King Bhumibol the Great. As soon as he appears in public every Thai citizen flings himself to the ground, in awe of the divine presence. Criticising the king is taboo; punishment awaits anyone convicted of insulting the monarchy. His wife Sirikit, once famed as the most beautiful queen in the world, has helped make the former kingdom of Siam famous all around the globe. The makers of this extraordinary documentary have interviewed family members, trusted associates and expert observers, creating a portrait of this reclusive ruler and providing a fascinating insight into life behind the palace walls. With a wealth of opulent images the film tells the story of political tragedies, selfless devotion and all too human blows of fate. A gripping narrative enacted against a backdrop of magnificent splendour.
- 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.
- Perhaps no refereeing decision in the history of football has been the subject of so much controversy: when England was given a third goal in the 1966 World Cup final against Germany, did the ball actually cross the line or not? For this documentary Manfred Oldenburg was awarded the Bavarian Television Prize in 2007. It is the 101st minute of the World Cup final, which is well into extra time. The score is 2:2 when the English player Geoffrey Hurst volleys the ball against the underside of the crossbar of the German goal; it bounces vertically downwards and then back into play. The Swiss referee Dienst decides to award a goal. The final is over, and England are the champions. For 40 years it is impossible to find a camera perspective that clarifies the question of whether the ball really was over the line or not. But thanks to new, spectacular footage which has been found, along with improved scientific calculations, this 45-minute documentary is finally able to shed light on the most painful defeat in German football history.