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- CreatorGottfried KirchnerUwe KerskenPeter BaumannStarsGert HeidenreichDirk SteffensJoachim BublathTerra X - Expedition into the unknown.
- CreatorUwe KerskenStarsJürg LöwBodo PrimusJosef Tratnik
- DirectorManfred UhligStarsEimear BurkeEamonn P. KellyAxel PosluschnyDruids have existed far longer than hitherto assumed, since the 4th century BC. Their traces are found all over middle Europe: from the northern Balkans to Ireland. Their cultural achievements were equal in almost every way to those of the Romans and Greeks: They could read and write and spoke Greek and Latin - for centuries, they were the powerful elite of their culture. Only one single Druid is known by name to history: Diviciacos - an aristocrat of the Aedui and personal friend of Julius Caesar. Diviciacos was a politician, a judge and a diplomat, but he lived at a time when the Celtic lands of Gaul were conquered by the Romans. Greek and Roman contemporaries distrusted the actions of this forbear of the famous comic book druid Getafix: They imagined him in bloody rituals in somber woods. For a long time, scholars thought the tales of human sacrifices were Roman propaganda. Archaeologists were all the more surprised when actually finding a Celtic ritual site in the Swabian Jura that contained traces of human sacrifices. Today, the druids' spirituality still serves as an example for many people. For the past 300 years, there has been a Neo-Druidry.
- DirectorJoachim FestChristian HerrendoerferStarsGert WestphalStephen MurrayArtur AxmannThis meticulously assembled film dissects the Third Reich with an analytical blade, charting Hitler's improbable rise, his mastery of crowd psychology and his consummate skill in exploiting others' weaknesses.
- StarsAaron IrvinCorey BrennanJerry TonerChronicles some of the most famous leaders of the Roman Civilization.
- StarsPatrick BoucheronFrançois-Xavier Fauvelle-AymarEtienne NodetRevisit historical dates of monumental proportion through the prism of memory. Driven by the accessible and passionate delivery of historian Patrick Boucheron, history comes to life with bold, entertaining, and informative graphics and data.
- DirectorIngolf GritschnederStarsHenrik WöhlerAndrej AngrickPaul BlobelSo akribisch wie sie ihre Massenmorde geplant und durchgeführt hatten, gingen die nationalsozialistischen Machthaber dabei vor, die Spuren ihrer Verbrechen zu beseitigen. Wie systematisch die Bürokraten vorgingen und wie grausam und unmenschlich sie dabei vorgingen, ist bis heute ein weitgehend unbekanntes Kapitel Kriegsgeschichte. Genauso akribisch wie sie ihre Massenmorde geplant und durchgeführt hatten, gingen die NS-Täter dabei vor, die Spuren ihrer Verbrechen zu beseitigen. Hatten sie beim Vormarsch in den Osten zunächst die Opfer ihrer Hinrichtungen einfach in Massengräbern verscharrt, so fürchteten sie - nachdem der Krieg für sie verloren schien und nach der Gegenoffensive der Roten Armee -, dass ihre Gräueltaten entdeckt würden. Wie systematisch die "Bürokraten der Massenmorde" darangingen, ihre Spuren zu verwischen, und wie grausam und unmenschlich sie dabei vorgingen, ist bis heute ein weitgehend unbekanntes Kapitel der Geschichte des Zweiten Weltkriegs. Viele Angehörige der damals getöteten Juden, Sinti und Roma, der Partisanen oder einfachen Zivilisten warten bis heute auf eine Nachricht über den Verbleib ihrer Verwandten, hoffen noch immer zumindest auf eine würdige Gedenkstätte. Der Dokumentarfilm begleitet einerseits die französische Organisation Yahad-In Unum bei ihren Recherchen in der Ukraine und folgt andererseits dem Enkel eines der Täter bei den Nachforschungen über seinen Großvater, einen ehemaligen Angehörigen der SS. Beide sind im Raum Lemberg unterwegs. Die Rechercheure von Yahad-In Unum versuchen, Schauplätze von Massenerschießungen und noch lebende Augenzeugen zu finden. Dabei entstehen auch Porträts der Mitarbeiter um den Gründer und Inspirator, den französischen Priester Patrick Desbois. Der Hamburger Vertriebsleiter Rüdiger Schallock folgt den Spuren seines Großvaters, des SS-Untersturmführers Walter Schallock (1903-1974), dessen Taten bis heute als dunkler Schatten auf der Familie lastet. "Transgenerationelle Traumatisierung" nennt das die Wissenschaft heute.
- StarsClaudia GräfAxel BulthauptAnne Kasprik"Der Osten - Entdecke wo du lebst" presents mysterious places and tells unusual stories of life in central Germany. Axel Bulthaupt takes viewers on an expedition through her hometown.
- StarsRebecca GethingsWalt DisneyMargaret WinklerTwo-part biographical documentary on the life, career and legacy of Walt Disney. Making use of recently released archive footage, interviews and classic scenes from his films.
- DirectorHarald ReinlStarsHeinz-Detlev BockKlaus KindlerChristian MarschallBased on Erich Von Daniken's book purporting to prove that throughout history aliens have visited earth.
- DirectorJérôme KorkikianStarsJulien BocherHervé LacroixDamien BoisseauAntiquity, swords and tragic heroes: the perfect ingredients for an epic movie. The documentary shows the beginnings of the sandal and sword film until today - from the silent film era to the boom of the expensive Bible epics in Cinemascope to low-cost Italian costume films until finally to the Hollywood success "Gladiator" at the turning point of the millennia. While films like "Ben Hur" have had great success, others, such as "Cleopatra" with Elizabeth Taylor, have been traumatic setbacks for the film studios. Unpublished interviews with stars such as Oliver Stone, carefully selected film excerpts and excellently restored archive footage revealing the greatest and most decadent moments of the screen antique and their heroes.
- StarsNikolay DrozdovKenneth BranaghAvery BrooksDocumentary-style series about the era of the dinosaurs, mixing real locations and CGI.
- StarsPaul Thomas AndersonEdgar WrightBrad BirdA look at the history of movies and their impact on our culture.
- StarsWilliam ShatnerMichio KakuJonathan YoungThe show will explore the facts behind the world's most fascinating, strange and inexplicable mysteries.
- StarsTom AsbridgeKate RaphaelKhader SalamehFrom its beginnings in 1096 until its final defeat in 1291, the Christian Crusaders fight intermittent battles against the Muslims for control of Jerusalem.
- StarsDonald Ian BlackKirk BozigianDavid VonnerThe minds behind history's most iconic toy franchises discuss the rise (and sometimes fall) of their billion-dollar creations.
- DirectorChristopher CasselStarsJ. Robert OppenheimerKai BirdEllen BradburyExploring how one man's brilliance, hubris and relentless drive changed the nature of war forever.
- StarsDerek MullerHost and physicist Dr. Derek Muller unlocks the mysteries of uranium, one of the Earth's most controversial elements.
- DirectorThom ZimnyStarsSylvester StalloneFrank StalloneJohn HerzfeldThe nearly fifty year prolific career of Sylvester Stallone, who has entertained millions, is seen in retrospective in an intimate look of the actor, writer, director-producer, paralleling with his inspirational life story.
- StarsArnold SchwarzeneggerJames CameronSylvester StalloneFollows the life of Arnold Schwarzenegger, from his days of lifting weights to his successes in Hollywood, his time serving as governor of California, and both the joys and volatility of his family life.
- DirectorLuise WagnerStarsAlexander GerstSascha Rotermund
- DirectorJean-Jacques AnnaudStarsSamuel LabartheJean-Paul BordesMickaël ChirinianA film relating from the inside the Notre-Dame de Paris fire of April 2019.
- StarsMichael SchumacherCora SchumacherMick Schumacher"Being Michael Schumacher" is a documentary series about the life of Michael Schumacher on ARD Mediathek.
- DirectorEva WeberStarsAngela MerkelRobin AlexanderJoe BidenDriven 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.
- DirectorKevin BurnsDavid ComtoisStarsRoddy McDowallMort AbrahamsCharlton HestonThe story behind the making of the 5 "Planet of the Apes" movies.
- StarsRoger KestenWanja MalikDirk SonnenscheinTerra X: Germany saga.
- StarsChristopher ClarkTerra X: Australien-Saga.
- StarsClaude VorilhonNadine GaryGeorges FenechFeaturing interviews with his followers, critics and Raël himself, this docuseries traces how a UFO-inspired religion spiraled into a controversial cult.
- CreatorUwe KerskenStarsHans MittermüllerStefan WeinfurterHeinrich August WinklerDocumentary series about 1,000 years of German history. Reviewing the history from about 955 A.D. to the modern-day monarchy and World War I.
- StarsMaximilian SchellGert HeidenreichClaudiu-Cristian PrisecaruImperium is a "ZDF Terra-X Documentary-Series" about world empires and their rise, successes, achievements and downfall.
- StarsGert HeidenreichThomas ReiterMaximilian SchellThis German format is not a series properly speaking, as it has no permanent cast or script continuity, but presents each time a 45 minutes documentary, usually in part presented as a docudrama (not faction, as close to scientific knowledge as possible, but visually attractive), elaborating a specific historical theme, widely varied, often exotic in the sense of a far time (as far back as prehistoric times) and/or place (around the globe), although some episodes fit together well, chronologically or thematically, but always fit to be watched separately. Usually authentic locations are used, as well as scenes from and/or interviews about the scientific research it is based upon.
- CreatorUwe Kersken
- StarsJeremy FreestonSimon LeeTim SutherlandArchaeologist Tim Sutherland travels to various countries to gain insight into the Viking Age.
- StarsSam WaterstonHans-Peter BögelJames WrightFrom the bloodletting of Maya kings and a pharaoh's last journey to the secret pleasures of a Roman empress.
- StarsJeremy FreestonTim SutherlandSimon LeeThe series traces and sifts through the remains of the Medieval Dead. Specially assembled experts Tim Sutherland, Malin Holst and Simon Richardson travel battlegrounds and battlefields, towns and villages, churches and burial grounds to search for clues hidden in the bones of the dead from medieval time.
- StarsMark BazeleyJoseph MayCorey JohnsonHistorians and scientists search for insights into the origins and significance of some of the most enigmatic relics and mysteries known to man.
- StarsJonny PhillipsAlisdair SimpsonChris WilsonA series of documentaries exploring modern efforts to solve historic mysteries.
- StarsCalandra CaldecottCharles DarwentMartin BaileyThe history of various thefts of art and efforts to recover them.
- DirectorPepe PippigStarsStella HilbNeven PilipovicTobias Kay1,300 years ago, the east of today's Germany between the Elbe and the Oder was almost deserted. But then strangers from the east, Slavs, enter the fertile land. They settle in the 7th century AD.
- CreatorBernard VaillotAndre BarroGreg GransdenStarsJonathan ArisStephen BogaertJohn CoxDramatized reconstruction of real-life air disasters, along with interviews with aviation experts and eyewitnesses.
- StarsSylvie PamphileMatthew MacCallumSteve RizzoThis epic adventure history series tells the grand story of people, places and events that shaped Canada. It's a tale filled with change makers and rule breakers, dreamers and visionaries, scientists and entrepreneurs who forged a nation in a vast, harsh land. It's the story of how native populations, European settlers and modern immigrants transcended differences to create a unique identity.
- StarsChristian RachChristian BiancoSebastian BaurThere is hardly anything we do more frequently and with more passion than eating. Thus the history of the food is rich in anecdotes, oddities and knowledge from cultural history to hard science. The taste of humans was very different at all times. Why do we eat what we eat and how has it developed? Star cook Christian Rach goes on a journey through the cultural history of cooking and eating. It is a journey in three courses - through kitchens, gardens, bakeries, palaces and huts, to chefs, cheese makers and winegrowers, experimenters and inventors. He learns how stone age people have cooked their soup. Why Europeans once were afraid of the potato. Why there used to be coffee-policemen in Prussia. And how things like baking soda and canned food, dishwashers and table manners were invented.
- DirectorAnnebeth JacobsenPeter WolfStarsHans BayerDemet Fey
- DirectorFrancisco MacriStarsJackie StewartFernando AlonsoMika HäkkinenThe life of five-time Formula One world champion Juan Manuel Fangio. The first official documentary.
- StarsDenise HuskinsAaron QuinnHenry LeeAfter a harrowing home invasion and kidnapping in 2015, a couple is accused of staging the ordeal when the woman reappears in this true-crime docuseries.