Die Neue

Eva is a passionate teacher. After the death of her mother, she tries to find a new direction in life. Then Sevda, a Turkish girl, joins her class. She is smart, self-confident and wears a headscarf out of conviction. Sh

The Civilizers – Germans in Guatemala

For more than a century, Guatemala has been home to a small yet highly influential German community. Its prosperity began with the coffee boom and has continued, almost uninterrupted, to the present day. Convinced of bel

Die Bößewichter müssen dran

The story of the Grünthal peasants' uprising against the commander who oppresses and exploits them.

Schlagerland

Schlager is the stalwart of German pop culture and emerges stronger from every modernization crisis. But what are the stories behind the flawless backdrop of the German Schlager world? What makes Schlager stars true arti

Battle for the Himalaya

Epic documentary about the German expeditions to Nanga Parbat up to 1937. After a first unsuccessful attempt in 1932 and the tragic second expedition led by Willy Merkl in 1934, in 1937 Karl Wien led another expedition t

Handel: German Arias @ Madrid International Festival of Sacred Art

Madrid's International Festival of Sacred Art (FIAS) offers a uniquely diverse program at various venues across the Spanish capital every year. An opportunity to enjoy the work of high profile artists as well as new name

Der Reichstag

Docudrama telling the story of a building with a breath taking career that began in the empire, flourished in the Weimar Republic, perished in the Nazi dictatorship, and was rebuilt after its partial destruction.

Warum so umständlich, wenn's so einfach geht?

Two packers discuss a damaged transport crate, and a young woman arrives to claim it for her father. The supervisor explains the defect and suggests the new container transport system. The father and daughter receive a b

Trading Germans

A first hand account of one of the biggest cases of human trafficking during the Cold War. A story of greed, courage, hope and remorse.

Augenblick

In 1996, cinematographer Helge Weindler died in Almeria, Spain, while shooting his wife Doris Dörrie's new film. A year later, she set out to retrace her grief and pain in a very private film.

A Whispering in the Mountain of Things

Dominik Graf, now a leading filmmaker, revisits his late father Robert Graf’s acting career (1956–1966), during which Robert appeared in 20 features and 25 TV dramas by directors like Hoffmann, Staudte, Siodmak, Sturges,

Wie andere Neger auch

A black ethnologist explores aspects of German life in West Germany in the early 1980s with a foreign eye - and meets with rejection because she dares to look at Europeans with the same tools as they have used for centur

Koenig's Sphere

Adlon recounts the making of the sculpture, "Kugelkaryatide" the sphere that stood in the center of Tobin Plaza between the two towers of the World Trade Center. The film follows the sculpture from its creation as the la

Heimat in der Fremde?

Ein weites Herz

When Isa provokes the Nazis with a satirical song at her graduation party, she is denied her degree despite passing her exams. She has to give up her plan to become a teacher and, against her mother Petra's wishes, manag

A Wedding with a German Flavor

The short invites the viewer on an amazing journey through time. Each episode is a separate chapter that reveals the depth and beauty of the wedding customs of Russian Germans, carefully passed down from generation to ge

Schneetreiben und Dampfwolken

A film about the German Reichsbahn and its supply of the Wehrmacht, despite severe winter weather, as well as the use of existing railway lines in occupied Europe by the German Reichsbahn. It also covers the restoration

Kampf im Klassenzimmer

Vote for Henryk!

German national election campaign 2002: Henryk Wichmann from the conservative party is fighting a lost battle in the Uckermark.

1939/1945: German Women Against Hitler

Coming from all social strata, a priory model citizens of the Third Reich, one thing unites these women: hatred against the Hitler regime and the desire to end the Führer.