Terror 2000

Germany, right after the re-unification. The people are out of control, blind hatred towards immigrants is common sense. In this time, a social-worker, with the mission to bring a Polish family to their destination (an i

Dämonische Leinwand - Der deutsche Film der zwanziger Jahre

In this film essay, critic Peter Buchka explores the German cinema of the 1920s, ranging from the disquieting images of Fritz Lang's Metropolis to the castrating sexuality of Marlene Dietrich in Die Blaue Engel. The prog

The Germans and Their Men

A documentary with fictious elements. Ms. Elisabeth (Lieschen) Müller from Austria comes to Bonn, Germany to find herself a man. During the search she investigates the connections between neckties, political power and pr

The Game - The NFL Takes Over Germany

Can the National Football League’s appeal win over the hearts of fans in Germany and around the world for the long term? In “THE GAME – The NFL Takes Over Germany,” RTL explores this question in a high-quality, premium d

Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films

A documentary about German cinema from 1960 to 1990. It follows "Verfluchte Liebe deutscher Film."

Romantisches Deutschland

Friedrich - Ein deutscher König

„Friedrich - Ein deutscher König” beschreibt in markanten Schlüsselszenen die wesentlichen Lebensstationen des Preußenherrschers. Katharina Thalbach verkörpert den „Alten Fritz”, ihre Tochter Anna den Kronprinzen und jun

Gib mich die Kirsche! – Die 1. deutsche Fußballrolle

Spielerepublik Deutschland

Deutschland. Fußball. Sommermärchen 2024?

Germany. Summer. Soccer World Cup 2006: A nation experiences a summer fairytale. Germany, 18 years later. The UEFA Euro 2024. A changed country. And yet another happy and peaceful summer fairytale? Esther Sedlaczek takes

Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte

This is not merely another film about cinema history; it is a film about the love of cinema, a journey of discovery through over a century of German film history. Ten people working in film today remember their favourite

Sammy Davis Jr.: Live In Germany

Sauna Report Germany - The Naked Joy of Sweating

Dieser Mann und Deutschland

Fictionalized documentary about the first man killed at the border between East and West Germany.

While All Germans Sleep

After 50 years, Marek remembers his dangerous adventure as a five-year-old, when he and his friend Itzek left a Polish transit camp one night in 1942 – a few days before their evacuation to Auschwitz – to go get the toys

Luther

German silent film about the life of Martin Luther

The Number One - Germanys Best Goalkeepers

Documentary about the most famous German football goalkeepers and their stories.

Afro.Germany

What is it like to be a black person in Germany? And what needs to change? DW's Jana Pareigis traveled across the country and met other black people living in Germany, including the artist Robin Rhose, and the rapper Sam

Neuer Deutscher Film Report

Interview film with the protagonists of the New German Cinema in 1966.

Sympathisanten - Unser deutscher Herbst

West Germany in the 1970s. Many artists, journalists and intellectuals were branded as sympathizers of Baader-Meinhof's left-wing terrorism. The parents of the director, too: Margarethe von Trotta and his stepfather, Vol