HISTORY

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY / HISTORY / MIPTV 2017

1917 – THE REAL OCTOBER. ARTISTS IN TIMES OF REVOLUTION

Petersburg, 1917: we re-experience the year of the two revolutions. From the perspective of Russian artists such as Maxim Gorky and Kazimir Malevich, we recount the events of this turbulent year. Petersburg, 1917: Russian artists in the year of two revolutions. The tsar abdicates and suddenly everything seems possible. Eight months after the February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution, the Bolshevists seize power in October. But what exactly happened in this period between February and October? How did the people of Petersburg […]
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HISTORY / MIPTV 2017

THE RENAISSANCE FACTOR

Never before have culture, economics and science developed so rapidly within one century as during the Renaissance. But what was the catalyst for it, what is the “Renaissance factor”? The Renaissance is an epoch that is unique in human history: Never before have art, culture, economics and science developed so rapidly within one century. We search for the “Renaissance factor”, that combination of influences that triggered a pivotal period in history. It is a journey through time from Roman antiquity […]
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HISTORY / MIPCOM 2016 / SERIES / TRAVEL

THE SEVEN LIVES OF THE SEA CLOUD

It is one of the finest and oldest sailing ships in the world. In five episodes, we accompany the Sea Cloud on its long journey across the Atlantic and study the history of this floating legend. It is one of the finest and oldest sailing ships in the world. Built by Krupp in the 1930s at the Germania shipyard in Kiel, the Sea Cloud still sails the world’s seas today after an adventurous and incredible career. Her greatest challenge: crossing […]
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HISTORY / MIPCOM 2016

GÖRING’S CARINHALL

In 1933, Herman Göring created his very own realm, a lavishly designed hunting lodge – Carinhall – not far from Berlin. We take a closer look at the history of this mysterious place. The second man in the Third Reich created his very own realm “for eternity” not far from Berlin. Built in 1933 at public expense, Hermann Göring had the hunting lodge lavishly designed in the style of a Swedish log cabin, which he called Carinhall after his first […]
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HISTORY / MIPCOM 2016 / MIPTV 2017

THE CRIMEA THROUGH THE AGES

The film introduces towns and regions in the Crimea, looks back at the peninsula’s eventful past and explains the current situation from a historical perspective. In March 2014, the Crimea became part of the Russian Federation once again. An internationally disputed referendum led to the reunification of the Crimea and Russia. For thousands of years, the Crimean peninsula has been home to numerous peoples who have all left their mark on the region. Various sites bear testimony to this past […]
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ART / CULTURE / HISTORY / MIPTV 2016

CRIME NOVELS AND THE THIRD REICH

Dominique Manotti, Philip Kerr and Volker Kutscher write successful crime novels about an era that has never before been the subject of crime fiction: the Third Reich. They have written crime novels about an era that until now has rarely been the subject of crime fiction: the Third Reich, itself the cause of inconceivable crimes and atrocities. Dominique Manotti, Philip Kerr and Volker Kutscher have broken an unspoken German rule that the Third Reich should not be the subject of […]
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HISTORY / MIPTV 2016

JEFF CARNEY – US AIRMAN TURNED STASI SPY

The young NSA intelligence specialist Jeffrey Carney, who is stationed in West Berlin, suddenly becomes the Eastern Bloc’s most important agent. An unprecedented story of betrayal set against the Cold War. In April 1991, an East Berlin man was kidnapped by US secret service agents. After being interrogated, “Jens Karney” was flown to the USA and sentenced to 38 years imprisonment… Almost exactly 30 years before Edward Snowden turned his back on the NSA, fellow countryman, then Jeffrey Carney, did […]
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HISTORY / MIPCOM 2016

NERO: PLEA FOR A MONSTER

Emperor Nero is still regarded as the epitome of the evil and crazy tyrant. But was he really guilty of all the crimes he was accused of? A dramatically presented historical investigation. The name Nero is still synonymous today with the character of the cruel and crazy dictator. The emperor who ruled over Rome from 54 to 68 AD is mentioned in the same breath as the most horrendous crimes in history. For a long time, he was considered a […]
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HISTORY

THE VIETNAM WAR – A WOMEN’S VICTORY

Without them, victory over the Americans would have been impossible: for about 40 years, it was virtually unknown that half of all soldiers in the Vietnam War were women. We tell their story for the first time. Nearly half of the soldiers fighting in the Vietnam War were women, but to this day little is known about their role in the conflict. Behind the wheel of military trucks, women drivers on the Ho Chi Minh trail risked their […]
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HISTORY

THE RIGHTEOUS AMONG THE NATIONS – RESCUING JEWS DURING THE HOLOCAUST

“Whoever saves a life is considered as if he saved an entire world,” says the Talmud. We tell stories of people from Poland, the Netherlands and Germany who helped Jews in World War even though they were putting their own lives at risk. Wherever there were Nazis who disenfranchised and persecuted Jews, there were also people who came to the aid of their Jewish neighbours. They were few, but nonetheless they were there. Unlike most, these people did not turn […]
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ARCHAEOLOGY / HISTORY / RELIGION

ST PAUL’S SHIPWRECK, 60 AD

In 60 AD, Paul the Apostle survived a shipwreck. The location of the wreck was the subject of much controversy until, 2000 years later, a diver discovered an ancient anchor off the coast of Malta… Thirty years after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, Paul the Apostle and 275 men astonishingly survived their ship being wrecked in a violent storm on their journey to Rome. About 2000 years later, a Maltese scuba diver discovers an ancient Roman anchor with the Egyptian gods […]
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ARCHAEOLOGY / HISTORY

FOOTPRINTS TO THE PAST

An adventurous scientific experiment: European archaeologists and trackers from the Kalahari Desert work side by side to make sense of mysterious footprints left by humans during the last Ice Age. This documentary follows a unique archaeological experiment which studies tracks left by our ancient ancestors during the last Ice Age in caves in southwest France: along with their cave paintings, these early Europeans also left us the imprints of their bare feet, heels and toes. The scientists face the challenge […]
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