HISTORY

  • LEGACY

    LEGACY

    They say post-war generations in Germany bear no blame, but they bear responsibility. Our film focuses – 70 years after the end of World War Two – on people whose fathers and grandfathers were perpetrators, sympathisers and also victims. Will they succeed in teaching future generations about the responsibility of history?

  • FRANCO ON TRIAL – THE SPANISH NUREMBERG?

    FRANCO ON TRIAL – THE SPANISH NUREMBERG?

    So far, no one has been brought to justice for the atrocities committed during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) or Franco’s dictatorship (1939-1975). In 2013, an Argentinean initiative launched a new attempt to prosecute Franco officials. Will the so-called Argentinean trials become the Spanish Nuremberg?

  • SHADOWS OF WAR

    SHADOWS OF WAR

    World War Two from the Soviet perspective: What became of the war after war? How did it define the Soviet Union? Three million Red Army soldiers died in German prisoner-of-war camps. A crime that is rarely talked about, but one that was documented from the beginning on photos and film. Above all by the perpetrators themselves.

  • NEW DRESSES, DARK PAST – HERERO OF NAMIBIA

    NEW DRESSES, DARK PAST – HERERO OF NAMIBIA

    Passionate fashion designer Mc Bright Kavari modernises the traditional costumes of Herero women in Namibia. He wants his dresses to keep alive memories of Namibia’s painful colonial past and the genocide that was committed against the Herero people.

  • ASSASSINATING FRANCO – RESISTANCE AGAINST A DICTATOR

    ASSASSINATING FRANCO – RESISTANCE AGAINST A DICTATOR

    Over 20 failed attempts on the life of Francisco Franco have come to light since the Spanish dictator’s death in 1975. Who were the attackers and what were their motives? In fascinatingly re-enacted scenes, two of the attackers describe their motives and the circumstances behind the plots against the dictator.

  • 1917 – THE REAL OCTOBER. ARTISTS IN TIMES OF REVOLUTION

    1917 – THE REAL OCTOBER. ARTISTS IN TIMES OF REVOLUTION

    Petersburg, 1917 – the year of two revolutions. What happened between the tsar’s abdication in February and the Bolshevists’ seizure of power in October? How did the people experience this turbulent time? From the perspective of artists such as Maxim Gorky and Kazimir Malevich, we recount the events of this period of turmoil.

  • THE RENAISSANCE FACTOR

    THE RENAISSANCE FACTOR

    Between the 14th and the 15th century, a rapid economic, scientific, technical, social, religious and cultural development took place that is unique in human history – the Renaissance. But what was the catalyst for it, what is the “Renaissance factor”?

  • THE SEVEN LIVES OF THE SEA CLOUD

    THE SEVEN LIVES OF THE SEA CLOUD

    It is one of the finest and oldest sailing ships in the world. Built in the 1930s at the Germania shipyard in Kiel, the legendary Sea Cloud still sails the seas today after an adventurous and incredible career. We accompany the ship on its long journey across the Atlantic and study the history of this floating legend.

  • GÖRING’S CARINHALL

    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 CRIMEA THROUGH THE AGES

    THE CRIMEA THROUGH THE AGES

    For thousands of years, the Crimean peninsula has been home to numerous peoples who have all left their mark on the region. 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.

  • CRIME NOVELS AND THE THIRD REICH

    CRIME NOVELS AND THE THIRD REICH

    They write 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. The film shows the three writers Dominique Manotti, Philip Kerr and Volker Kutscher at work in Berlin, New York, Paris, London and Cologne.

  • JEFF CARNEY – US AIRMAN TURNED STASI SPY

    JEFF CARNEY – US AIRMAN TURNED STASI SPY

    Der als Lausch-Spezialist der NSA in West-Berlin stationierte junge Sergeant „Jeffrey Carney“ verriet ab 1983 dem DDR-Staatssicherheitsdienst Top-Geheimnisse der USA. Carney avancierte in kürzester Zeit zu einem der wichtigsten Agenten des Ostblocks. Sein Deckname „Kid“. Eine beispiellose Verräter-Karriere vor dem Hintergrund des Kalten Krieges.