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Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn - the magician duo from Germany enchanted the world for decades. Millions of spectators attended their legendary show in Las Vegas. It was the best show in the world - with elephants, white tigers and breathtaking illusions. Siegfried and Roy, two simple men from Germany, lived the American dream. How did they manage it?
Television documentary from 1963 about the profound impact of television on people's lives.
The best films of the European Outdoor Film Tour 13/14. CASCADA (USA 2013, 6 min) Endless rain and millions of mosquitos: is the Mexican jungle the best destination for a kayaking trip? THE ROAD FROM KARAKOL (USA 2013, 30 min) An American in Kyrgyzstan: Kyle Dempster hunts down the last great unclimbed peaks and almost gets lost in the remote wilderness along the way. WIDE BOYZ (UK 2012, 20 min) Too big for your fists, too small for your ass, the brutal world of offwidth climbing: Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker take on the gnarliest offwidth cracks in America. THE BEGINNING (CH 2012, 6 min) Canyoning with the Swiss supermen. NORTH OF THE SUN (NOR 2013, 23 min) Waves and waste on the freezing Norwegian coastline: a perfect Winter for hardcore surfers Inge Wegge and Jørn Ranum. SUPERVENTION (NOR 2013, 10 min) Outstanding freeskiing and snowboarding in the most remote places of Norway.
Hearts are being grown in pigs to save human lives—blurring the boundaries between the two species. Could this be the impetus for a fundamental change in the relationship between humans and pigs?
The woods, the forest, the plantation. Wood, charcoal, palm oil. Where trees are cleared, the way people meet, farm and live together changes, locally and universally. Together with the Congolese women's rights activist Olande Byamungu, the Indonesian instrument maker and musician Ikbal Lubys and the German carpenter and performer Wolfram Sander, the documentary filmmaker and theatre director Daniel Kötter is developing a film parcours and theatre forest in Roden / Kukata Mi/ / Pembalakan, taking the audience to the Bergisches Land near Cologne, to the Indonesian palm oil plantations in Kalimantan and to the charcoal kilns in South Kivu, DR Congo.
Publicity film for Jena Glass.
The Swiss artist Harald Naegeli became known around the world as the “Sprayer of Zurich” in the late 1970s. With his graffiti he criticized the monotonous, inhospitable cityscape of Zurich, but also the politics and the handling of the environment. In her sensitive portrait, director Nathalie David shows Harald Naegeli's multifaceted personality - as a visionary, argumentative artist, rebel, philosopher and astute, humorous person.
This is the amazing story of how a group of reclusive Rhineland experimentalists became one of the most influential pop groups of all time - a celebration of the band featuring exclusive live tracks filmed at their Tate Modern shows in London (Feb 2013), interwoven with expert analysis, archive footage of the group, newsreel of the era and newly-shot cinematic evocations of their obsessions. With contributions from Derrick May, Holger Czukay, Francois Kevorkian, Neville Brody, Paul Morley, Peter Boettcher, Caroline Wood and more.
Looking for clues about the “Chaplin of Theresienstadt”, ghetto cabaret artist Karel Švenk, Schönemann meets his acquaintances and creates an intergenerational network of memory. Laughter was a form of defence. Resistance means commemoration.
Stefan Walther talks about Marian Dora.
From 1938-1939, the systematic anti-Semitism of Adolph Hitler and the Nazis led to violence and despotism towards Jewish citizens, along with the exploitation of Jewish property. Tax inspectors, bailiffs, pawnbrokers, and auctioneers were among the major profiteers of the Holocaust. This documentary goes on a hunt for relics of the past and those who've profited most from the injustices of WWII.
Originally intended as a four-room media installation, allowing the viewer to "live" the film, come and go, Michael Pilz's essay about South Styrian painter Gerald Brettschuh was adapted to one 751 minutes sequential documentary with three parts and an epilogue. Part 1: The Use of Bodies, Part 2: As-If-Not, Part 3: The Party, Epilogue: Coda
Gabi, Stefan, and Henry used to work as street-sweepers for the city of Leipzig. A ruin is all that is left of the Municipal Street Cleaning Base of that time, and the city of Leipzig is moving after the reunification. The noise of air hammers is everywhere. Nowadays, their daily routine has become fragile between the social welfare office, pub, and their homes. There is always a remainder, something that doesn't work out even.
Documentary on the implosion of the Travelers Building in Boston
A cinematic essay on perception and the afterlife of ideas - told through a place in transition. A film of magnificent intellectual scope and uncompromising formal integrity.
The Yoruba people in particular have always had a strong connection to spirituality. The fact that a mysterious white woman shared their belief in the animistic nature of the world restored the Yoruba people's cultural self-esteem.
Hotel rooms are rarely the destination for pilgrimage. In one hotel room, an iconic picture was taken - the portrait of Theodor Herzl, the most renowned zionist leader. Filmmaker Matan Tal visits the room and explores how the connection between Herzl and the room, echos Herzl’s own ideology. Which raises the question: Can people and places be connected forever?
Humor helps people through hard times. A look at the viral videos, songs and sketches that have filled the Internet worldwide since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and what this lockdown humor says about humans in distress.
Harald Schumann talks to people from every walk of life to understand the situation in Greece. From ordinary shopkeepers to people from within the Troika.
As Governing Mayor of West Berlin, as Foreign Minister of a grand coalition, as Chancellor of the Bonn Republic and as SPD Chairman for many years, Willy Brandt played a decisive role in shaping German and European post-war history. He helped shape German society in the 1960s and 1970s and gave political life a new direction. The documentary shows important stages of his life and gives him himself - in archive footage - as well as many friends and political companions a chance to have their say.
Featurette about the making of 'Mad Foxes - Feuer auf Räder'
In the Spring of 1989, the city of Leipzig made a bid to host the 2004 Olympic Games. Comments made on the subject by GDR Chairman, Erich Honecker, at the time are not without irony in view of subsequent events.
The "Weihnachtsmarkt", cozying up with a "Glühwein" in the run-up to Christmas—this is a German tradition that Mr. Frei is keen to pass on....
East German documentary about the 20 July plot.
Daily routine in a kindergarten. Advantages of kindergartens for working women.
Show scenes and interviews with the transvestites Viola, real name Kurt, and Belinda, real name Paulo. They all live and work in Hamburg.
After enduring the trauma of a brutal gang rape, young dancer Thea embarks on a profound journey of healing. Through her choreography, she confronts her pain step by step, gradually transforming her vulnerability into a quiet yet fierce bravery. With the unwavering support of her partner Thiago and the unconditional love of their dog Mandinga, Thea discovers a safe space to begin piecing together her shattered world. The birth of her son Monan further redefines her relationship with her body and sense of self. We follow Thea's most intimate struggles through her personal video diaries, intertwined with the tender lens of her childhood friend, filmmaker Felix, who uncovers the unspoken layers of her healing process.
Short film about Cologne Cathedral
Documentary about traditional German football clubs after their descent from professional football division.
Triggered by observations in radio astronomy, scientists discovered extremely high-energy "quasi-stellar radio sources" - or quasars for short. How could this enormous amount of energy be explained, even though quasars are relatively small and far away? Einstein's general theory of relativity was a starting point with the possibility of exploding stars that collapse in a gravitational collapse and take surrounding matter and energy with them. The gravitational forces are so strong that even light can no longer escape. But how can we make the invisible measurable?
During the Second World War thousands of women in Asia were forced to work as prostitutes for Japanese soldiers. Some of them were still teenagers. They were raped, often beaten and abused. The Japanese called them “ianfu” or Comfort Women. After the war the survivors struggled to continue with their lives, hiding what many considered to be a “shame”. After having been silent for more than 50 years they have started to tell their stories. Until today, they are waiting for an adequate compensation and official acknowledgment of their victimization. They are in their Eighties and Nineties now and time is running out for them. This intimate, touching film tells the story of nine comfort women in the Philippines and follows their efforts to find justice before they die.
Thomas Bernhard rarely engaged in on-camera interviews and conversations. However, he was extremely taken with the television films created by Krista Fleischmann and recognized – both confidently and with foresight – their lasting value for posterity: “I feel this portrait is an entirely successful document whose usefulness will grow.”
Documentary portrait of German production designer Albrecht Becker.
A typical group of young people get together at the weekend. Drinking is part of it because, according to them, alcohol is a social drug. But Rudolf knows better, because he is an alcoholic. He has been trying unsuccessfully to overcome his addiction for years. He observes young people as they deal with alcohol.
