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Dr. Martha Nichols is called to an emergency and arrives just in time: her own daughter Paula wants to jump off the bridge

Die zahlreichen Bilder vom 11. September bewahren die Erinnerung an eine beispiellose Katastrophe. Zu ihrem zehnten Jahrestag wird der Anschlag im Fernsehen wieder und wieder nachgestellt, dokumentiert, analysiert und kommentiert werden. Zum Auftakt zeigt die ARD die Dokumentation "Die Falle 9/11". Der in Teilen bestechende Film kann seine reißerische These allerdings nicht erhärten.

The four friends Musti (Reza Brojerdi), Hannah (Lea van Acken), Yannick (Jerry Hoffmann) and Tom (Lucas Reiber) could not be more different. But they have one thing in common: They are all pretty nerdy misfits who only just survived school thanks to their mutual support. For graduation, they want to prove it to everyone and promise nothing less than the craziest party of the year. However, the closer the legendary party gets, the more the friends realize that there seems to be something between them. Be it unspoken feelings, hurt pride or fear of the future. When the big day of the party finally dawned, the four of them were no longer just about celebrating, but about saving what is most important to them: their friendship!

A mysterious phone call puts Kluftinger and his colleagues Maier and Hefele on the trail of a brutal series of murders. A serial killer who cuts out the hearts of his victims and drapes them macabrely at the crime scene is up to mischief in the Allgäu. There is hardly any time for Kluftinger's own worries, the chest pains that are making his life hell.

The hopelessly romantic Lisa takes desperate measures to win her former lover back, Alf. But the fact that Alf already has a new girl at his side and that Lisa needs to bring her alcoholic father to an antivaricose-campaign photo shooting without letting him know, is not particularly helping.

A group of teenagers must meet once a week for anti-aggression training, or they'll end up in jail. In the past, they have taken their aggression out on other people; now they have been given a chance to control their anger.

The documentary "Helene Fischer - Immer weiter" provides exclusive insights into the making of her 2017/2018 arena tour. Filmmaker Sven Haeusler accompanies Helene Fischer and her team on their long and international journey of preparing for the tour and observes them during their demanding artistic training in Montreal, among other things.

In this concert from his great European tour Duke gives a big band concert to be remembered in Brussel’s Marni Theatre. Featuring star soloists Money Johnson on trumpet, Paul Gonsalves on saxophone, and Joe Benjamin on bass, and even a surprise appearance from singer Anita Moore, this recording is another gem in the Duke’s discography and a must-have for fans.

"The Making of Prora" takes you behind the scenes of Stéphane Riethauser's award-winning short film "PRORA" (15 awards and 120 festivals worldwide) in this stunning location on Rügen Island along the Baltic Sea in Germany. Did Tom Gramenz really drop his pants to get the part? Did he turn gay after kissing Swen Gippa in front of the camera? How were the aerial shots made? Follow director Stéphane Riethauser's backstage comments, while DoP Marcus Winterbauer and sound engineer Carlos Ibañez argue about image and sound.

Luisa works as a couples therapist and has a loveless relationship with her husband Richard, but at the same time she is having an affair with Richard's boss Leopold. As everything slowly threatens to get out of hand, she wakes up one morning to find a second Luisa next to her, who looks just like her but, unlike the original, is somewhat naive and completely relaxed. Luisa christens her doppelganger Ann. At first, everything seems perfect, because while Ann lives out her needs and stays with Richard, Luisa can finally spend more time with Leopold. But as Richard slowly takes a liking to Ann, Luisa realizes that she is not happy with the new situation either. A serious conflict begins to brew between the two halves of her personality...

An in-depth analysis of The Reckless Moment (1949) by Lutz Bacher, author of Max Ophuls in the Hollywood Studios.

Shredded chicken, vandalism, mysterious howling in the night: a demon haunts the Labertal in Upper Palatinate. Hias from the public order office investigates and soon has to recognize: the old legends and fairytales are all true.

Archaeologist Katja Bennecke is in charge of an excavation site at the foot of a Mayan pyramid on the Mexican headland of Yucatán. By chance, she discovers the mask of Gonzalo Guerrero, a Spanish warrior described in legends who rose to become supreme general under the Majas: a sensational find! Her colleague Gerd, of all people, tries to steal the valuable piece. But she catches the thief, who is immediately arrested and dies shortly afterwards under mysterious circumstances in a Mexican prison. Katja's daughter Maren arrives unexpectedly - and is kidnapped in the street. They want to release Maren in exchange for the mask. But the precious find does not belong to Katja. To save her daughter, she has to become a thief herself...

Has Julia Gardener, of all people, been taken in by a marriage fraudster? A principal trusts blindly for the first time in her life and comes to bitterly regret it. The tough New Yorker Julia has achieved everything professionally and always has everything under control, but things aren't going well in love.

In his film, Jan Haft shows the almost unbelievable diversity of native wild bees and their amazing adaptations to a wide variety of habitats and living conditions. For most people, "the bee" is the honey bee, which diligently visits flowers and lives as a colony, consisting of a queen and several tens of thousands of workers, in a wooden box or a woven beehive, where it produces honey and wax. However, very few people know that there are over 560 other bee species in Central Europe, the vast majority of which do not live in colonies but as solitary bees. The behavior and lifestyles of these so-called wild bees are as diverse as their appearance, size and habitats. Among the wild bees there are giants with a body length of three centimetres, but also dwarfs that are just three millimetres long. Most wild bees are rather inconspicuously colored.

Over the past hundred years, dramatic social upheavals have taken place in the name of Karl Marx's theories. In Western Europe, the student movement of 1968 and the Eurocommunists were inspired. And in recent times, the thinker has experienced a renaissance.

Divorced hotel employee Hans seems to have lost his son Moritz forever. His ex-wife Linda wants to emigrate to Denmark with him and her new boyfriend. Although he is a man, he no longer has any say in society, because men are, after all, evolution's discontinued models. And since feminism has long been institutionalized, society is becoming more and more feminine and he has fewer and fewer opportunities, he feels powerless and helpless against his ex's decision. So he decides to sit on the dancing lime tree in the middle of the market square to protest against all these injustices.

The musically talented, but socially challenged Henry (14) arrives at a private boarding school for music students at the beginning of a new school year. There, he unexpectedly discovers his fascination with playing the organ. From the fascination, a general love arise for the instrument, the playing of which offer Henry a refuge from the bullying that his fellow students puts him through. His teacher Ms. Schmidt recognizes his talent. Her growing interest in Henry, however, further worsens his position with his roommates Erik, Mik and Sebi. Erik feels that his status as the school's prodigy is threatened, his talent as an organ player has saved him from relegation for years. Erik rules the school and is together with Melanie, who has had Henry under her spell, since he first arrived at the school. Erik and his minions Sebi and Mik, do all they can to make Henry's life a living hell.

A community maintains its peace, with everything working according to fixed rules. However, two members dare to break their structures.

By-the-book logopaedist Matthias Pretschke, failed husband and father, is the very embodiment of order, who doesn't know what hit him when his wife Petra demands a divorce. Admittedly, he hasn't paid much attention to Petra, nor to their daughter, who's in full puberty, nor to their son, who craves his dad's attention. Petra agrees to give him one week to show them if he can change. And he's in luck: he meets himself, only cooler. Tom Senger is the name of the twin he never knew he had. Though Matthias and Tom look alike, they're completely different. Tom, for example, is a typical actor: arrogant, macho and broke. Matthias decides to switch roles in the hope that Tom can be a worthy replacement for a week. "I'm playing you. Only better," says Tom, who sees right away what's missing in the Pretschke home. As the days go by, it gets more and more difficult to distinguish which one is which. And this may not be bad at all.

She certainly has enough trouble on her hands: potter Teresa Blümel's business is doing poorly and the father of her children Max and Lisa has run away. Architect Robert Kant is in a hurry to get to the office in his hire car when he crashes into Teresa's van full of ceramics and plunges into the lake. Teresa fishes him ashore, but Robert has lost his memory and all his papers. So Teresa gives him shelter. While the village police mistake him for the Chinese man Cheng, the little ones make friends with Robert. Teresa also likes his sense of humor. But Robert can't suppress his old life forever...

"Those who don't know their limits have none." This is the story of Mehmet Göker, 32, absolute ruler of a cult-like insurance empire. The film shows the rise and fall of the young entrepreneur of Turkish origin from Kassel. A story of greed and megalomania. But also an illuminating insight into the business practices of private health insurance companies.

Alicia (15) lives in a care home and longs for recognition. One day, a new resident sits at the dinner table. Alicia notices that this boy is quite attentive and somehow different. A flirtation begins, but then it turns out that Mika is not a boy at all, but her new roommate Michaela. Who I Am Happy is a short film about the desire for recognition of one's own decisions, no matter how crazy they sound, and about the courage to stand by them - against all odds.

A dozen narrative poems by Durs Grünbein, interpreted in sounds and images. Wyborny treats the texts as sounding boards for his own casual observations about the places Grünbein discusses, at times presenting what the writer saw and at others moving in a completely different direction.

Four former classmates, Philipp, Leonie, Timo and Yasmin arrange reunion over the weekend in one of Philipp's properties. Philipp's wife and daughter are also present. The weekend ends in bloodbath however, with three people dead and the suspect in coma. Two years later Leonie's mother asks the former classmate of the alleged murderer, Doro Kagel, to reopen the case. She would never trust her daughter to do such an act, and even Doro starts having doubts that are only reinforced by the silence of the survivors.

Chlodwig Pullmann is a tax inspector and is involved in a thousand little deals and tricks - with the knowledge of Mayor Karsten Leimer, who has a lot more dirt on him. Pullmann's wife Jenny, on the other hand, fights against corruption in a citizens' initiative and is of course not allowed to know anything about her husband's deviations. When Pullmann gets a new superior who keeps a close eye on him, things get tight - and in order not to jeopardize his marriage, he decides to go straight. The only question is whether he will succeed.

The Russian island Sakhalin lies 8000 km to the east of Moscow. Every summer, with state support, it hosts a military-patriotic camp for kids from the region. The children are being trained in patriotism and armed combat, backed by lessons of Russian orthodox tradition. In Summer 2015, due to the 70th anniversary of the victory of the soviet army in WWII, the camp takes part in reconstruction of a historic battle, where the kids take on the roles of soldiers. The documentary follows the children in their daily training until the final performance.

Ernst Krenek's theatrical piece Karl V. consisting completely of twelve-tone series should have premiered at the Vienna State Opera. The political situation in the Vienna of 1933 and the fact that Krenek was despised by the Nazis because of this Jazz opera Jonny spielt auf, prevented the première. It only took place five years later in Prague, however Krenek had already emigrated to the USA. Karl V was the last emperor to hold to the idea of a Christian empire in which the sun never set, although its downfall was always inevitable, for numerous reasons. For the second production of Karl V. in the Nationaltheater, Carlus Padrissa in particular seeks out political power systems that are highly topical, and so very precisely analyses the treatment in the theatrical piece. At the core of the intellectually and linguistically highly qualified libretto, written by the composer himself, Karl V. reflects on his life and makes his confession to a young monk below Titian's La Gloria.

Strasbourg was home to one of three Reich Universities founded by the Nazis, known as a project close to Hitler's heart. The university, founded in 1941, is infamous for the human experiments performed on KZ prisoners by the professors of the medical faculty. What did its dean, Johannes Stein, grandfather of documentarian Kirsten Esch, know of these crimes?

In 1916, the officer of the German secret service Elsbeth Schragmüller trains the end-of-career exotic dancer Mata Hari as secret agent. Schragmüller has finally an ear directly in the influential circles of Paris, while Mata Hari can uphold her mundane life despite lack of engagements. Both have great hope for this intelligence mission.

When Markus realized a filthy girl in front of his house and took it into his flat, his women annika quickly realized something must be wrong with her. She does not feel comfortable with the imagination to have her in the flat for the night and she was right. The girl knows details about the couple she could not and should not know and starts an unnatural mind game, which goes far beyond rationality and should finally end up bloody.

A story about a notorious liar and case worker.

When Lieutenant Colonel Anastasia Biefang came out as transgender at the height of her military career, she became the first trans female commander in the history of Germany’s armed forces. The film follows her personal and professional journey, including her physical transition, increasing demands on her as a military leader, and the stress of planning a wedding before being deployed to Afghanistan.

My mother googles the film hero of her youth: Helmut Berger. She is shocked: only an addicted shadow of the former icon seems to be left. She decides to halt the obvious catastrophic decline of the once “most handsome man in the world”. As a consequence, this one-time god of the screen is suddenly sitting on my mother’s sofa in Nordsehl in Lower Saxony. And he stays put - for several months. While he trustingly rolls out his whole life before us, the dividing lines between film team, world star and family intermingle. This is a film about ageing, rising and falling - and about the fact that it is sometimes possible to regain an element of dignity in life.

Once Upon a Time there lived a brave man, Michael, who was unaware what fear is. At the same time, Princess Elisabeth lived with her father, the king, in a makeshift tent city, because their castle was uninhabitable and haunted by ghosts, its treasure cursed. If he wants to know how to shudder, he should visit this Haunted Castle.

On the shores of the Gulf of Finland, the ancient Finno-Ugric peoples originated a singing tradition of mysterious power called the Regilaul. These songs are the roots of Estonia’s renowned singing culture. Based on the continuous repetition of eight-syllable verses, they produce a haunting sound able to connect the fleeting present with the eternal circle of life. Against the stunning setting of modern Estonia, this film explores how Regi songs still fire the imagination today, weaving together people and nature through song.

East Berlin, 1989. With only confusing information provided by adults, Marko tries to understand why it's such a big deal that some wall has fallen down.

Rupert would have become an actor. He would be the star of the stage. But even if he is performing better than anyone else, he will never be an actor as the others. He will always remain Rupert, who dusts the props, cleans the make-up rooms and only enters the stage when there is no audience in the house.

Documentary about the vanishing traces of WWII and the Holocaust in contemporary Berlin, and about individuals who keep the memory alive despite of that in a very personal way. Like the group of female friends who tend the garden of the Liebermann estate, or the Shoah survivor who has always kept the lights on in her home since she evaded Nazi persecution by hiding in a dark bunker. Filmmaker Alexa Karolinski talks to historians and Berlin Jews, and her film connects a poetic portrait of the city with the memory of a collective Jewish trauma that not only affects the generation of survivors.

They are not only awake - they live in the night and with the night. Night Shifts is the portrait of a counter-world. The film follows the traces of people in Berlin who remain invisible during the day and accompanies them on their nocturnal journeys through the city, which are characterized by pragmatic routine, longings and dangers.

An alternative history of the not-so-well-known West German genre cinema of the 1960s and 1970s.

The two friends Nora and Isabel, both disabled, try to lead normal lives. Strangely enough, it is their family, well-meaning friends and care workers who appear not to want normality at all. When Nora decides to marry her immigrant lover Amadou, her family does everything in its power to stop her.

A journey through the most beautiful corners of Europe! Europe 4K is composed of individual films, which show what the versatile continent has to offer. Starting with three of the most famous countries in Europe, this documentary takes us through the Mediterranean atmosphere of Italy, takes us to France, the cultural and gourmet Mecca and also dares a jump across the continent to the eastern Hungary, with its history and by contrasts embossed capital Budapest. The set with the UHD Blu-ray, including normal Blu-ray is an unforgettable journey through the most beautiful cities in Europe, coupled with great stories about the history of each city.

Two Graz residents in their late 20s, Vera and Jonas, engage in a merciless battle of the sexes while wild camping in an isolated gorge in Upper Styria; and the wilderness still has a few surprises in store for them...

In the middle of the night, a broken heart finds music in the arms of beautiful strangers.

During the donations scandal of 1999/2000, Helmut Kohl gave his legendary "word of honor" not to name any donors. This documentary explores the question of what this word of honor was really all about

Farah and her older sister Alima lie closely huddled in their small bed. They try to get their minds off an unknown looming thread – a rumor even the other kids in school talk about. As night falls the shadows grow bigger and darker and every noise becomes incredibly loud and threatening. In the middle of the night there is a knock on the front door. And the small family didn’t expect any visitors.

One day she is sitting at his door. In her red wedding dress and worn-out sneakers. She does not speak his language, is actually too young for him and comes from a completely different world. She also loves different than him - and yet the two become a couple. Johnny, failed DJ and club owner from Hellersdorf, and Sophia, the Romni. Whether she really got away from her wedding, actually comes straight from Belgrade, truly loves him as she claims? Johnny does not know. And at some point he does not care. The supposed bride has conquered his heart. Then her family comes to visit ...

In 1967, fate on a North German dike miraculously brings together the Black Forest cuckoo clock maker Gottlieb Dobischauf with his chosen one Leonore. The two marry, start a family and open the first cuckoo clock factory in the North, which achieves considerable success with the company motto "punctuality, precision, perfection".

Film by Jan Bonny, also known as "Endlich Leben".