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The symbol of the SS, Hitler’s Schutzstaffel, stands for terror and the murder of millions. The penniless graphic artist Walter Heck was given the job of designing the jagged, rune-like characters in 1929. The “sig” rune was rooted deep in the ideological cosmos of the Nazis and their supporters. They saw themselves as the descendants of the Teutons and declared the runes to be humanity’s original Germanic script. The symbol was meant to unite Heinrich Himmler’s “Black Order”. But did it escape their notice that it was originally of Semitic origin? In October 1945, the Allies passed a law banning the Nazi Party and all associated organizations, including the SS. The young Federal Republic even forbade all Nazi symbols. This documentary tells the gripping story of the SS symbol, from the Middle Ages to the present day.

The film brings Peter Tchaikovsky in a radical way into the present and draws an emotionally charged psychogram of the most famous composer of Russia. Tchaikovsky's fate of being a homosexual at the mercy of gay men moves into close proximity. In addition, well-known international artists and experts appear in the film and reveal their very personal approach to Tchaikovsky and his music.

The Kingdom of Lichterwald is facing financial ruin and only by marrying a wealthy bride can Prince Augustin hope to prevent worse. He decides to marry no less than the Emperor's daughter, Victoria.

Set in the 1800s when Napoleon’s French ruled Europe, the film follows young Austrian carpenter Franz and his Bavarian wife, Katharina as an unforeseen event forces them to flee from Augsburg, Bavaria for Franz’s family home in Tyrol, Austria. Tyrolian sentiment is rising strongly against Napoleon and trouble is stirring. In no time it sweeps up Franz and his brothers along with the whole town.

In the form of a poetic-lyrical dialog, "Lost in Hope" tells the story of the Israeli Rachel and the Palestinian Jassir. Jassir wants to live in freedom, beyond the hopelessness and violence in his country. Rachel's dream is to study music. But first she has to complete her military service. Although they both reject the entrenched patterns and violence of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, their future is determined by the conflict in their country. The fate of one determines the fate of the other.

"Open To New*" - No time for separation blues! The recently divorced Mia, mother of a pubescent son, is pushed into an online dating service blind date organized by her best friend. But what exactly does "open-minded*" really mean?

In a small Gernan Village 3 old people die. Their Kids decide to keep acting as if their were alive, so they can get their retirement benefit.

Three more years, then she will be 40: Sophie is slowly getting scared. Actually, she should be happy and have everything under control: three growing children, a small catering agency, a large farmhouse and a husband, Hubertus, who is reasonably successful professionally. But somehow life has lost its tension. It will wrinkle like an old apple, worse: like herself.

A young pregnant woman who lives in Jerusalem believes she is going to bring the son of God into the world. Her older sister tries to convince her to return with her to Germany. Then the young woman disappears.

Hannah and Fanny's father once callously abandoned his family, which is why Hannah, at least, has little desire to rush to the funeral after their mother Martha announces the old man's death on an island in the south. But pregnant Fanny is determined to pay her last respects, and Hannah allows herself to be persuaded. She quickly regrets this, because for some reason (which could well have something to do with her father), the dead rise from their graves on the island and harass the living.

While searching for a serial killer in Berlin's tunnel system, investigator Maik Brunner is hit by a subway train. He wakes up in hospital - in the GDR, in 1984! Lieutenant Kempe is already waiting for him - she is working with him on a series of murders very similar to the one in 2009. Here, too, the perpetrator has poisoned his victims. And here, too, he knows his way around the underground. If Brunner catches the perpetrator in 1984, he could save his girlfriend. In 2009, she is in the hands of the madman...

Edward Rosmore, a millionaire suffering from a fatal disease, uses a pretext to bring George Armstrong - the man his beloved wife adored when she was younger - back into her life; he wants to make sure there will be somebody to look after her after his death. But his plan seems to go completely askew when his wife misunderstands his intentions and thinks he is planning a new beginning with his secretary. On top of which her daughter begins to fall in love with George, not realizing he is actually her father. And then, when the misunderstandings and half-truths have completely divided the family, there is a tragic sailing accident. Edward dies - and George comes under suspicion of murder...

For many families in Afghanistan, women's soccer remains a taboo subject. Madina Azizi knows this better than anyone. At the age of 23, the young woman, who was a member of the Afghan national team, now coaches a girls' team in Kabul. But while sport is tolerated for girls until they reach adolescence, marriage generally puts an end to it.

A study of a man's physical and mental limitations. In the 24 quite harsh and grueling fragments of the unfinished drama, a body and a mind are tested as far as they can be pushed before their owner goes over the edge. Is there just one thing that proves to be too much for Franz Woyzeck, or is it an accumulation of miseries and torments of a wretched existence? Woyzeck is perhaps not so much a bleak account of how miserable life can be as how much strength is required to deal with the daily vicissitudes of life and how delicate and fragile a balance the human psyche rests on.

In the first century, after the death of Herod the Great, Judea goes through a long period of turbulence due to the actions of the corrupt Roman governors and the internal struggles, both religious and political, between Jewish factions, events that soon lead to the uprising of the population and a cruel war that lasts several years and causes thousands of deaths, a catastrophe described in detail by the Romanized Jewish historian Titus Flavius Josephus.

Witness firsthand the struggle of the charismatic and controversial US attorney who, since 9/11, has been charged with the impossible task of assigning a dollar value to life when compensating victims of America’s most tragic events.

A documentary about the history of the German rap scene.

Bouldering in Switzerland, Austria and France.

The police psychologist Jo is supposed to help catch the sex offender Molesch. Since the hotel is fully booked, she stays with her old college friend Vera and her husband Bruno. It turns out that Vera and Jo used to be in love with the same man. The two women's musings are interrupted when Molesch suddenly appears in the garden.

In the third film of the successful series, Jan Fedder is back as a Pastor Book with body and soul. To look after human destinies in St. Pauli, he sees as his life's task, no matter what milieu they come from or what confession they belong. The fallen and stranded people challenge him this time especially.

Hanna Forster is still waiting eagerly for the return of her husband Karl, who has been in Russian captivity for seven years. Hanna brought the family and joinery on her own through the war and post-war years. When Karl finally returns, Hanna is overjoyed, but luck does not last long. Heavily injured and traumatized, Karl finds it difficult to get used to everyday and family life again. To prevent the bankruptcy of the joinery, Hanna makes a momentous decision.

In World War II. African-American GIs liberate Germany from Nazi rule while racism prevailed in their own army and home country. Returning home they continue fighting for their own rights in the civil rights movement.

An intimate musical portrait of a reclusive gipsy community in the South of France, which has produced world-famous musicians, yet remains largely unknown to the outside world. The film tells the story of three families, linked through ties of blood and music: the Reyes, famous as the Gipsy Kings; the Balliardo, descendants of Manitas de Plata; and their cousins the Regis, reclusive adepts of flamenco puro. Through cinematic imagery, poetic narrative, intimate musical performances, and moving glimpses of day to day life, we learn to understand the mindset of these unique people to whom fame and fortune have no value, and little matters but music and family. Shot in 4K and featuring over 20 musical performances, the film is a rare treat for anyone who likes flamenco guitar or the Gipsy Kings.

The animated documentary - a mix of live-action footage and animation - tells of the brutal everyday life in the orphanages of the 60s / 70s. Often led by Christian orders, more than one million children were physically and physically abused here. The anonymous protagonist tells of her childhood and her very personal struggle against the nuns' arbitrariness and their ruthless authority.

In a place where a biblical landscape and western myths converge, there is a house, part biker hangout, part mountain farm. It welcomes all beings who traverse this inhospitable landscape. In „The Hostel“, past and future merge into one place, and deepest misery and recreation are not mutually exclusive. This is where our paths cross.

A year comes to an end, a year full of mystery: Why did the Pope resign? And Uli Hoeness didn't? Why doesn't Angela Merkel have a bug-proof cell phone? Why does Boris Becker stick fly swatters to his head? And what on earth will become of Philipp Rösler? At least there were a few answers. A goal is also a goal if the ball flies through a hole into the net. And from the outside. Edward Snowden finds shelter with the flawless democrat Putin. And Ikea's moose lasagna is made of pork. That's not nice. But funny. Dieter Nuhr looks back on everything the past twelve months had to offer.

Barbara and Thomas Lichtblau have been married for 15 years.Today it's Barbara's birthday and Thomas has forgotten her birthday.So Barbara has a gift for her-self: a travel to Mexico because Thomas and her didn't celebrate their honeymoon.Thomas is very occupied, so Barbara travels with her friend Sandra.Arriving at Mexico Barbara and Sandra meet Diego , the photographer and Pepe ,the bar owner who told Barbara that he his the brother of Consuela, a mother with two nice children .Sandra spends then good moments with Diego.The time has passed and one day before leaving Mexico, Pepe invites Barbara for a boat ride, they spend the night together, on the morning Barbara was driving the boat,Pepe falls in the boat and has a concussion.Barbara can not stop the boat and shocks the boat on the beach.Sandra calls Barbara, they must go to the airport, but Barbara says Sandra that she will not travel, she also calls Thomas to tell him that she will stay for a few days more in Mexico

Agent Torquemada the Grand Interrogator of the allusive and mysterious 'The Firm' grills the equally strange and bizarre suspect linked to a murder scene. The tense and confusing interrogation begins to degrade into chaotic mindlessness, with Torquemada attempting at his wit's end to get the answers he needs. Where is Raymond? Where is Grey Point? In the end nothing is clear. But then perhaps that is the point. Nothing is what it appears to be.

When Bertha dies, her granddaughter Iris inherits her house and finds herself back in the home where she and her cousin used to play dressing-up in the summer holidays. While she wanders from room to room, she gropes her way through memories and things she had forgotten: What did her grandfather really do before he went to war? Which men were Bertha’s daughters in love with? Who ate his apple with the seeds?

A series of bizarre deaths keeps an English village in suspense. Scotland Yard's best man is soon convinced: there's a killer at work! In Ashdown Dean - a village where no murder ever happens - Lady Agatha Ardry suddenly discovers one body after another.

Susi Q loves to travel. To dance. To get drunk. She loves women. She loves her best friend. She loves life! And now all that should suddenly change? Because she's getting "too old"? Take responsibility - Settle down with someone - Live a normal life - Like everyone else? Not Susi Q.

On December 23, 2013, former Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt will be 95 years old. As the second Social Democratic head of government in the Federal Republic of Germany, he shaped the country like few other chancellors. Even 30 years after the end of his time in government, he is still a highly esteemed expert whose advice and opinions are in demand. He is one of the most popular chancellors among the population and is held in the highest esteem by his party; even his political opponents at the time pay him the greatest respect.

Every evening around 7 p.m., a ritual is celebrated at the Meenakshi temple in Madurai, India. The priests carry out a mustard from the innermost part of the Hindu temple. It contains Shiva. Stops are made at several stations and Shiva is blessed until she finally goes to bed.

Rosa Hofer accidentally discovered that her son-in-law Udo is highly indebted . She follows and observes him secretly and finds out that he is trying to make some money in illegal poker games in a more than dubious cafe. To avoid the worst and save the family , and the house , which is already overwritten on the children, Rosa treading unusual ways for her. After initial differences, she gets help from Charly, who works in this cafe.

GDR August 31, 1985, Klubhaus in Coswig/Dresden - "Intermedia I - Farbraum/Klangbild"- the event was the first and, as it turned out, the last exhibition by the subculture in East Germany, in which over 40 visual artists and twice as many musicians, performers and super 8 film photographers participated. About 1,200 visitors travelled from all over the GDR to witness a six hour programme on both evenings. It remains unclear to this day how many informers working for the Stasi were among them.

What do you do if you are pregnant and the biological father is only an affair, but not at all a suitable partner and father? Passionate headhunter Mila has access to numerous application portfolios from men who perfectly match her "type." She embarks on a hunt for another, "more suitable" father and subjects the unsuspecting "daddy candidates" to a thorough, absurdly comical assessment. But what if a potential father doesn't live up to the promises of his resume during the "trial period"? Mila needs a plan B and quickly steals another woman's blind date. But this only maneuvers Mila further into a self-inflicted vicious circle, and she must be careful that the hunter doesn't suddenly become the hunted...

On some pale blue dot in the Milky Way Galaxy – every day - bread is made – you will see how!

Many years ago, there lived an Emperor, Friedhelm, who wanted so much new clothes that he spent all his money to be properly cleaned. One day, three scammers with a ruse, came along who pretended to be weavers, Jacob, Maja and Greta. "The clothes are so special, that they are invisible to any who are hopelessly dumb or unworthy of office."

Oscillating between aesthetic and documentary forms, Kaltes Tal describes the daily business of a strip mine harvesting lime. The material removed is processed and returned to nature through forest liming. This measure attempts to counteract acid rain that troubles the forest floor. A cycle like a Mobius strip – an irreversible consequence due to the mining materials in order to restore the fragile natural balance. Lime dust delicately dusts the forest floor. A white, spherical alternative world opens, questioning our ambivalent relationship to nature.

This fiction feature debut by Xaver Böhm is the newest production from Komplizen Film. In this Faustian tale, anxious Yuri finds himself face-to-face with Death. Yuri is forced to confront his fears over the course of a fateful night.

Ben and Barnabas are unseparatable since they are small. The two of them, however, are no ordinary pair of brothers, for Barnabas, with his twenty-two years, remained mentally at the age of three.

Sebastian is unemployed, finding pleasure only in his old Peugeot. He got married to his girlfriend Jazmin and having no income, he starts a job of a private ride service. One day, a regular customer, Jalil, an old Arab man suggests a long distance drive. During the ride from Buenos Aires of Argentina to La Paz of Bolivia, the two are in conflict with each other constantly. With a series of unexpected accidents, the journey brings a small but important change to both of their lives.

Hans and Fridel are a marriage that come to Java fleeing of the pursuit Nazi just before the Second World war comes untied. In this paradise Hans finds an employment as municipal police, but his wife, always unsatisfied, turns into one addicted to the opium. One day Hans knows Helen, the daughter of an important businessman, with whom he falls in love almost to the instant. But Fridel is his major worry, and can´t leave her, though it will not be able to forget Helen either.

Romanian truck driver Stancu is worried about his nephew Dragan, who often takes risks to keep the schedule of the logistics company.

Some common wildlife scenes in the world of "Rollin'Wild".

Ex-judge Lena Kalbach has to represent a Catholic priest, of all people, in her first appearance as a lawyer. The priest Lukas Schloss has embezzled a large sum of money and is facing a prison sentence and expulsion from the church. However, Lena discovers that the young priest had good reasons for his illegal actions. The lawyer wants to help him, but it's a difficult task: her husband Friedrich, of all people, is representing the church in this sensitive matter. In this episode of the family series, Michaela May, alias Lena Kalbach, once again amazes viewers with a legitimate form of legal malpractice.

Documentary about the journey of Patrick Allgair and Gwendolin Weisser, who travelled over 100,000 kilometres on foot and by hitchhiking. Starting in Freiburg, Germany, they travelled eastwards for three and a half years, passing through Ukraine, Russia, China, Japan and Mexico on their way around the world.

Terry drives back into the woods to find the grave where he killed and buried his wife. He's forgotten something which might lead to his detection.

Show recorded at the famous Royal Albert Hall on October 24th, 2013 in London spanning all the old Genesis classics. Special guests include Ray Wilson (ex Stiltskin, ex Genesis), John Wetton (formerly of King Crimson, Uriah Heep, Wishbone Ask, Asia) and Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings, Transatlantic, The Tangent). 18 songs and nearly 2 ½ hours of music across, plus a full bonus disc of backstage and “album by album” footage.

Susanne is called to her boss's office. There she drinks from a cup containing a paralyzing liquid. When Susanne regains consciousness, she has already become a will-less, controllable puppet of the system.