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- An anthology series that follows the work of homicide detectives in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
- Torino in 1899, the local police has to face some implausible crimes and requires the help of the famous criminologist Professor Boato (and his as well implausible methods). As the Professor is more likely to woo beautiful ladies and be trying to escape the attentions of his fiancée for 10 years (Lili) than investigating and solve those cases, most of the work would probably be done by his assistant Scipio, very found of Sherlock Holmes' methods, while the Professor would be attending Giovanna's cabaret.
- In 1827, Berthet, the son of a craftsman and a young seminarian, was tried and sentenced to death for murdering his former mistress, the wife of a notable who had hired him as tutor to his children.
- The story of Mary, mother of Jesus.
- A German stage actor's cult following and popularity after protesting the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia
- A German doctor was a successful contributor to Hitler's Germany. After WWII, he seeks to escape accountability. He meets a Polish-German-Jewish beauty, who was brutalized during the War, and rescues her from further violation. The two start a compelling journey together in another country. Instinctual killer sometimes becomes compassionate, caring, and passionate man. Quiet victim becomes a resistor. Is love found or momentary, passionate comfort? Is the doctor a good man after all, worthy of a woman's love? Has one ever reached a point of no return? Can true love grow from the ashes of soul and society? Are we ever free?
- The relationship between Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the great German writer, and Christiane Vulpius, a village girl, is one of the instantaneous and fiery passion. They lived together for 28 years, 18 of these living in sin, 10 a married couple. Christiane's rival, Charlotte von Stein, a former favorite of Goethe, begins plotting and scheming against her. Christiane puts up with countless insults and humiliations like having to 'disappear' with their son into the servants' quarters and to stay at home on official occasions. Goethe marries her when she saves his life during an attack by plundering Napoleonic soldiers. Her new social position as Goethe's wife is resented and envied by all. When she is openly attacked by the snooty, jealous people, Goethe is only half-hearted in coming to her defence. But she stays with him for he is her great love, even when she turns to the charms of many youthful admirers...
- Papacy of Pius XII focusing on years during World War Two.
- Depicts various periods in the life of Saint Francesco (Mateusz Kosciukiewicz): youth and the first conversion in 1206, the process that inflicts his father, the birth of the historical nucleus of Fraternitas and the departure for the Holy Land up to the writing of rules and death, addressing the problem of the legacy of his message in the different interpretation that Chiara (Sara Serraiocco) and Elia (Vinicio Marchioni) will give it.
- Nonni and Manni live on Iceland with their Mother and their grandmother in the late 1850th. A friend of their father's, Harald, has to give them the information that their father died. The boys became friends of Harald, but one of the policemen in the town who loves the mother, wants to kill Harald. He has to escape from the town, and the boys want to help him with his escape.
- Model pupil Ben Winkler deserves only proud support, yet understanding stepfather Felix, a devoted youth worker, can barely keep bossy mother Johanna Winkler from having a go at Ben when he announces, out of the family's atheist blue, he discretely joined the Lutheran church's catechism class to do his confirmation like most classmates. Though she rages at the 'invasive' pastor Tabea, Felix talks her over to join the parents' group. Regretting to have opted out of every great celebration herself, Johanna decides to show off Ben's confirmation, but can't afford it due to her casino addiction and refuses to let his happily married father Simon help out. Gentle, sensible Ben quietly deals, helped little, with Felix 'cheating' on his ingrate mother with Tabea, suspected-queer classmate Konstantin's appropriate attention, the gambling problem, a party getting out of hand and his own failed attempt to win a US scholarship, having confided only into grumpy grandpa Alex and next Felix, who suggests visiting Nepal together first.
- A 12-year-old dream team of underdogs: Benny is a good-hearted basketball ace, Hamid draws comics like Picasso and Charly fights for animal rights. They have each other's backs against bully Lennart. But when Benny learns that he's Jewish, their friendship is put to the test, as Hamid was taught to mistrust Jews. When his brother Raduan also harasses Benny, Hamid doesn't stick up for him. That's when Charly realizes she has to keep things from spinning out of control. Will she succeed?
- 12-year-old Jonas takes on the responsibility for his two younger siblings when their mother abandons them. Alone and isolated inside the house, they start to drift away into their own fantastic world that soon becomes more like a haunted castle.
- A king's harsh laws against trespass into the 'cursed forest' cause even his only son an heir, prince Johannes 'Hans', to be banished from court. The knave dwells I the forest, where he's taken under the wing of its magical protector, Eisenhans 'German 'iron Hans'). Having rendered strange services, he's sent off with a promise of help when he needs it and a prophecy all may end well if he once catches a golden ball, not unlike his favorite toy as a boy-prince. Grown up in poverty, self-reliant Hans reaches another king's castle and gets employed there, first as kitchen hand, after his 'gross' refusal to take off his cap (which hides his magically gold-covered hair) as gardener's assistant. As such he interests the headstrong princess, gets into trouble again, but returns as savior after the black knight, who already plagues his own royal family, threatens this realm with his armed band.
- Somehow and anyway.
- A strange green cloud has turned almost the entire human race into stone. The only survivors are eight children, their intrepid teacher Birnenstiel and his friend, a jolly millionaire, who by chance all happen to be in an airship above the green cloud at the time. Against this background Birnenstiel tells a bizarre adventure story in which he and the children are heroes. With loving and pointed irony he confronts his protagonists with deep-frozen beauty queens, gene-manipulated tomatoes, extraterrestrial maniacs, aggressive goldfish and last but not least the rampant mechanics of an abandoned civilisation which claims its victims one by one. When the narrator goes too far, the children take the story into their own hands...
- Painter Albert Chmielowski decides to devote his life to helping the homeless.
- A group of climate stickers has taken to the streets and is blocking traffic. Full commitment to the climate on one side, angry people on the other. Is this form of protest appropriate?
- János Orsós is of Romani descent, a teacher, and a Buddhist. Inspired by the history of the Dalits or "untouchables" in India, birthplace of both Romani culture and Buddhism, he founded a school in a small Hungarian village with the goal of enabling teenagers from the poorest Romani ghettos to attend universities. The Angry Buddha documents János' resolute battle against the difficulties he faces over three years, while simultaneously painting affectionate yet honest portraits of the Romani youth who use humour and their own vitality to survive in a world of poverty and prejudice.
- As a boy Chris Sanders was forced to watch on helplessly when the father he worshiped, the astronaut Mathew Sanders, was killed in a Soyuz capsule that exploded. What Chris didn't realize was that the accident was only staged to fool the public, and hide the real circumstances behind the mysterious "Omega Mission": AEON, a vast, indefinable mass out in space, was coming threateningly close to the earth and had to be destroyed. General Gossett, the head of the Omega Project, wanted to prevent mass panic by keeping the whole thing top secret. His colleague McBain protested fiercely, however, and was locked away in a psychiatric clinic. Ten years later, Chris himself is an astronaut, and has been chosen to go on his first mission to the International Space Station that is orbiting the earth. Shortly before the launch he meets McBain, who tells him about the phony accident ten years previously. Chris doesn't believe him, but Laura, an attractive journalist, investigates the matter and actually finds some evidence to support McBain's allegations. Meanwhile, Chris is in a shuttle out in space. His first mission turns into a disaster, however, when McBain takes over a relay station down on earth and uses software to block the shuttle's functions. Chris is in serious danger, and is only saved in the nick of time by his friend Nick after a daring rescue attempt. Back on earth, Chris travels with Laura to Russia to find out more about the mysterious Project Omega. Just as the two of them are about to solve the mystery Chris is called away to help prevent someone from destroying the International Space Station. Chris immediately realizes that McBain is involved again, but this time he's powerless to prevent the catastrophe: a missile destroys the station, killing his friend Nick in the process. Chris now realizes that Omega is doing everything in its power to cover something up. On his first mission to the moon, he stumbles across a top secret lunar base. Chris realizes he's finally on the point of uncovering the secret of the mysterious Project Omega once and for all ...
- Scenes from the life of the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who was drawn to Munich again and again
- The life of the Neuendorffs changes when suddenly Susanne's annoying 72-year-old mother Anneliese is in need of care at the door. Not only that the former opera singer with her airs drives everyone to white heat, now she also has to be taken on a family vacation to Thailand. The Gau for the Neuendorffs. Didn't these magical, inexpensive nursing homes for German seniors exist in Thailand? 11,000 km away? That is exactly the distance that Susanne would like to see from her mother. And so Susanne decides to "outsource" her problem and book a place in such a Thai nursing home. It's just stupid that the rest of the family and especially Anneliese have no idea of any of this. She has a completely different problem .
- Germany, 1932-1933: The rise of Adolf Hitler as a politician, which eventually led to his dictatorship and the Nazi-Regime.
- Autumn of 1918: Germany lost the First World War. The peace must be closed, but at what price? The revolution breaks out and the struggle for power begins. "Which hand would not wither, and the places us in such shackles" calls Prime Minister Philipp Scheidemann outraged. May 1919: Germany has lost the war, plunged his Emperor and the Allies are willing invasion am Rhein. The "shame paragraphs" of the peace treaty, which impose the German Reich among others all war guilt, numerous area privies and unprecedented reparations, split the political and military bearing. The issue: accept the offer or go down fighting? With the finally on June 28, 1919 at the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles set under the contract signature, the month-long tug of war is ended. Was the signing of the peace treaty a mistake? One at least is clear in retrospect: The "dictated peace" of Versailles and its instrumentalization already carried the germ of much crueler WW2 in itself.
- Reconstruction of the so-called Hitler Trial. After the failed coup in Munich (November 9, 1923), Hitler was put on trial for high treason.
- Berlin, 1900: Little Else tries to break out of the traditions of her Jewish parents' house. No wonder, because their first big love is a "goi". When the parents want to move end this unwanted connection, Else leaves her home.
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- On the eve of the 19th century, Ludwig Von Beethoven, an enthusiastic young composer, was the darling of Viennese high society. "An unfinished love" evokes, against the backdrop of the romantic period, the tumultuous relationship he maintained throughout his life with Josephine, daughter of the Count of Brunswick.
- After years in Canada, the returnee Thomas is greeted with a rather frosty reception. When his home village is threatened by a huge avalanche, he makes a decision with unpredictable consequences.
- Religion is booming. Mysticism and esotericism are booming. The shelves of the booksellers are overflowing with "meaningful" literature.