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- The secret smuggling of 9,300 Jewish children out of Nazi Germany in the late 1930s.
- Inside the relentless hunt for the late Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's money. On the trail of bounty hunters, corrupt politicians and spies. A story of greed, corruption and deceit, up to the highest circles.
- The deportation of 4000 Jews from Budapest to Auschwitz in July 1944, as told by George Tabori, and how the narrator's mother escaped it, owing to coincidence, courage and some help from where you'd least expect it.
- Margaret Rutherford's true life story is in fact much more eccentric than the most famous fictional role she ever played: Miss Jane Marple - Agatha Christie's amateur sleuth. Rutherford's version was the very first appearance of Miss Marple on the big screen and it was far removed though from the petite, upper middle-class lady in the detective novels.
- Historian Klaus Müller interviews survivors of the Nazi persecution of homosexuals because of the German Penal Code of 1871, Paragraph 175.
- An investigation of the evidence for Hitler's Final Solution, together with a dramatic reconstruction of key courtroom exchanges in the libel case lost by the historian David Irving, who was accused of being anti-Semitic and a Holocaust denier.
- Academics, public relations experts, and satirists of various kinds describe the history and nature of propaganda.
- The Bauhaus art and architecture school was founded 100 years ago. Through its history, we tackle the question of how architecture can ensure that people live better together and participate in everyday life.
- The films, affairs and struggles of the iconic star of The Blue Angel as told by Rosemary Clooney, Roger Corman, Deanna Durbin and many more.
- This 2-disc series covers the dynamic relationships between the four major warlords of the second world war and their strategic aspirations and fears.
- The warrant for the arrest of Auschwitz's "Angel of Death" Dr. Josef Mengele was a catalog of horror. A look back of the crimes and life of the SS Doctor who sent 400,000 people to the gas chambers in the pursuit of racial purification.
- Designer, architect and town planner, Charlotte Perriand marked the 20th century. A pioneer of social and committed architecture, this collaborator at Le Corbusier has created furniture with sober elegance that has become icons.
- 150 years ago, the German Empire was proclaimed in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles: a revenge on the defeat of Jena in 1806. From the battle of Sedan in September 1870, followed by the surrender of France to Prussia, to January 18, 1871, the date on which King William I of Prussia was proclaimed emperor, the unification of Germany was largely built thanks to Otto von Bismarck. While in France the Second Empire had collapsed, the chancellor, through his power of persuasion, succeeded in obtaining the consent of the German princes.
- David Hasselhoff examines the story of the Berlin Wall and interviews the daring and ingenious people who risked life and limb in their quest for freedom.
- More and more high-level athletes are using "mental trainers" to improve their performance. A fascinating scientific deciphering of the contribution of neuroscience in the field of sports, in the run-up to the Tokyo Olympic Games.
- With his blue eyes, blond hair and youthful smile, Hardy Krüger conquered the German public in the 1950s, before making his way to Hollywood. Born in Berlin in 1928, he was conscripted into the Wehrmacht in the final days of the Second World War, a traumatic experience that would affect him for the rest of his life. He then began a career as an actor under the direction of directors such as Alfred Weidenmann, Helmut Weiss or Rudolf Jugert, before being noticed outside his native country. Polyglot, he speaks fluently in French and English, he became known to the French public in "Un cab pour Tobrouk", where he played opposite Lino Ventura and Charles Aznavour, and conquered America with "Hatari!", by Howard Hawks.
- UFA is Germany's most successful dream factory and has written film history. Classics like 'Metropolis' by Fritz Lang were made here, Hollywood greats like Alfred Hitchcock or Billy Wilder shot in the film studios.
- More than 250,000 men, women and children were held at Buchenwald from its opening in 1937 until its closure eight years later. About 56,000 people, including Jews, Roma and Soviet prisoners, died within its walls.
- From the beginning, German dictator Adolf Hitler had a lot of women around him who helped him. They prevented him from committing suicide, payed his debts, but most of all they worshiped him.
- Depicts the creation of the science-fiction classic through pre-production, shooting, post-production and legacy.
- Tobias Capwell, the curator of arms and armor at The Wallace Collection in London, reacts to seven memorable scenes featuring medieval weapons and armor and rates them based on their historical accuracy.
- Ancient-warfare expert Roel Konijnendijk rates 10 battle tactics, ancient warfare weapons and infantry/cavalry formations in movies and television for realism, with scenes from "Game of Thrones" and "The Witcher."
- Declassified FBI documents trace an 11-year investigation of rumors that Hitler survived Germany's defeat in 1945, escaping via U-boat to Argentina.
- 1973–197452m8.9 (371)TV EpisodeThe closing weeks of the European war bring retribution for Germany in the form of carpet bombing cities like Dresden, the collapse of the Whermacht, atrocities by Soviet forces, and finally the fall of Berlin and suicide of Hitler.
- 2021–202253m5.8 (12)TV Episode
- Theo Wilson travels back in time to 1937, finding himself aboard the world's most luxurious airship, the Hindenburg, where he must solve the mystery of what leads to its fiery fall from the sky - the first epic disaster ever caught on moving film. Wilson pieces together the true story of how incredible engineering, Nazi propaganda, and a literal perfect storm lead to the iconic catastrophe. Aboard this floating five-star hotel, complete with its own cigar bar, we see the glitz and glamor and hubris that plays an unexpected role in sealing Hindenburg's fate.
- It's February 14th, 1929 - In a Chicago garage during the height of Prohibition, a group of gangsters is mowed down by Tommy Guns. It will be known as the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and its violence shocks the nation, eventually leading to the end of the nationwide ban on booze. But how did this historic hit really happen? Theo Wilson retraces the steps, from the first day of Prohibition, to the rise and secret rules of the speakeasies, to a flower shop hit and the bloody beer wars between the rival forces of Chicago's North and South sides led by ruthless gangsters George "Bugs" Moran and the FBI's "most wanted" Al Capone.
- The first episode focuses, among other things, on on the Great Rift Valley in East Africa, known as the cradle of mankind. In Africa, giant rivers limited trade and the exchange of ideas, and European colonialists transformed the continent. What future challenges does Africa face?
- 2023– 53mTV Episode
- Discover how Nazi scientist Wernher von Braun heralded the birth of ballistic missiles and laid the technological foundations for the space race.
- The story of Nazi engineers tasked with fulfilling Hitler's megalomaniac demand for the construction of a land battleship weighing 1,000 tons.
- Showcase of international documentaries. This episode features Lindy Wilson's film about her uncle, Squadron Leader Roger Bushell, the real life mastermind behind World War II's Great Escape.