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Schindler: The Documentary

  Steven Spielberg celebrates the biggest triumph of his career with ‘Schlndler’s List’ – awarded 7 Oscars. His impressive masterpiece is not the first film about this legendary Oskar Schindler.  Read More

Adolph von Menzel: Pen and Brush Chronicler

  This film is a biography of the painter Adolph von Menzel who, as a chronicler of his time, and using journalistic means, always testified through his art with great Read More

The Boundaries of Our Time: Caspar David Friedrich

  During the night of June 5, 1931, a major fire broke out in Munich’s Glass Palace. Among the inferno’s victims, the entire German Romantic exhibition, including ten major works Read More

Annette von Droste-Hülshoff

  Although her most important writings came late in life, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff’s poetry and prose – often compared to Goethe’s – have assured her a place among Germany’s great Read More

Vacation Destinations Around the World – Tyrol, Austria

  Tyrol is a western Austrian state in the Alps that’s known for its ski resorts, historic sites and folk traditions. The capital city, Innsbruck, surrounded by mountains, is home Read More

Tradesmen & Treasures: Gothic and Renaissance Nuremberg

  Filmed on location in Germany, Tradesmen and Treasures documents the remarkable flowering of art and culture in Nuremberg during the 14th-16th centuries, when the city evolved from an important Read More

Henrich Böll – The Project for International Communication Studies

  Heinrich Theodor Böll,  (December 21, 1917 – July 16, 1985) was a German writer considered one of Germany’s foremost post-World War II writers. He was a recipient of the Read More

The Royal Palaces of Ludwig II

  Bavaria is rich in castles and palaces. Three of them rise above all the others and are famous the world over: the Linderhof Palace in the Graswangtal region, the Read More

Portrait of Friedrich Schiller

  Friedrich Schiller 1759-1805, one of the most important German playwrights, is presented in this three-part documentary. It is structured chronologically and covers the most important milestones in his life. Read More

The Haunted Screen: Weimar Cinema

  Nosferatu, Mabuse, and Caligari: icons of German cinema who haunted the silver screen, phantoms and doppelgängers from a terrible realm who represented the fears and desires of an era Read More