Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey

The Investigation

Peter Weiss’ monumental 1965 stage play, among the greatest artworks on the Holocaust, condenses the testimonies of witnesses and the accused during the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963-1965. This ultra-faithful film adaptation builds, across four hours, in its intensity and graphically described detail.

Dolls of Dresden

Anna is a young journalist with progressive ideas. Lophilia is a painter who impresses and challenges with her heretical lifestyle and art. The chance meeting of the two women will soon develop into an intense and deep relationship with unexpected revelations. The experience of Anna’s acquaintance with Lophilia, will determine her later life.

Estonia

Estonia tells the story of the tragic accident of the car-ferry MS Estonia, which deeply shocked the world in the autumn of 1994. Through the moving personal stories of victims, survivors, loved ones and investigators, the eight-part series explores how it is possible that 852 people lost their lives and no one is held accountable.

Rosamunde Pilcher: Schlagzeile Liebe

Destination Paradise

An Illegal Indian Immigrant, en route to, what he hopes is a better life in London, finds himself stuck on a farm in the Czech countryside.

Paule und das Krippenspiel

Resistance

The story of mime Marcel Marceau as he works with a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War II.

Blutige Anfänger

Practical semester at the Halle/Saale Police College: Finally out of the seminar rooms and into real life - which for the students means: real murder cases. With the support of their trainers in the homicide squad, they will have to solve this. The beginners sometimes overshoot the mark, make mistakes and have to learn new things on their way to becoming fully qualified detectives. In each episode, a case between the university and real life is dissected, discussed and solved, while the private complications of the students, lecturers and trainers are not neglected.

Free Country

Former East Germany, 1992. Patrick Stein and Markus Bach, two very different police officers, are commissioned to investigate the disappearance of two female teenagers in a remote area of the country. Did they run away from home or did something more terrible happen to them?

Das Märchen von den 12 Monaten

Queen Klara not only rules over her own kingdom, she is also ruler of the Twelve Months and guides them through the year. The Prince of Frost, whose dark forces only strengthen in the leap year, try to prevent the progression of the year.

Knorx

White gold is buried in Beelitz, Brandenburg, but after initial successes, former BND agent Sven (Herold Vomeer) is targeted by a dangerous organization. A war soon breaks out and the violence threatens to escalate. And Sven can no longer run away from his past in Knorx.

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