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- It is a secret long kept secret: It was four animals that have written the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany. The "ZDF Magazin Royale" sheds new light on the true origins.
- What is Europe? How did this continent, which actually is not a continent geographically, develop? What keeps Europe with its many nations and peoples together? Is there the "typical European"? How did Europe shape our thinking, how did Europe enrich the world - and where did Europe plunge the world into disaster? Questions that Australian-born Sir Christopher Clark will engage in during his journey through the culture and history of Europe. Like no one else the renowned historian can take a curious and entertaining look at our continent "from outside" and in his personal presentations at Europe's most beautiful and fateful places sort out our confusingly diverse history. Europe is not a straight line from the ancient Greeks to the EU, but rather a story with many fractures. Where today 740 million people gather from different backgrounds and culture, there already was a hive of activity during early human history. And our world has been shaped by people from Europe, by the imagination of the Greeks and the organizational skills of the Romans, by Vikings and Celts, by dynasties like the Habsburgs and Tudors, by explorers like Marco Polo and Christopher Columbus, conquerors like Napoleon and of course the great geniuses like Michelangelo and da Vinci. Their historical influence is undisputed - but what so they say to us today? Ever and anon Clark directs us to look at the current legacy and scrutinises the patterns: Does Europe still see itself today as the Christian Occident? Are we actually children of democracy? And is Islam really part of it? What is at stake with Europe today? Christopher Clark repeatedly looks into this crucial question, marks the dividing aspects and sheds light on the courage and visions of those who, after centuries of violence, want to make Europe a peaceful place.
- Around 5000 years ago, one of the largest and most powerful empires in history emerged on the Nile - Ancient Egypt. This mysterious era continues to fascinate us. In eight episodes, this series shows the unique achievements of the ancient Egyptians in government, culture, and society. International scientists and researchers decode the facets of this advanced civilisation.
- Documentary series about 1,000 years of German history. Reviewing the history from about 955 A.D. to the modern-day monarchy and World War I.
- This dramatized series portrays six remarkable women in unprecedented detail.
- This German format is not a series properly speaking, as it has no permanent cast or script continuity, but presents each time a 45 minutes documentary, usually in part presented as a docudrama (not faction, as close to scientific knowledge as possible, but visually attractive), elaborating a specific historical theme, widely varied, often exotic in the sense of a far time (as far back as prehistoric times) and/or place (around the globe), although some episodes fit together well, chronologically or thematically, but always fit to be watched separately. Usually authentic locations are used, as well as scenes from and/or interviews about the scientific research it is based upon.
- The Taj Mahal, an international icon, is integral to the grand Story of India. It is a masterpiece of architecture and monument to a passionate love. Built by Shah Jahan, ruler of the Mughal Empire in 17th-century India, the Taj Mahal symbolized the birth of a new Islam defined by great works of art, scholarship, and reverence for civilization. This film takes us inside this wonder of the world.
- Nowadays we associate Johannes Kepler with his famous laws of planetary motion. But the history of his discoveries is a drama of Shakespearian proportions - full of intrigue, passion, depravity and corruption.
- The Old and New World in 1491, and the biological conquest after their collision.
- Two part documentary mini-series about the history of planet Earth before and after the rise of mammals with special focus on German land.
- In the 9th year AD in Germany, near the Teutoburg Forest, the invincible Roman army has suffered a crushing defeat. The leader Armenius ordered army of the integrated German tribes. The chronicler Thucydides has immortalized memory of the leader of barbarians. This documentary tells about Armenius's life, his ascension to the power and military victories.
- Germany is a country of cities. Nowhere in the world exist so many cities in a relatively narrow area: trading cities, residential cities or industrial cities - all of whom competing with each other. This 3 part series tells the story of different German cities from the middle ages to industrial revolution. It explores how small villages could become metropolitan cities and what people, ideas and inventions made cities like Frankfurt, Cologne and Berlin so successful over the centuries.
- Imagine finding out that a comet is coming to earth at a high rate of speed.
- 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.
- The history of the Trojan horse is probably one of the most famous stories ever told. A gigantic wooden horse is loaded with Greek soldiers and presented to the Trojans as a gift. Unsuspecting, they swallow the bait and pull the horse into the city. Under cover of darkness the Greeks slip out of the horse and open the gates to their comrades. Only hours later the mighty Troy goes up in flames. But what if the myth of the horse is not true at all? New, groundbreaking findings show that one of the most famous stories of all time will probably have to be rewritten. The Trojan horse was probably not a horse at all. But then how did the Greeks outwit their enemies? And what history will we find in the history books in the future?
- Nature documentary about the geological origins of the landmass which Germany encompasses and the evolution of its flora and fauna.
- Fortified castles remain in the collective imagination one of the symbols of the Middle Ages. How were these castles designed, built and arranged?
- Twenty years after Chavez' Revolution, the oil richest country in the world is facing an economic and humanitarian crisis: crushed by corruption and poverty, Venezuela is on the brink of collapse.
- On June 26, 1813, Clement de Metternich, Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, came to meet Napoleon I at his headquarters in Dresden, capital of the Kingdom of Saxony. The previous winter, for the first time, the Grande Armée had been defeated and decimated during the disastrous Russian campaign. Since then, even if he still dominates Europe, warning signs are multiplying in the huge French Empire: while in the south Spain was lost, in the north Prussia rallied to Russia to wage war against him, with the financial support of the British crown, his longtime enemy. Even though in May he won two successive battles against his opponents, the emperor was worried.
- In the heart of Beijing lies the largest palace in the world, The Forbidden City. For five hundred years, it served as the home of the almighty Emperors of China along with their wives, concubines, and entourages of tens of thousands of eunuchs and civil servants. But the Forbidden City is more than an imperial residence; it is the center of the universe, a unique complex of structures revealing a hierarchy of power both imperial and divine.
- They say it's over 2000 years old, and more than 4,000 miles long. But even today nobody really knows for sure. The Great Wall of China is one of the world's famous buildings but it is still the least known. British writer and historian William Lindesay has lived in China for twenty years. Exploring the Great Wall has become his lifetime obsession.
- Coming from the upper industrial bourgeoisie of Wuppertal, the young Friedrich Engels much preferred philosophy and politics to business. Having observed in the family textile factories, especially in Manchester, the appalling living conditions of the workers, he theorizes the relations between bourgeoisie and proletariat by relying on the Hegelian dialectic, studied in Berlin. The meeting in 1844 with Karl Marx, whose ideas he shared, sealed an indelible friendship, punctuated by travels, and an intellectual collaboration among the most fruitful in history. From the "Manifesto of the Communist Party" to "Capital", of which Engels will rework and publish the last volumes after the death of his friend, their two names will remain inseparable.
- In the 90-minute documentary, presenter Susan Sideropoulos goes on a journey through 1,700 years of German-Jewish history and thus also follows in the footsteps of her own ancestors. Always with an eye on the present, the film tells of Cologne in Roman times, of the medieval Shum cities of Speyer, Worms and Mainz, of Frankfurt in the early modern period as well as of Leipzig, Hamburg and Berlin. The story is about dramatic upheavals and heydays, about the past and the present. The focus is not only on historical events and figures, but also on people today, such as a yeshiva student, an Orthodox rabbi and a liberal rabbi, a folk musician or a Jewish student.
- Seven deadly sins that sum up our weaknesses and passions. But what are the deadly sins of our time? Dr. Eckart von Hirschhausen sets out to find answers.