Search results: European History

The Partisan with the Leica Camera

The Partisan with the Leica Camera A frightened look of a woman, from a rare self-portrait of a couple, leads the director to a shocking family story.
Housewitz

Housewitz In HOUSEWITZ, daughter and filmmaker Oeke Hoogendijk tries to find out the reason behind her mother’s categorically refusal to leave her house.
The Students of Umberto Primo

The Students of Umberto Primo In April 1941, when Nazi forces descend on Thessaloniki, Greece, nine young Jewish students of the Italian school, Umberto Primo, must put their hopes and dreams on hold and focus only on how they will survive.
SHOAH & Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah | Special offer | Available in North America only. “First-Ever Digital Release of Shoah with the Oscar Nominee, Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of Shoah a Vital Educational Counterpart”.
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah Oscar-nominated biographical documentary examining the life and work of pioneering French filmmaker Claude Lanzmann, and the making of his 1985 Holocaust masterpiece Shoah Trailer
Who’s afraid of Alice Miller?

Who’s afraid of Alice Miller? Martin is beaten by his father and rejected by his mother - and she looked away. This could be an example from the bestseller “The drama of the gifted child“ by psychoanalyst Alice Miller. Except Martin is Alice Millers son
SHOAH

SHOAH Twelve years in the making, SHOAH is Lanzmann’s monumental epic on the Holocaust and features interviews with survivors, bystanders and perpetrators in 14 countries
Conductivity

Conductivity How does one become a leader? Young conductors are in search of their place in the hierarchical world of classical music
The Jump

The Jump Through rare archival footage and a dramatic first-person re-enactment of one of the biggest Cold War muddles of the 1970s, Lithuanian sailor Simas Kudirka tells the tale of his desperate jump to freedom
My Fathers, my Mother and Me

My Fathers, my Mother and Me Growing up in the infamous Freidrichshof commune, Paul-Julien Robert looks at what the nature of family is
Dark Side

Dark Side Moshe is a survivor. His family was murdered when he was 13 years old. Moshe is different from other survivors and did what many only dared to dream of, he got revenge.
A German Life

A German Life Brunhilde Pomsel got closer to one of the worst criminals in world history than anyone else presently alive: she was the secretary for Joseph Goebbels. Now 105 years old, she tells her story
Tutti A Casa – Power to the People?

Tutti A Casa – Power to the People? In many Western countries, people have lost faith in conventional political parties, and populist movements are on the rise. Italian comedian, Beppe Grillo, vows to bring the people to power through his party Movimento.
Reporters Against Power

Reporters Against Power Fidan Ekiz visits courageous people from across the world who practice journalism under dictatorship or oppression, traveling to the countries where journalists can make the difference, even whilst their freedom of speech of speech is under threat.
Into the North

Into the North A coming-of-age story of young Czech Jewish refugees who were saved by Danish farmers during the WWII.
Café Nagler

Café Nagler During the 1920s, Café Nagler was the hottest place in Berlin. Mor, the film's director embarks on a journey to find out what's left of her family's legendary café.
Death and the Maiden

Death and the Maiden Shortly after World War II, over 1000 paintings were found in a Cellar in southern France, by a Young-Jewish artist called Charlotte Salomon
A Trip to the Other Planet

A Trip to the Other Planet An animated portrayal of Jewish writer and holocaust survivor Yehiel De-Nur's hallucinatory journey back to the "Other Planet" of Auschwitz.
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice

Olympic Pride, American Prejudice In 1936, 18 African-American athletes won hearts and medals the Berlin Olympic Games, defying theories of Aryan supremacy. History forgot all except one. This is the story of the other 17.
Contact

Contact What is the story behind the most iconic photos from around the world? A unique and fascinating 10 episode journey into the contact sheets that produced these images.
Berlin for Beginners – A Roma Home Movie Humor, chutzpah and solidarity against poverty and exclusion: members of the Velcu family from Faţa Luncii, Romania, move to Berlin and begin performing the future they want for themselves.
Dali’s Last Masterpiece

Dali’s Last Masterpiece For the first time, the Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres opens its doors for an all-access tour with the master himself.
Surviving Hitler: A Love Story

Surviving Hitler: A Love Story A gripping film that combines simple romantic narrative, tense wartime story, and eye-opening links to monumental historical events.
The House on August street

The House on August street The story of the Jewish Children’s Home in Auguststrasse, Berlin, and its heroic transfer to Israel by Beate Berger once the Nazi Party rose to power.
Falciani’s Tax Bomb

Falciani’s Tax Bomb An insightful documentary on the HSBC whistleblower Hervé Falciani and the global controversy over banking privacy and international tax regulations.
Land Grabbing

Land Grabbing Mark Twain once said, "Buy land, they're not making it anymore." With the world’s farmland is at risk, this aphorism has become a matter of urgency
Radical Evil

Radical Evil Oscar®-winning director Stefan Ruzowitzky attempts to unlock the minds of Nazi killers, trying to understand why these men followed orders and how killing became routine.
Liebe Perla

Liebe Perla This film focuses on the friendship between Perla Ubsitsch, a dwarf who survived Dr. Mengele's cruel experiments in Auschwitz, and a researcher Hannelore Witkovsky. Together they search for an old film featuring Perla and her siblings.
The Man who made Angels Fly

The Man who made Angels Fly Michael Meschke is one of the world's top puppeteers.Over time he amassed a collection of 3,000 marionettes that must now vacate unsuitable basement storage in a Stockholm museum. Each has its own story and unmistakable personality.
Hugo Pratt in Africa

Hugo Pratt in Africa Thrown from a normal Venetian childhood into a wretched Fascist adventure in Ethiopia, Hugo Pratt's years in Africa irrevocably shaped his life and works.
Babelsberg from East to West

Babelsberg from East to West The Babelsberg studios tell the story of German film industry, from the fame and genius of Fritz Lang and Marlène Dietrich, through the forced exodus of talented directors under the Nazi regime, to the post-communist era success enjoyed today.
Harbour of Hope

Harbour of Hope In Spring 1945 Red Cross liberated over 30.000 of concentration camp survivors and rescued them to peaceful Sweden.
Watermarks

Watermarks The women from the legendary Jewish sports club, Hakoah Vienna reunite on their 'old turf' 65 years after they fled Nazi Austria.
Footprints of War

Footprints of War What does a war mean to our ecosystem and how is the global eco-balance affected? Can a modern war be eco-friendly?
My Sweet Canary

My Sweet Canary An exuberant musical and cinematic journey across Greece, and Turkey in search of Roza Eskenazi, an artist whose music shaped the soundtrack of the region for almost a century.
The Cemetery Club

The Cemetery Club For over two decades, a group of women and men have been meeting weekly at Israel’s National Cemetery to debate philosophy, read poetry, eat lunch and determine the fate of the Jewish nation.