60 years after the 1957 big retirement reform, the question arises whether many current problems could have been avoided. Walter Riester, Norbert Blüm, as well as historians and experts, explain why the pension system today – rightly so – makes so many people anxious and how it should be reformed.
Konrad Adenauer dismissed his calculations with the words: “People always have children!” It was the first misapprehension – the first link of a long chain of wrong decisions.
For centuries, rivers in Europe have brought goods and people together – waterways are lifelines for the entire continent. This is one of the reasons why the most important metropoles, castles, palaces, churches and monasteries were built on their banks. Today, river cruisers follow these streams. Exciting places, cultural treasures, and vast landscapes glide past…
The new documentation from Rudolph Herzog “Last Exit: Space” now on discovery+ There are more than 100 billion planets in the Milky Way alone – could one of them be our new home? A mixture of billionaires, governments, geneticists, psychologists and private individuals currently want to push colonies in space. Seeing the Earth on the…
The euro turns 20 on the 1st of January 2022. It is one of the most ambitious experiments of sovereignty pooling ever attempted, binding 19 countries together. 341 million people use it every day, making it the second most-used currency worldwide. In two decades, it went from zero to the world’s second reserve currency after…
“A Bee’s Diary” won three awards at the 15th International Nature Film Festival in Eckernförde: “Best Story”, “Best Postproduction” and the main prize of the festival “Best Nature Film”. For the first time in the history of the festival the jury could not agree on one single film as the winner of the festival and so…
Great news: we have just started shooting our film ‘Last Exit: Space’ and can announce that discovery+, an important US partner, has come on board. discovery+ has acquired the world rights (outside France and German-speaking countries) to Rudolph Herzog’s film for its VOD platform, which we are producing together with Spring Films, London and Gunpowder&Sky,…
“A Bee’s Diary” is nominated at the GREEN SCREEN International Nature Film Festival Eckernförde! In the categories: BEST STORY, BEST CAMERA and BEST POSTPRODUCTION. We would like to thank all participants of all trades for their great work. We think an insect’s life is short and insignificant. What can happen in 6 weeks? This film…
Crime has been around since the beginning of mankind. Human history tells stories of rage and hate, of greed and suffering, of death and destruction. Nothing lets us look deeper into the dark abysses of a past epoch than the murders and misdeeds committed in it. But many crimes of the past are still unsolved…
Yesterday, the German version of “A Bee’s Diary” had its premiere at Hof International Film Festival! 🎬 🐝 Director/author Dennis Wells and cameraman Brian McClatchy were present and gave some exciting insights into the creation process. Photo: Hendrik Ertel
The documentary “Equus – The Story of the Horse” is an impressive journey into the history of mankind and the biology of the horse. How and why did man tame the horse and why do they seem to be made for each other? In search of an answer, the German-Canadian film team travelled around the…
November 1 is the premiere date for A Bee’s Diary on SkyNature. Humans have treasured honeybees for centuries, but there’s much more to bees than meets the eye. Some bees are curious and bold, others are timid and skittish. Learn all about these little creatures in our documentary “A Bee’s Diary”!
