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Endgame for Europe? The European Union at a crossroads

26. March 2024

The European elections take place from 6 to 9 June. Polls predict a shift to the right with right-wing parties gaining votes in parliament. But they are already influencing EU policy. The film follows MEPs and analyses the shift in political positions during the current term of office of Commission President Ursula von der Leyen…

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Who Owns the World

26. March 2024

In the four-part ZDFinfo series “Who Owns the World”, we get to the bottom of the question of who determines the future of globalized markets in important areas of life. Who are the most important players in the battle for resources, land, energy and trade routes?

Current Affairs Science

The Flood

20. June 2022

On the evening of July 14, 2021, a flood wave causes the otherwise tranquil Ahr River in Rhineland-Palatinate to swell to over seven meters. The water sweeps away cars and houses, killing 135 people. In North Rhine-Westphalia and Belgium, heavy rain and floods also cause huge destruction. What exactly happened on the night of the…

$This astronomical portrait from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope showcases an edge-on view of the majestic spiral galaxy UGC 11537. Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 has captured the tightly wound spiral arms swirling around the heart of UGC 11537 at infrared and visible wavelengths, showing both the bright bands of stars and the dark clouds of dust threading throughout the galaxy. UGC 11537 is 230 million light-years away in the constellation Aquila, and lies close to the plane of the Milky Way. Being so close to the starry band of the Milky Way means that foreground stars from our own galaxy have crept into the image — the two prominent stars in front of UGC 11537 are interlopers from within the Milky Way. These bright foreground stars are surrounded by diffraction spikes — imaging artifacts caused by starlight interacting with Hubble’s inner structure. This image came from a set of observations designed to help astronomers weigh supermassive black holes in distant galaxies. The combination of Hubble’s sharp-eyed observations and data from ground-based telescopes allowed astronomers to make detailed models of the mass of stars in these galaxies, which in turn helps constrain the mass of supermassive black holes.$

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Last Exit: Space

10. September 2021

A mixture of billionaires, governments, geneticists, psychologists and private individuals currently want to push colonies in space. Seeing the Earth on the brink, they are looking for an alternative Earth. In “Last Exit: Space”, director Rudolph Herzog explores the question of whether humanity is really destined to move from planet to planet and why part of…

Current Affairs History Series

Truth & Lies

10. November 2020

“Truth & Lies” is an international co-production of the channel ZDFinfo with the Canadian channel TVO. In the six-part series we observe the ambivalent relationship between lies and truth throughout history. From antiquity to the present we focus on the topics of money, religion, war, conspiracy theories, opinion makers and scandals. How were people manipulated…

Current Affairs History Series

Money Power History

15. October 2020

The 6-part documentary series GELD MACHT GESCHICHTE (MONEY POWER HISTORY), produced by taglicht media for ZDFinfo looks at the influence of money on history. Money has advanced and set back mankind, has opened and ended new eras. It is part of our shared history. We explore the role of money through major figures of legendary wealth, from the Medici of Florence to Henry…

Current Affairs Nature Series

Cruising the Baltic Sea – A Summer on the Water

21. August 2019

Summer – classic time for travel and exploring unknown destinations. On their quest for new horizons, more and more tourists set sails on a cruise ship to the Baltic Sea to follow the path of ancient Vikings or Hanseatic sailors. In this five-part series we join them on their journey from picturesque Swedish village over…

Current Affairs History

BlackRock – The Unsettling Power of a Financial Investor

8. August 2019

They say money rules the world. No one has more money than US financial investor BlackRock. The company manages over $6 trillion dollars on behalf of its customers. Most of the money comes from large investors, but millions of small savers around the globe also entrust their money to BlackRock. The financial titan has an influence on…

Current Affairs Series

Bautzen

29. July 2019

The East of Germany is the subject of many discussions and most people have ready-made conceptions of it. And usually, people in the Eastern part are not asked if these conceptions are true. This ten-part ARTE documentary series will challenge that: In “Bautzen”, a Saxonian city close to the Czech border, we are following the…

Current Affairs Science

The Alzheimer’s Enigma – New ways of treating Alzheimer’s Disease

26. July 2019

Since its discovery in 1906 doctors have been struggling to find a cure against Alzheimer’s Disease. Yet even after decades of research and billions of dollars spent, scientists have so far failed to find a therapy that can stop the disease – or even slow down its progress. So far science has identified two processes…

Current Affairs History

The Euro Story

29. August 2018

Love it or hate it, the European single currency is now used by 340 million people and has revolutionized our economy, profoundly transformed our society, shaken up countries, weakened governments, strengthened others and sparked raging debates that are unlikely to end anytime soon. January 1, 2019 will mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of…

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Plan B

27. September 2017

“Plan b” is a new weekly documentary series, which will be broadcast from October 2017. The films want to examine possible solutions for social problems in Germany. Do other European countries have better or more innovative solutions to similar problems? Can Germany learn from them? “Plan B” wants to deal with issues critically and constructively….

Current Affairs History

The 7 Flaws of the European Union

27. August 2017

Experts agree: the current state of the EU is deplorable. Brexit, financial crisis, refugees, chaos in the Ukraine, dictatorial tendencies in Hungary and Poland, powerful legal populists in France, Austria and Holland. In addition, Russia’s re-established military power is increasingly hostile to the rest of Europe. The film “The 7 Flaws of the European Union”…

Current Affairs History

Fighting for Europe

27. March 2017

Some consider Brexit a casualty. To others, it is the greatest possible catastrophe. For now, the actual parameters and long-term consequences remain undetermined. Does Brexit mean the end of the EU? Or will it – in the context of renewed Cold War activity in the Ukraine – alter the geopolitics of transatlantic relations? Which states…

Current Affairs History

The VW Files – Anatomy of a Scandal

27. September 2016

The film gives us an understanding of how fraud becomes endemic within a major German company, driven by its mission to become the world leader, at any costs. 28th June 2015: Volkswagen sells 5.04 million vehicles in the first six months of the year. Company director Martin Winterkorn announced the success: Volkswagen becomes the world’s…

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‚Wiso – What if…Germany left the EU‘

28. September 2014

In the WISO special edition “Germany without the EU”, a fictitious scenario is used to illustrate various examples of what can happen when Germany adopts the EU and the Euro. This demand appears in more or less embarrassed form in political discourse, and populists of all kinds are thus caught up in the electoral process….

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No Left Turn

27. September 2014

Is social democracy over? In the face of the continuing European crisis, one might expect Europe’s social democrats to be on the brink of a golden age. 58 percent of Europeans consider themselves politically centre-left or left-wing. Is this social democracy’s finest hour? In fact, it’s the opposite. The documentary examines the traditional values of…

Current Affairs History

Who needs Britain?

27. September 2012

The thought-provoking docu-fiction “Europe without England” takes a glimpse into the near future: November 2016. Great Britain has opted out of the European Community. What political, economic and cultural consequences does this have for the rest of Europe? Are we under threat of a new invisible “iron curtain” in Europe? The fictive stock-take of the…

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Globalicious

27. September 2009

A culinary expedition to the origins of 4 national food that conquered the globe: hamburgers, pizza, falafel and sushi.

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The Return of the Biblical Plagues

27. September 2007

Few stories in the Bible are as deeply ingrained in our collective memory as the description of the Ten Plagues. But are these ten Plagues merely legend, or historical fact? Using the Scriptures as historical source, scientists, historians and theologians can now prove that the account of the Plagues was based on actual events. Their…

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BLACK STARLETS – How to Survive a Broken Dream

27. September 2006

What has become of these Ghanaian talents? 14 years after the World Cup triumph, director Christoph Weber looks behind the glittering facade of modern professional football. He encounters adventurous life stories, broken illusions and their insatiable longing for home, Africa. “Black Starlets” is an impressive documentary about the big football dream that every boy dreams…