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A towering figure of German Expressionism, Emil Nolde (1867-1956) fell from his pedestal in 2019, following revelations about his long-suppressed...

A young woman returns to her home village after her childlike father had gone missing in the surrounding woods. Throughout her day back home, she is...

Card games have been delighting people all over the world for over 800 years. What is the secret of Jack, Queen, King and Ace? Is poker a game of...

From the Caucasus to the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan, independent since 1991, is today looking for a new identity. Guided tour of this oil-rich country,...

For over six centuries, the tradition of the "burrnesha", or "sworn virgins", has endured in rural Albania. When they reach adolescence, these women...

A documentary with Kasturi Mishra, dancer

Mamadrama combines film clips, cultural commentary, interviews with Hollywood and Israeli filmmakers and footage from Schwarz's earlier films in an...

Back for over a year, inflation is hitting us hard. This documentary sheds light on the mechanisms of a multifactorial economic phenomenon and...

Documentary about Otfried Preußler.

Around one billion people worldwide struggle with stress-related illnesses - and the trend is rising. What protects those who stay healthy? Is their...

Life as it was 300 years ago: the Amish in the USA. The religious community has its origins in Europe and its very own rules, such as adult baptism...

In Huanchaco, a coastal village in northern Peru, surfing is said to have been invented three thousand years ago by fishermen on "caballitos de...

With its rich silver mines, the medieval town of Jáchymov had given its name to the dollar. A few centuries later, the town gave face to the...

Cologne, the metropolis of millions on the Rhine, also provides a habitat for a surprising variety of animals. Despite - or perhaps because of - its...