Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk
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English
Description
Werner Herzog and Andre Singer's riveting documentary, filled with unforgettable archive materials and based on three never before seen interviews, provides incredible access to, arguably, the world's greatest living politician. Now 88 and battling illness, the visionary Gorbachev, the former General Secretary of the U.S.S.R, is still gently but resolutely pushing towards his goals.
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Deutsch
Description
The St. Thomas Choir Leipzig is one of the most famous and prestigious boys' choirs in the world. This documentary, upon the 800th anniversary of the group's formation, accompanies 'Die Thomaner, ' ages 9 to 18, over a period of one year at home and touring abroad. Their unique world, from motets to boarding school to a South American tour, is filled with pressure to perform, doubt, pride, and homesickness, balanced by accomplishment, growth, and...
Language
Deutsch
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"Dokumentation über den NS-Reichsinnenminister Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945), die sich auf seinen umfangreichen privaten Nachlass stützt. Aus dem Off vorgetragene Ausschnitte aus seinen Briefen und Tagebüchern ergeben eine Art biografischer Erzählung, während die Aussagen auf der Bildebene anfangs assoziativ, während des Holocaust dann zunehmend kontrastiv illustriert werden. Dabei stehen die banalen Briefinhalte im krassen Gegensatz zur Tätigkeit...