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The World of Bridges

Shows selected bridges in the world that have a special aura, tells their history and the stories that entwine them and take place on them, today and yesterday. Each episode leads to two bridges in different places in the world that have something in common, be it their construction or their function.

Colonia Dignidad

The self-proclaimed preacher Paul Schäfer gathered people around him in post-war Germany. The sect founded a youth home near Cologne. But in 1961 Schäfer had to flee. Many followers followed him to Chile. 350 kilometers south of Santiago, far away from civilization, they begin building the Colonia Dignidad. A supposed model village with workshops, agriculture, livestock breeding was being created. But paradise became hell because slave labor, violence and sexual abuse soon became a part of everyday life. After the military coup in 1973, Schäfer served the new rulers: secret police chief Manuel Contreras and dictator Augusto Pinochet now came and went in the colony, while the opponents of the terrorist regime are tortured and killed in the cellars. Using unpublished archive material and contemporary witness statements, this 4-part documentary miniseries traces the complex, 50-year history of perpetrators, victims, supporters and opponents of this place that became the epitome of evil.

Inseln Italiens

Brothers at War

A look back at a cruel conflict, the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71), which changed the political geography of Europe and sowed the seeds of a deep antagonism between France and Germany that culminated in two world wars. Excerpts from the diaries of the witnesses, photographs and painted panoramas tell the truth about a forgotten war.

Schottlands wilder Norden

Vulkane in Neuseeland

Nationalparks der Zukunft

Slowakische Nationalparks

Stromaufwärts! Europas Wasserwege

Der Paraná - Ein Fluss wie das Meer

Die Waldretter

Night of the Long Knives

The Night of the Long Knives is considered the first act of horror committed by the Nazis. Hitler's rise to power and total control had him caught between conservative tendency and revolutionary aspirations that were dividing the country.

Deutschland bei Nacht

Bulgaria's Mountain Worlds

Bulgaria's mountain worlds are known to only a few non-Bulgarians. The remote area is home to Karakachan dogs and brown bears. The two-part documentary undertakes a journey of discovery into an unknown region in the middle of Europe.

Des bêtes et des sorcières

Die dunkle Seite des Mondes

Magical Andes

Hallo Montag

Reinhold Messner - Heimat. Berge. Abenteuer.

Dopamine

Are you spending hours of your day swiping left and right on Tinder? It’s normal as the app was created to be addictive by activating dopamine in your brain with every swipe drawing you in further.