Historical Documentaries and Travel Series
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Connoisseur's Guide takes you to Alpine Locations
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A Selection of This Month's Documentaries and Travel Programs on German Kino Plus™
Attentat auf Adenauer: On March 27th, 1952, in Munich, a plan to assassinate Chancellor Konrad Adenauer is to be put into operation. A young man is to deliver a bomb. However, the terror attack comes to an unexpected end on the very same day. The search for the perpetrator lasts for decades-and ends with no results. Film-maker Matthias Unterburg joined forces with Henning Sietz, author of the sensational non-fiction book "The attempt on Adenauer's Life", to pick up the traces of this long forgotten criminal case from the year 1952. As a result of meticulous archive research in Germany, the USA, France and Israel, after many talks with contemporary witnesses and participants, they succeeded in reconstructing the secret story of a political assassination attempt in a documentary which is both exciting and thoroughly researched-with surprising results. LEARN MORE
Ein Papst aus Deutschland: The conclave in Rome lasted only for one day, then white smoke unfurled from the chimney. On April 19, 2005 a new Pope was elected: Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who named himself Benedict XVI. He was born in 1927 in Marktl am Inn, in Upper Bavaria. After being ordained to the priesthood in 1951, he embarked on a brilliant career in theological science; at the Second Vatican Council he was already one of the most important advisors. He was a professor of theology in Freising, Bonn, Munich, Tubingen and Regensburg before being appointed Archbishop of Munich and Freising in March 1977 as the successor of Cardinal Julius Dopfner. Three months later he was already a Cardinal. In 1981, in Rome, he took over one of the most important tasks in the Holy See. As Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith he was responsible for the preservation of the pure doctrine in the Catholic Church. In this portrait Claus Singer retraces the life of Pope Benedict SVI from Marktl to Rome.
Dresden: Elbflorenz: The Church of Our Lady, the Semper Opera House and the ZwingerPalace are all absolute musts for visitors to Dresden. Yet even off the beaten tourist track Dresden still has much to offer: in the in-district of Neustadt one finds artists and bohemians, an Irish architect who has dedicated a museum to the East-German pre fab tower blocks and a photographer who has fallen in love with Dresden.
Die Letzten Paradiese: Im Paradies der Alpenseen: In spring the melting snow in the high mountain regions turns into water, which then cascades in countless streams and roaring waterfalls into the hollows and basins on the lower slopes. These are our Alpine lakes, whose radiant blue or turquoise hue is caused by sedimentation. Beneath the surface of the water is concealed a world of its own, most of which is invisible to the mountain rambler. This film shows life in and around the Alpine lakes in fascinating underwater shots of sensational quality.
Germany-Romantic Journeys from the Alps to the North Sea: The accent is on intimacy and Gemutlichkeit, on lush nature and lovingly restored historical monuments in this delightfully quaint and picturesque tour of Germany. The episodes cover a wide variety of themes from every German region and will delight those seeking the most popular attractions such as castles and Christmas markets, as well as those interested in more out of the way adventures such as exclusive country inns and tranquil monasteries.