Deutschland K Ein Sommermärchen

A propaganda film of the Nazi Party from the year of the “Machtergreifung” in 1933. The film is a contemporary interesting document that illustrates the self-perception of the party at the beginning of their importance in terms of power politics.

Summer 2021: The Allianz Arena in Munich is to be lit up in rainbow colors for Germany's match against Hungary. UEFA forbids this - and Germany is in a rainbow frenzy in protest: landmarks are illuminated in color, rainbow flags are hoisted, and the country's own tolerance is celebrated. Germany, a paradise for queer people? Reporter Klaas-Wilhelm Brandenburg has had other experiences. "Die Story im Ersten" meets queer people in various phases of their lives: children at school, young people at work, senior citizens in nursing homes. We take stock after five years of "marriage for all": How equal are queer people in Germany? How tolerant is our society really?

A 58-year-old unemployed sales representative does not want to receive "Hartz IV" benefits. He retreats to a raised hideout in Solling, Lower Saxony, where his emaciated body is found 24 days later. Beyond the tragic individual case, the impressive documentary film addresses the state of mind of a society that defines itself largely through work. It approaches the dead protagonist associatively and with atmospheric music that releases a wealth of emotions.

Documentary by Hans-Dieter Grabe.

Entartete Musik

Admiral Canaris is chief of the intelligence service of Nazi Germany. His department is quite successful and Hitler grants him all the money he wants for new developments. Still he's a thorn in the side of the Nazi chiefs, since he's not as unscrupulous as they want him and is known to criticize their ideology.

"Deutschland privat" is a special project by Robert van Ackeren, who in 1979 asked people to send him their 8mm home movies by placing ads in several magazines in Berlin, Germany. In the ads he announced that he was planning to blow up and mount the best of those movies into a feature documentary to be released in German cinemas. He was surprised how many home movies he received and how generously people allowed him to use them for his feature. Part 1 of "Deutschland privat" gives us typical German home movies of the 1970s, i.e. private holidays, family parties, etc. Part 2 consists of what is now called "amateur porn"; home made 8mm movies featuring real porn action.

Documentary about the life and career of Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler, presenter and creator of the infamous GDR propaganda programme 'Der Schwarze Kanal' ('The Black Channel').

60 years after the holocaust, director Peter Lilienthal, himself a victim and refugee of the Nazi regime, sheds a light on jewish life in Germany in the early 2000s.