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  • 2019
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    Better Brain Health: We Are What We Eat

    Better Brain Health: We Are What We Eat

    7.44 2019 HD

    Documentary about the connection between diet and the brain.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Felice Jacka

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  • 2020
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    Beethovens Neunte - Symphonie für die Welt

    Beethovens Neunte - Symphonie für die Welt

    8.70 2020 HD

    The 9th Symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the most popular pieces of classical music in the world. Even those who are not passionate about...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Teodor Currentzis

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  • 2020
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    Stolen Children

    Stolen Children

    1 2020 HD

    June 1941, during World War II. Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler orders the mass abduction of particularly well-bred young children from Poland...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Elisabeth Lehmann

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  • 2020
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    A World Without Beethoven?

    A World Without Beethoven?

    7.70 2020 HD

    "What would the world be like without Beethoven?" That’s the provocative question posed by this music documentary from Deutsche Welle. To...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Sarah Willis

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  • 2024
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    Putin, NATO, and Europe

    Putin, NATO, and Europe

    5.50 2024 HD

    A look at the past, present and future of NATO, which has shaped Europe's security and defense policies since 1949.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Frank Arnold

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  • 2020
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    Megafires: The Global Threat

    Megafires: The Global Threat

    8.00 2020 HD

    For more than a decade, wildfires of unprecedented force have been devouring our lives, homes and forests at a steady pace. Each year, 350 million...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Cosima Dannoritzer

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  • 2018
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    Berlin's Treasure Trove

    Berlin's Treasure Trove

    1 2018 HD

    Berlin’s Museum Island, the cultural center of the German capital on the Spree river, houses a large number of art pieces from all over the...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Anne Moll

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  • 2022
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    Music Under the Swastika - The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz

    Music Under the Swastika - The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz

    1 2022 HD

    The stories of Jewish cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who survived Auschwitz, and of star conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler, who worked with the...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Anita Lasker-Wallfisch

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  • 1999
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    When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the World

    When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the World

    1 1999 HD

    A detailed reconstruction of the events from Nov. 9th to 11th, 1989, which led to the Berlin wall tumbling down, on a local, national and...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Gert Heidenreich

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  • 2016
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    Lokoza

    Lokoza

    1 2016 HD

    In the Durban South Basin, Themba lives with his father near to an oil refinery. He’s in love with Khanya, his best friend. Khanya has a new...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Mthokozisi Biyela

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  • 2018
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    Mahatma Gandhi: Dying for Freedom

    Mahatma Gandhi: Dying for Freedom

    1 2018 HD

    Indian freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948. Why was he killed and what events occurred before and after his murder?...

    Genre: Documentary

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  • 2020
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    Marvel: Empire of Superheroes

    Marvel: Empire of Superheroes

    7.00 2020 HD

    Marvel and its rival DC Comics were long locked in a battle for supremacy in the superhero universe. But then Marvel revolutionized its storytelling...

    Genre: Documentary

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  • 2017
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    Ai Weiwei Drifting

    Ai Weiwei Drifting

    1 2017 HD

    Ai Weiwei is a global star and an enigma. DW followed him for a year for this intimate portrait. The film shows Ai Weiwei at home, at work, and on...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ai Weiwei

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  • 2020
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    La Honte noire : chroniques de l'occupation de la Rhénanie

    La Honte noire : chroniques de l'occupation de la Rhénanie

    8.00 2020 HD

    Following the First World War, some 100,000 French soldiers were sent to Germany to occupy the Rhineland. Around 20,000 of them came from the French...

    Genre: Documentary

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  • 2019
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    La Maestra: Alondra de la Parra

    La Maestra: Alondra de la Parra

    6.00 2019 HD

    The Mexican Maestro Alondra de la Parra has taken the world's concert halls by storm. Born in 1980 in New York, she decided early on she wanted to...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Alondra de la Parra

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  • 2024
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    Schlaue neue Welt - Das KI-Wettrennen

    Schlaue neue Welt - Das KI-Wettrennen

    8.30 2024 HD

    The race for supremacy in the age of artificial intelligence is on: between the USA, China and Europe. Between big tech companies and start-ups. Who...

    Genre: Documentary

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  • 2020
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    The True Story of Santa Claus

    The True Story of Santa Claus

    1 2020 HD

    Santa Claus is a global icon. But where did this friendly old man in a red suit who brings gifts for children actually come from? How could Santa...

    Genre: Documentary

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  • 1997
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    Philipp Melanchthon - Reformator wider Willen

    Philipp Melanchthon - Reformator wider Willen

    1 1997 HD

    Philipp Melanchthon decisively shaped the history of the Reformation in Germany and renewed German education. In the shadow of his fatherly friend...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Detlef Gieß

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  • 2023
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    Propaganda Battle Over Ukraine

    Propaganda Battle Over Ukraine

    8.00 2023 HD

    The Russian war of aggression in Ukraine is not only waged with bombs, rockets and rocket-propelled grenades, but also in the media. It is a...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Katja Riemann

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  • 2021
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    Stay Up

    Stay Up

    1 2021 HD

    Mariam comes from Fana, a town nearby the Malian capital. At 5, she was sexually abused by a family acquaintance, raped by her cousin at 13 and by...

    Genre: Documentary

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