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Wilde Schweiz
2022
Wilde Schweiz
2022
Colonia Dignidad
2020
star 7The 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 Using unpublished archive material and contemporary witness statements, this 4-part documentary miniseries traces the complex, 50-year history of perpetrators, victims,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.Ground Control
2020
Ground Control
2020
Dead Pool
1997
star 1Docudrama in two parts, based on the abduction of the president of the employer's association of Germany, Hanns Martin Schleyer, by the Baader-Meinhof gang in the Autumn of '77.The Vikings Myths
2024
star 8.7A fascinating journey through Norse mythology, a huge universe inhabited by gods and mysterious creatures.Secret Societies - Myths and Realities of a Parallel World
2013
star 7Secret societies play a far larger role in our everyday lives than we are aware of. Historian Dr Marian Füssel searches for clues surrounding history’s most famous secret societies and conspiracy theories.Rivalry in Music
2020
Rivalry in Music
2020
Life in the Great Wetlands
2014
star 8Documentary series exploring the remarkable biodiversity found in wetland regions across the Earth.First Peoples
2015
star 8A five-part series that features the latest research exploring how early humans evolved. See how the mixing of prehistoric human genes led the way for our species to survive and thrive around the globe. Archaeology, genetics and anthropology cast new light on 200,000 years of history, detailing how early humans became dominant.
