Willy Brandt

Portugal: Carnations Against Dictatorship (2024)

In Portugal, during the night of April 24-25, 1974, a peaceful uprising put an end to the last government of the Estado Novo, the authoritarian regime established in 1933 by dictator António de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970), paving the way for full democra ...

In the Grip of Gazprom (2023)

The war in the Ukraine has changed the way many European countries view Russian politics. Suddenly it became clear how dependent countries had become on Russian gas imports for decades and what Vladimir Putin was up to. However, no country needs more gas t ...

Karajan: Portrait of a Maestro (2019)

An account of the life and work of controversial German orchestra conductor Herbert von Karajan (1908-89), celebrated as one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century. ...

Trading Germans (2014)

A first hand account of one of the biggest cases of human trafficking during the Cold War. A story of greed, courage, hope and remorse. ...

Willy Brandt - Erinnerungen an ein Politikerleben (2013)

As Governing Mayor of West Berlin, as Foreign Minister of a grand coalition, as Chancellor of the Bonn Republic and as SPD Chairman for many years, Willy Brandt played a decisive role in shaping German and European post-war history. He helped shape German ...

Who is afraid of Wilhelm Reich? (2009)

About the researcher Wilhelm Reich, who wanted to prove and compare life-energies in global experiments and searched for basic principles of life. His transformation from the model student Freud to the questionable UFO researcher is also addressed. ...

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

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 international level. ...

New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood (1992)

From the behavior, discourse, and appearance of individual actors, Vachek composes, in the form of a mosaic, a broad and many-layered film-argument about Czechoslovak democracy in the period of its rebirth, all administered with the director's ini­mitable ...

Desert Storm: The War Begins (1991)

An historic presentation by CNN documenting the lead up to and the beginning of the war in Iraq. ...

Islands (1987)

The Maysles' third film about the artists sees them trying to get three projects off the ground: wrapping the Pont Neuf, the oldest bridge in Paris; wrapping the Reichstag; and surrounding eleven man-made islands in Florida with pink plastic sheets. As the ...

Der Polizeistaatsbesuch (1967)

Planned as a critical satire on the preparations for the shah's visit to Germany in 1967, the events captured in this seminal television documentary constitute a turning point in German history, culminating in the killing of the student Benno Ohnesorg. ...

Die Wahl - Bundestagswahl 1965, Wahlkreis Neu-Ulm (1966)

Election campaign for the parliamentary elections for the Bundestag in 1965 in the town of Neu-Ulm, Germany. ...

Triumph Over Violence (1965)

Romm pulls out all the stops in its selection of documentary material to draw the viewer not only into absolute horror about fascism and nazism in the 1920s–1940s Europe, but also to a firm conviction that nothing of the sort should be allowed to happen ...

Wahlkampf (1965)

Bürger Grass (1965)

Documentary short film in which we see Günther Grass giving conferences, signing books and speaking, among others, with Chancellor Willy Brandt. ...

Parteitag 64 (1964)

Impressions of a party congress of the German social democrat party (SPD) in 1964, featuring politicians Max Brauer, Fritz Erler and Willy Brandt. ...

Verräter (1962)

Documentary on the former border patrol sergeant Klein. Klein deserted in 1961, defected to the enemy and betrayed state and military secrets. He was caught by the security forces. ...