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Anja Grimm returns to the remote forest area where her father disappeared many years ago. Her research triggers a brutal murder. Traces in the forest soil and pointer plants lead her to deeper layers of guilt and crime.

An ultra-orthodox Jew and a Bedouin guide's car breaks down in the Sinai desert while en route for Passover rituals, forcing them to unite for survival as they seek their destination.

Rebel. Poet. Revolutionary: LIEBER THOMAS is a declaration of love to writer Thomas Brasch, congenially brought to life by exceptional actor Albrecht Schuch.

Together with African small farmholders Tony Rinaudo, an Australian agronomist, has been fighting against the spread of the desert for 30 years and challenges ideas of conventional reforestation with his simple yet effective method.

When the snow is gone old secrets see the light of day.

In a dystopian 2054, three friends go on a road trip into the past. On their journey, they rediscover lost biodiversity. How could it all disappear? When the friends find the key to a decisive moment in time everything will change.

Lars Eidinger is one of Germany's most talented and versatile actors. The film seeks to dispel some of the mystique surrounding this exceptional actor's unique art and provide an exciting insight into the world of theatre and filmmaking.

He alone threatens the international balance and relations between the great powers: the Chinese arms dealer Li Fangwei, also known as Karl Lee, is said to have enabled Iran to build up an impressive arsenal of missiles. Actively sought by the FBI for several decades, the man is a veritable ghost: intelligence only has a photo and a passport number. Born in 1972 in the far northeast of China, Karl Lee began to attract the attention of the U.S. Secret Service in the early 2000s by making suspicious financial transactions. Washington quickly became aware of the extent of his activities.

People's associations with flora goes back a long way, taking us back to our own roots as well as to new ways of life and creative potential that reveal themselves as we deal with plants. 'Wild Plants' is a film that follows these clues and takes us to urban gardens in Detroit, to Native American philosopher Milo Yellow Hair in Wounded Knee, to the wild plantations of Zurich's legendary 'Guerilla Gardener' Maurice Maggi, and to the innovative horticulture cooperative 'Les Jardins de Cocagne' in Geneva.

After three unsuccessful attempts at the Olympics, the 30-year-old Aljona Savchenko finally wants to win a gold medal with a new partner in four years. A rather bold plan, especially since the young Frenchman Bruno Massot, chosen by the German-Ukrainian ice princess, has no international successes in pairs figure skating. He moves to Germany and has no idea of the manic perfectionist he's getting involved with. Aljona's training is tough. Constant disputes about the right course threaten to bring the project to failure. Two completely different characters collide. However, the team of trainers manages to calm things down. February 2018: The competition at the Winter Olympics in South Korea begins with the short program. Inexplicably, Bruno blunders and the pair sit fourth by a wide gap. Gold is hardly possible anymore. It only remains for them to show the world their unique free skating.Their intoxicating, perfect run will go down in history. It will be the free skating of their life.

Vegan minced steaks and sausages, slices of salmon imitation or "fauxmages": plant-based substitutes designed to imitate the look, texture and taste of animal products are all the rage, but do they live up to their promises? A look at the challenges facing a booming market.

This stunning film explores the "land" with the highest bear density on our planet - the remote coastal regions of Northeast Asia. From the Bering Sea, where massive polar bears go without a meal for months on end, to the fish-rich coasts of the Pacific Ocean, where enormous brown bears await the annual flood of salmon, sometimes feasting, at other times driven to attack their own. And in the enigmatic forests of the Sea of Japan, the Asiatic black bear may find itself pursued by a deadly foe - the tiger. The film reveals the challenges bears must overcome, to show just what amazing survivors they are, from spending half their lives in a troubled, hungry sleep, to the rest of the time hunting ingeniously for food. Bears are often seen as dangerous, aggressive thieves. But there is a lot more to the bear than meets the eye.

In the 60s, a family from the GDR who came to settle in West Germany before the construction of the Berlin Wall gradually tears apart.

Fledermäuse sind wahre Hightech-Jäger. Mit ihren unglaublichen Sinnen gehören sie zu den gefährlichsten Raubtieren der Tierwelt - wenn man ein Insekt ist. Toni Hubancheva ist eine begeisterte Fledermausforscherin und in dunklen Höhlen genauso zu Hause wie im Fluglabor. Fledermäuse sind wahre Hightech-Jäger. Mit ihren unglaublichen Sinnen gehören sie zu den gefährlichsten Raubtieren der Tierwelt - wenn man ein Insekt ist. Doch eine kleine Laubheuschrecke schafft es, sie zu überlisten. Toni Hubancheva ist eine begeisterte Fledermausforscherin. Als Wissenschaftlerin ist sie in dunklen Höhlen genauso zu Hause wie im Fluglabor, um die geheimnisvolle Welt der Fledermäuse besser zu verstehen. Toni ist fasziniert von ihren Ultraschallrufen, mit denen sie sich in völliger Dunkelheit orientieren, ihren raffinierten Jagdmethoden und den außerordentlichen Flugkünsten. Doch Toni hat noch mehr entdeckt: Eine kleine Laubheuschrecke wird von ihren geliebten Hightech-Jägern offenbar nicht gefressen. Liegt es am Gesang? Toni ist neugierig geworden und möchte dem Geheimnis auf die Spur kommen. Zusammen mit Klaus Hochradel, einem Akustiker aus Innsbruck, macht sie sich auf eine spannende Reise - vom Max-Planck-Institut für Ornithologie im oberbayerischen Seewiesen bis zu den großen Fledermaushöhlen im bulgarischen Tabatschka. Mit einer neuartigen Kamera, die Ultraschalltöne sichtbar machen kann, sammeln Toni und Klaus unterwegs Beweise für ihre Entdeckung, aber unerträgliche Hitze, Moskitos und ein Gewittersturm machen ihre Reise zu einem echten Abenteuer im Dienst der Wissenschaft.

How can we describe the intimate connection between an instrument and its player? How can a piece of wood become "the love of my life", as Frank Peter Zimmermann calls his 1711 Stradivarius "Lady Inchiquin"? The instrument, worth 6 million Euros, was locked away in a safe for more than two years - due to bankruptcy of its lender, a German bank. This documentary follows the world renowned violinist as he reunites with his beloved violin. Zimmermann's story is intertwined with another master's search for perfection. We look behind the scenes and witness the creation of a contemporary violin by the "21st Century Stradivari", Martin Schleske.

Documentary deals with the different natural landscapes of Germany and shows a journey from the coasts of the North Sea and Baltic Sea to the Alps. It also shows how the areas have changed due to human influence.