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A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.

Greece in 2015: the economy is in tatters and the country is on the verge of bankruptcy. A new government rebels against the EU's iron-fisted rule and inspires millions of Europeans. Based on the political memoirs of Yanis Varoufakis.

"Inheritance" is the story of Monika Hertwig and her journey to accept the truth about her father, Nazi commander Amon Goeth, who was portrayed by actor Ralph Fiennes in "Schindler's List." As part of Monika's search for information, she reaches out to Helen Jonas-Rosenzweig, a woman Monika's father enslaved during the war. Over 60 years after Monika's father was executed for his war crimes, in a historic and painful moment, these two women meet, bringing closure, yet raising new questions.

An investigation into the crash of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

Attractive and subversive, Hervé Guibert, who died of AIDS, made an impression by staging the last moments of his life. An intimate portrait

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.

JVA Tegel is one of the largest and oldest prisons in Germany. Thanks to the theater project AufBruch, the prison becomes an acting stage - and at the same time gives the prisoners a bit of freedom.

In 1989, the German polar explorer Arved Fuchs and the South Tyrolean mountaineer Reinhold Messner set out together to reach the South Pole on skis without sled dogs or motorized technology, and then cross the entire Antarctic continent. Even at the beginning there are problems, because the onward transport to the starting point by plane can not be carried out on schedule. Finally, on 6 November, the adventurers set out from the Patriot Hills Base Camp on the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf for pole. Quickly the completely different character traits of the two men are showing up. Messner is impetuous and urges for speed. The quiet Fuchs splits his forces and consistently goes his pace with all planned breaks. On New Year's Eve, the expedition participants were happily greeted by the women and men of the US Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station at their camp. The continental crossing ends at McMurdo Station near the Ross Ice Shelf. A camera team of the Südwestfunk under the direction of the legendary German documentary filmmaker Wilhelm Bittorf accompanies the expedition and captures one of the last great adventures of modern times in impressive pictures.

Journalist Marcel Rosenbach visits the German satellite communications company Stellar PCS and presents shocking classified documents.

The start of the Antarctic crossing of Arved Fuchs and Reinhold Messner with stopover South Pole is difficult. First, the flight connection between Punta Arenas in South America and the Antarctic base camp with an ancient aircraft not works until the third attempt due to the weather. As in Patriot Hills even the smaller transport plane to the starting point of the expedition is not available, Reinhold Messner gets angry and demands the prepayment back. The route of the two adventurers must be reorganized and shortened by 600 kilometers. Finally, they start on skis with 80 kilograms of sledges per man in the direction of the Thiel Mountains through inadequately explored territory.

The two adventurers' rapid progress in the endless white expanse of Antarctica is made difficult by strong headwinds and so-called Sastrugis, ice-hardened, streamlined snow elevations. They constantly have to take small detours. In addition, Arved Fuchs' feet started to cause problems after 300 kilometers. Bloodshot blisters require makeshift medical care. When the rocky peaks of the Thiel Mountains appear on the horizon, both men feel hopeful because a segment has been completed. It turns out that Arved Fuchs and Reinhold Messner are different characters who have different views on walking rhythm and speed. Conflicts arise. Nevertheless, they pulled themselves together to reach the US Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in time for New Year's Eve 1989, where they received an euphoric welcome from the researchers stationed there.

After the short stay at the South Pole with its hospitable part-time residents, Arved Fuchs and Reinhold Messner set off again to complete their Antarctic crossing. The much longer part of their adventurous journey lies ahead of them. They have chosen the so-called death route via the Beardmore Glacier and the Ross Ice Shelf, which Robert Falcon Scott once took when he wanted to return from the South Pole and died along with all his remaining men. The goal of McMurdo Bay should be reached within 45 days because the provisions only last that long. Since they now most likely have the wind at their backs, they are equipped with large ski sails, which they want to be pulled along with their heavy sleds. But frozen ice crusts, crevasses and storms keep stopping them again and again, putting the completion of the expedition in jeopardy.

See how an 11,000-year-old monumental structure in Turkey is tearing the textbooks of human history to shreds.

After the failed Hungarian Revolt of 1956 many Hungarians fled their country. Many Dutch people were eager to help the refugees, including the parents of Geert Mak.