Zdf Movies

Life as it was 300 years ago: the Amish in the USA. The religious community has its origins in Europe and its very own rules, such as adult baptism an...

A documentary on the subject of secondary schools, shot in Berlin-Kreuzberg in 1976. It shows teachers and students (grades 7–10) in dependent roles,...

The Shuar Indians live on the western edge of the tropical rainforest, between the Amazon lowlands in the east and the Andean highlands in the west, o...

“Ku’damm 56” and the documentary offer a glimpse into the 1950s: hope and guilt, a new youth culture, old constraints, and courageous people finding t...

There is a glaring lack of basic knowledge about the menstrual cycle. However, various areas of research are beginning to take an interest, ask questi...

Spain, 1519. Five ships and 270 men leave the familiar shore behind on an extraordinary quest: to find a western sea passage to the sought-after Spice...

A documentary about everyday life in a Romanian high-security prison near Bucharest. Filmmaker Andrei Schwartz spent more than half a year accompanyin...

Filmmaker Katrin Schlösser turns the camera on herself and her husband for three years, creating a visceral and intimate snapshot of married life.

"Life has passed and we have achieved nothing" Thats's what Ester the youngest says. The eldest, Karola, keeps quite. Fruma, who is my mother, tries t...

China, the “Middle Kingdom,” has long been thought to have developed independently from the West. Mighty mountains and the inhospitable Taklamakan for...