Tolkien: The True Story of the Rings2024 · Film · ★ 7.0/10An analysis of the sources of inspiration that fed the imagination of the British writer, poet and philologist J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973), great master of epic fantasy.View documentary »History movies and TV shows
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Tolkien: The True Story of the Rings2024 · Film · ★ 7.0/10An analysis of the sources of inspiration that fed the imagination of the British writer, poet and philologist J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973), great master of epic fantasy.View documentary »
The One, the Only, the Real Tarzan2004 · Film · ★ 7.2/10The glorious and tragic story of American athlete and actor Johnny Weissmuller (1904-84), Olympic swimmer, water polo player and the only true Tarzan, an archetypal character and myth of cinema, that …View documentary »
Johannes Kepler - Storming the Heavens2020 · Film · ★ 6.5/10Nowadays we associate Johannes Kepler with his famous laws of planetary motion. But the history of his discoveries is a drama of Shakespearian proportions - full of intrigue, passion, depravity and …View documentary »
Leonardo da Vinci and the Bust of Flora2020 · Film · ★ 7.2/10Acquired in July 1909 by art collector Wilhelm von Bode (1845-1929), director general of the Prussian Art Collections and founding director of the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum, now the Bode-Museum, the …View documentary »
Electronic Vibrations: A Sound Changes the World2022 · Film · ★ 7.0/10The amazing story of electronic music: its epic journey from its origins in Europe, at the hands of the great artists of the post-war classical avant-garde, to the great post-industrial cities of the …View documentary »
Bugatti: A Thirst for Speed2018 · Film · ★ 6.7/10The story of the Bugattis of Milan and Molsheim, the eccentric family behind the brand: Carlo, the patriarch and furniture designer; Rembrandt, the troubled sculptor; Ettore, the gifted engineer; …View documentary »
Reunification in the Ice: The Story of the Last GDR Antarctic Explorers2020 · Film · ★ 8.0/10In 1989, thirteen GDR scientists and technicians set off from East Berlin to the Georg Forster research station in the Antarctic. During their expedition the Berlin Wall fell on November 9th. Cut off …View documentary »
The DC-3 Story: The Plane That Changed the World2018 · Film · ★ 7.0/10There was a time when the DC-3 was the world's most successful aircraft and an indispensable tool: its military version became a crucial factor in achieving peace in various wars and helped many …View documentary »
Berlin Babylon2001 · Film · ★ 7.7/10A documentary focusing on the rebuilding projects in Berlin after the fall of the Berlin Wall.View documentary »
Nefertiti: Who Does She Belong To?2023 · Film · ★ 8.0/10The famous bust of Nefertiti, queen of ancient Egypt, wife of Akhenaten, the heretic pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, has been on display in the Neues Museum in Berlin since 1913. But why is it not, as …View documentary »