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Browse - Most popular shows on ZDF
Crimes That Changed the World
From the Age of Enlightenment to the end of the 20th Century, the three-part history-crime series examines four spectacular crimes that attracted international attention in each of its episodes - Lincoln's assassination, Jack the Ripper, the Dreyfus affair, the Lindbergh kidnapping, the Sarajevo assassination, the murder of Sharon Tate and the Columbine high school massacre being just a few.
Nord Nord Mord
A sympathetic and nervous fellow who disregards modern investigative methods, crime commissioner Theo Clüver seeks to solve the most mysterious murders.
Loving Her
Hanna begins to reminisce about her time in Berlin and reviews her past relationships and affairs. Each of her ex-girlfriends connects her to something different and has played its part in making Hanna the woman she is today.
Derrick
"Harry, fahr den Wagen vor." One of the most popular murder mystery series of Germany from the 70s to the 90s. With Horst Tappert as Oberinspektor Stephan Derrick and Fritz Wepper as his assistant, Inspektor Harry Klein.
How Climate Made History
This two-part series presents some of the most spectacular discoveries of modern climatic research. An international team comprising climatologists, historians and geologists has established that climate has played a crucial role in the development of historical events throughout central Europe. This applies, among other things, to the rise of the Roman Empire, the vast migration of peoples between 400 and 700 A.D., Hannibal's journey across the Alps, the persecution of witches in the Middle Ages, and the 30 Years War. This documentary presents the events in question and explains just how weather literally makes history.
300 Million Years
"300 Million Years" relates the dramatic history of how the continent of Europe came to be - from the carboniferous period until today. During its long creation process Europe has "traveled" through various climate zones, has been shaped by the elements and transformed by collisions with other continents. Seen from a geological perspective, human beings have been on the earth for only a few short moments, but within this brief time we have already fundamentally transformed the planet.
Doppelhaushälfte
A semi-detached house in the countryside - that's where a Berlin family ends up in this comedy series. The residents of the other half are skeptical as to whether the newcomers will be able to integrate properly.
The History of Mossad
On December 13, 1949, Mossad, the Israeli foreign intelligence agency, was founded. With its creation, the existence of Israel was guaranteed as a safe haven for Jews around the world. Since then, the Mossad has been considered as life insurance against a possible second Holocaust with agents prepared for everything.
The Battle Against Rome
Arminius - born as the son of a Cheruscan, abducted as a pawn of the Romans, and raised as a soldier, he returns to subdued Germania under Emperor Augustus. He makes himself the leader of the revolt against Rome, resulting in the destruction of the legions of Varus' in the year 9 AD.
On the side of Arminius', the audience will experience the "clash of cultures" between the Romans and Germania. In a memorable television event, we accompany him from the simple mud hut of his father to ancient Rome, from the plains of Pannonia to battlefields in the gorges of the Teutoburg Forest.
Hitler's Warriors
A series looking at the six most important German Generals of World War II. Profiling these men, the series continues to pose the question as to why it all happened. Rommel, Canaris, Keitel, Paulus, Udet and Manstein. Six careers caught in the tangle of Nazi political intrigue and ultimate disaster.
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