- Engrossing video essay by Leonard Bernstein commemorates the 125th anniversary of Gustav Mahler's birth. Bernstein recorded a cycle of the Mahler symphonies and was clearly obsessed with the man. Bernstein himself was a world-class raconteur and the film provides many insights into both Mahler and Bernstein himself, bo…
- Der 17-Jährige Gymnasiast Oliver Rother bringt seine Gedanken, Gefühle und Erlebnisse gern in Hip-Hop-Texten zum Ausdruck. Als ihm seine Lehrerin Selma Vollrath eine Sechs für eine Deutscharbeit über "Die Leiden des jungen Werther&quo…
- Fresh from arte TV, here's a German silent from a director noone had ever heard of before; no wonder, as "Sprengbagger 1010" is the only film made by Carl Ludwig Achaz-Duisberg, son of the industrial mogul Carl Duisberg. And so it is only fitting that the film thematizes the coal industry and the consequences…