(0)
(0)Bayerischer Rundfunk.
62) The magic flute
Language
Deutsch
Description
Intertwining music of purity and beauty with the conventions of musical comedy, this opera is an exploration of man's search for truth and his confusion between the forces of light and dark. Mozart's final operatic legacy is a great work of the Enlightenment era.
64) Strike
Language
Polish
Description
"An illiterate single mother, Agnieszka Kowalska is a Socialist "heroine of labor" for working long hours as a shipyard welder... until her superiors deny compensation to the widows of 21 workers killed in an industrial disaster. Risking her job, her life, and the love of her son to defy the bureacracy, Agnieszka inspires the largest labor strike in world history... and becomes a national hero." -Container.
Author
Language
Deutsch
Description
"Welcome to the emotional, powerful, passionate world of Richard Wagner! Over 150 minutes of famous highlights - from the Ride of the Valkyries, The Flying Dutchman Overture and Siegfired's moving Funeral Music, to the touching Tristan Prelude and Liebestod and the tender Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin - conducted by acclaimed artists like Herbert von Karajan, Karl Böhm and Rafael Kubelik"--Conatiner.
69) Bagdad cafe
Language
English
Description
A mysterious German woman named Jasmin comes across a dilapidated motel and diner in the American desert. The diner's owner, Brenda, is initially taken aback by Jasmin's appearance and demeanor; but eventually the women find that there is a chemistry between them. Gradually, by using their unique individual skills, Jasmin and Brenda turn the once-fledgling diner into a thriving desert oasis.
Language
English
Description
This fascinating documentary focuses on the ancient city of Palmyra; where trading and military routes led to and through the city. The program explores the desert and the Bedouins who live there; for since time immemorial Syrian society and culture has been determined by the Bedouins and the city-dwellers. The ancient cultures that developed along the banks of Euphrates, such as the Mari, are as distant in time from the heyday of Palmyra as the antique...
Series
Language
English
Description
He was an architect and engineer, yet there is not a single building based on his plans; he was a sculptor, yet virtually none of his sculptures are extant. And only a few portraits and frescoes testify to the brilliance of the painter Leonardo. This informative and entertaining film follows Leonardo's trail to fame.
Language
English
Description
"A window to Europe was what Peter the Great wanted to create when, in 1703, he laid the foundation stone for the new capital city of his Russian empire. He sent 50,000 serfs into the swampy delta of the Neva to pound the harbor city out of the ground. Under Catherine the Great, St. Petersburg finally became the thriving metropolis which Peter the Great had dreamed of: a 'Venice of the North, ' a city of the arts, the sciences and literature. Many...
Language
English
Description
"The city on the Yellow River with its surroundings is one of the birth places of Chinese culture and civilization. Northeast of Xian, in 1974, the clay army of the first Chinese emperor, with its thousands of warriors, was discovered. Here, too, his huge burial mound, still unopened, is situated. And it was here that, by uniting the country for the first time, Emperor Qin Shihuangdi founded the series of Chinese imperial dynasties which extends up...