ProgrammeHighlightsAUTUMN / WINTER 2016 / 17

ProgrammeHighlightsAUTUMN / WINTER 2016 / 17

fiction 04 Iceland murders: The mystery of the westfjord05 Iceland murders: The silent witness06 My son, the nerdy genius06 Dark secrets07 Baltic crimes: The angel maker07 Mata Hari08 North by Northwest: Estonia08 The informer09 Wolf’s land (Forever yours / Deep in the forest)09 Inspector Lindholm / Inspector Borowski: Taxi to Leipzig

children 10 The Peppercorns10 Marie and the mysterious 12 months

factual 11 Turkey: A terror hub?11 Forbidden vegetables12 Wild Sardinia12 Wild Skagerrak13 Wild Switzerland13 Island of the penguins14 Mare TV14 On the banks of the river Nile15 People, Places, Adventures15 CULT@THECITY

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CRIME | 90’

Solveig Karlsdottir, the successful crime novelist, leaves the capital Reykjavik behind for the first time in years. She travels back to her homeland, a small fishing village in the West of Iceland where she has to look after her demented mother. Once there, it is not only old friends and acquaintances she bumps into, but also a mysterious death. Early in the morning, she is the first to discover a corpse that had been washed ashore into the harbour. It is Jon Sigurdsson, a local fisherman. What irritates her most, is the way the locals just dismiss his death as an accident.

Maybe there is a murder behind this case. But why does no one really want to know? Solveig’s curiosity and her fine-tuned senses keep her wide-awake. Although faced with fierce opposition, she decides to begin her own research, which makes her a thorn in the side for both the local police and the inhabitants. But when the fishery company’s director is found murdered, the locals are convinced it is her fault and she decides to return to Reykjavik. But it is not only her mother who prophesied that her visit to her homeland is not yet over. All of nature’s powers seem to be holding her back …

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CRIME | 90’

Crime novelist Solveig Karlsdottir has sworn never to interfere in any criminal proceedings again – until Reyjkjavik’s elf representative Isolda Thorsdottir is found shot in her beloved elf park. Solveig, who coincidentally arrives at the crime scene at the same time as Chief Inspector Finsen, discovers little Yrsa there, too. The distraught girl obviously witnessed the crime and from now on wraps herself in complete silence.

She only appears to have trust in Solveig, but will Solveig be able to get the girl to speak? Did the child see the killer? Does she perhaps even know him? Solveig and Inspector Finsen delve into the mystical world of the elves, so well looked after by Isolda. They discover that someone had broken into the deceased’s office and found out that a lucrative construction project could not be realised due to a report made by Isolda. They also – bit by bit – hear of little Yrsa’s sad suspicion.

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My son, the nerdy genius TV MOVIE | 90‘

Deborah “Debbie” Hoeffner is a bus driver and single parent in a small town near Hamburg. Her ten-year-old son Jerôme is anything but easy to handle and at school, he turns out to be a complete misfit. Sometimes he astonishes everyone with his knowledge and on other occasions, he is unable to solve the simplest problems. When Jerôme inadvertently yet seriously injures another boy who has been bullying him for some time, turmoil breaks out: class conference, psychological assessment. But psychologist Dr. Laas cannot discover any signs of aggressiveness in the nerdy boy. She suspects that Jerôme could be highly gifted. When she informs Debbie of the possibilities in a special boarding school for gifted children, Debbie totally flips out. As a former institutionalised child herself, she cannot bear the thought of leaving her son behind the walls of a boarding school. And Jerôme? He has just found a friend in Said, a habitual offender and feared at school by all. Yet Said manages to bestow forced recognition on Jerôme. But is this enough?

Dark secretsTV MOVIE | 90‘

The hopes of an entire region are pinned upon Leonard Gehra. The renowned geophysicist and specialist in silver mining has been chosen to bring the mine of Ferdinand Thürnitz back into the profit zone. But Gehra also finds himself confronted with his own family history, since his father died under mysterious circumstances in a mining accident in the seventies. In this case, the geophysicist wants to shed light on the matter and during his research stumbles across references to an aborted escape attempt from the former German Democratic Republic. He realises that Türnitz played a central role in the events that took place back then. Now he wants to find out the truth, no matter what it takes.

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Baltic crimes:The angel maker CRIME | 90‘

The Polish hotel employee Jadwiga is kid-napped. Her friend, a radical “life protec-tor”, who is protesting against the Pol-ish-German “abortion tourism”, fears the worst. The search for the missing person is the first case that Inspector Julia Thiel takes on since her serious accident. When short-ly afterwards, the gynaecologist of a clinic in Heringsdorf is found dead, even Julia’s mother, the former district attorney Karin Lossow, is under suspicion. The deceased was her husband’s lover, who she shot in the heat of the moment some eight years ago. The inspector and her daughter must once again face up to the dark moments of their family history …

Mata HariTV MOVIE | 90‘

In 1916, the scandalous dancer Mata Hari is recruited by the German Secret Service. Penniless and addicted to fame, she agrees. Mademoiselle Docteur, alias Elisabeth Schragmüller, chief of German counterintelligence, has just a week’s time in which to prepare her for her first mission in Paris. A crash course in espionage.This film traces the encounters of these two so very different women. Mata Hari – a nom de plume – can look back on a career as a nude dancer and courtesan that made her world famous. Elisabeth Schragmüller is one Germany’s first women to receive a degree. Through harshness and a brilliant mind, she rose to become the most powerful woman in the German army. She was feared and dark rumours concerning her sexual charisma surrounded her. Two women, two life concepts collide with one another. Elisabeth Schragmüller is a precursor of the emancipated woman, Mata Hari made herself subordinate to men. This could never end in friendship.In the end, it is Schragmüller who personally orders Mata Hari’s cover to be blown – so that her own identity is protected. Mata Hari’s execution in 1917 in Paris is her final, unforgotten appearance. Elisabeth Schragmüller was lost in the annals of the Secret Service.

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Inspector Lindholm / Inspector Borowski A taxi to LeipzigCRIME | 90‘

Following a conference, Hanover police inspector Charlotte Lindholm shares a taxi with her colleagues Klaus Borowski and Sören Affeld. But Rainald, the taxi driver, doesn‘t really want to drive guests from here to there. After his stint in Afghanistan, the former elite soldier seeks revenge on his ex-girlfriend before her marriage to one of his comrades takes place. This is the main reason why he is on his way to Leipzig. Trouble brews in the taxi and Rainald hits the over-zealous Affeld and kills him. He then takes Lindholm and Borowski as hostages. A murderous trip towards the East begins …

North by Northwest:EstoniaCRIME | 90‘ EACH, TO BE CONTINUED

A man is killed during an exchange of fire in a retirement home. The last thing he did was to hand a piece of metal to veterinary surgeon Hauke Jacobs who was there co-incidentally. As far as police officer Lona Vogt is concerned, the attack was actually meant for her father. He wasn’t the harm-less travelling salesman he liked to portray, but instead probably worked for an intel-ligence service. The victim is by no means less mysterious as he took on a new iden-tity some 20 years ago. The investigations lead to the distant past and to the murder-er of Lona’s mother …

The informerTV MOVIE | 90‘

Aylin leads a wild, independent life in Ber-lin. But the young woman also has a re-markable police record and her legal career is on the brink. Ambitious narcotics officers Jan and Hannah offer Aylin the chance to erase her criminal record. The price she has to pay is to act as a decoy and win over the trust of Musab, a drug smuggler. From him, Aylin shall obtain information about his next large drug deal. A dangerous game begins between Musab and Aylin, driven by mutual distrust and fascination for one another. But Aylin also gets too close to Jan, the police investigator. She finds herself torn between the two, and her cover could fly open at any time. When the showdown arrives, she has to rely on her intuition alone …

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Wolf’s land:Forever yoursCRIME | 90‘ EACH, TO BE CONTINUED

Criminalist Viola Delbrueck and inspector Burkhard Schulz only work together reluctantly. All of his friends call Schulz “Butsch”, but Viola doesn’t belong to this circle at all. The two absolutely different investigators have to pull themselves together when they are presented with the corpse of John Staffler, the well-known lawyer. He was found with a red string-tanga in his mouth. The first port of call for Viola and Butsch is Staffler‘s friend Marvin Liebchen and a young couple called Jenni and Marke seem to have something to hide.

Wolf’s land:Deep in the forestCRIME | 90‘ EACH, TO BE CONTINUED

On their second case, the Goerlitz criminal police inspectors, Burkhard “Butsch” Schulz and Viola Delbrueck have to deal with a serial killer. He always kills young women according to the same behavioural patterns and in the same, cruel way. Delbrueck‘s private life is anything but perfect. Her husband, Björn, a criminal psychologist, suddenly turns up out of the blue and attempts to force himself into his wife‘s new life, although she had actually left him. With his knowledge of serial killers and his charming nature, he impresses and unsettles Viola and the entire team of investigators. Only “Butsch” remains sceptical and follows his own instincts …

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Turkey: A terror hub?CURRENT AFFAIRS | 52‘

Turkey has become a target for terror attacks. For the past year, these attacks have been more frequent and take place in the major cities, such as Ankara and Istanbul. Has the Turkish State tolerated the Islamists in their country for too long? How did this development arise? In this documentary, Halil Gülbeyaz and his team follow the trail of the „Holy Warriors“ in Turkey.

Forbidden vegetablesCURRENT AFFAIRS | 45‘

Uschi Reinhardt trades in old types of tomato, Reinhard Luhring with cale seeds that are almost extinct. Karsten Ellenberg does business with no longer authorised potato varieties. As it stands, thousands of tomato and potato varieties are no longer allowed on the market. Those that still cultivate and sell old, and often tastier varieties are actually committing a crime. Jean Boué has been looking at German gardens in search of the “vegetable rebels”. In impressive scenes and interviews, he describes their fight against boring, standard tastes and their attempt to prevent the cultural heritage of the diversity of varieties from extinction.

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The PeppercornsLIVE ACTION | 156 X 27‘, TO BE CONTINUED One of the most popular and successful German chidren series is to be continued with a new team of five young sleuths. In the new detective stories, the Peppercorns track down thieves, polluters, crooks, dealers, drug traffickers and other suspicious entities in the heart of Hamburg harbour.

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Marie and the mysterious 12 monthsFAMILY ENTERTAINMENT | 97‘

A peaceful village wakes up one day before Christmas when its native son – a young man called Karl – comes back home from abroad, where he was apparently doing very well. Karl would be a good catch for all the local girls, who are so eager to marry him that they lay siege to his cottage. Karl, though, wants to avoid tying the knot, so his brother comes up with the idea to give the marriage-hungry girls tasks impossible to fulfill. Marie’s spoiled sister Flora would also like to get married, so her step-mother forces Marie to fulfill the difficult tasks instead of Flora. What is Marie to do? Who can help her gather violets and strawberries and bring an old apple tree to life when it’s winter?

Wild SkagerrakWILDLIFE & NATURE | 52’

It is this strait that connects the North Sea with the Baltic: With depths of over 700 metres, the Skagerrak is notorious for its dangerously strong currents. But currents also mean food and nourishment for the large swarms of fish that inhabit the region. Harbour seals, grey seals and orcas hunt here, as do the rare black mouth cat shark and porpoises. Close by, catfish mate, which in itself is spectacular and never caught on film in this way before. Lion’s mane jellyfish with nettle threads up to 30 metres long make their way through the open sea. Skagerrak’s coastal regions are amongst the most beautiful and varied in Europe and boast one of the world’s great bird paradises.

Wild SardiniaWILDLIFE & NATURE | 52‘

Sardinia has always been the epitome of pure wilderness. An emerald of volcanic or-igin in the Mediterranean, 1900 metres of coastline and an infinite maze of offshore islands. But Sardinia also has other facets: green valleys, rugged mountains, murmur-ing brooks, mysterious ruins and a unique fauna. Just off of Sardinia‘s coast lies an untouched underwater paradise – uniquely beautiful, but also dangerous. Pilot whales, dolphins and mobula rays populate the waters at Capo Testa in the north of the island. In the west, the lagoons of Cabras form a wild landscape of lakes: A home for thousands of flamingos who hunt the red brine shrimps. In addition to the flamingos,

grey and purple herons and little egrets breed here. Thousands of bats have found refuge in the craggy mountain world of the Supramonte and Gennargentu, with their countless grottoes and caves. In the sea we can observe the mass mating of sea slugs, and thanks to our camera robots and sub-mersible boats, we observe beard worms with luminous red gills, as well as bright yellow tree corals surrounding the hypo-thermal lava holes.

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Wild SwitzerlandWILDLIFE & NATURE | 52‘

Gentle, green meadows, rugged rocks, mysterious lakes, dense forests, tall mountains, low-lying river deltas, quietly meandering mountain streams, a unique fauna – THIS is Switzerland! We trace the elementary power of nature and present animals and plants in landscapes that have hardly ever been touched by mankind. Switzerland is an alpine country, but it is also Europe‘s surge tank. Rivers such as the Rhineand the Rhone have their sources here.Glaciers, crevasses, icy cold caves and the underwater dome of the Verzasca are the unusual settings we chose for this film. We meet with rare, selected animal species and present their behavioural patterns, such as the Swiss or Arven jay, the lynx and albino catfish. Cold, wind, snow and extreme locations demand adaptation that make us marvel.

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Island of the penguinsWILDLIFE & NATURE | 50‘

In the middle of the Antarctic Ocean, an entire mountain range arises from the wa-ter: South Georgia, the nursery of the Ant-arctic. Hundreds of thousands of penguins, elephant seals, sea dogs and their young overcrowd the beaches. The rough weath-er and the extremely difficult access to the island cause filmmaking to be an endeavor requiring much of the film crew around Ro-land Gockel and Rosie Koch and the state of the art cameras. A lot of patience and sensitivity over a period spanning some five years now offers unknown and poignant insights into the life of the king penguins on South Georgia Island.

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People, Places, AdventuresTRAVEL & ADVENTURE | 45‘ EACH, TO BE CONTINUED

Join us – and you will be enchanted by in-teresting countries, fascinating people and exciting adventures. People, Places, Ad-ventures carries you off to an alien world. Regardless of how foreign other cultures appear to us, with People, Places, Adven-tures, you will become acquainted with people who will familiarise you with their homeland and culture.

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Mare TVTRAVEL & ADVENTURE | 45‘ EACH,TO BE CONTINUED

mareTV discovers the magnificent world of the oceans. All episodes highlight stun-ning perspectives the enormous expanse of the seas has to offer - for both man and animal. mareTV presents exciting stories about people and the seas, recounted with captivating pictures, clarity and depth.

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On the banks of the river NileTRAVEL & ADVENTURE | 3 X 44’, 1 X 52’ This three-part documentary presents us with opulent images of fabulous land-scapes and fascinating people that make a living in the Nile valley, between optimism and tradition, with fantasy and creativity. No other river is as cloaked in mystery as the Nile and no other river rules the sur-rounding countryside through which it flows quite as much as the Nile.We experience the dawn of a great civilisa-tion whose buildings still cause us to stare in sheer astonishment to this very day.

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CULT@THECITYTRAVEL & ADVENTURE | 10 X 45‘, TO BE CONTINUED

The documentary series CULT@THECITY presents the coolest and most exciting metropolises of our world from a completely new angle. At the heart of each episode are complete stories with protagonists, who are the mirror and the face of the respective city. We want to take a closer look behind the scenes of each town. CULT@THECITY presents people with the cult factor from the worlds of design, fashion, crafts, photography, culture, the movies and acting. This series is a potpourri of lifestyle, adventure, history, experience, excitement and wonder.

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