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On July 9, 2006, Zidane’s headbutt on Materazzi turned the World Cup final into a legend—a symbol of the rivalry between France and Italy. Twenty years after Berlin, the key figures and commentators look back on that ico
Falstaff is Verdi’s masterpiece of comic opera, in which the behaviour of the ageing Sir John Falstaff, a devious freeloader and would-be ladykiller, causes uproar in the petty-bourgeois household of the Windsor’s. In th
The annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music fan in Berlin and beyond. On New Year‘s Eve, the Berliner Philharmoniker invite an exceptional soloist for a festive gal
Riccardo Muti conducts the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra's traditional ‘Concert for Europe’, this year at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Italy. The programme includes excerpts from works by Rossini, Verdi and Brahms.
What do Italian guest-workers do when they get home, after a hard day's work on one of the many new building sites in Berlin? They talk, get bored, phone home. They try to survive. Berlino is a moving documentary about d
Did you know that there are 100 trees for every Berliner or that West Berlin has the newest congress center in the world? This film shows the chocolate sides of the city in the areas of work, living, entertainment, sport
The Berliner Philharmoniker performs work by Shostakovich, Dvorak and Carl Maria von Weber with the help of violinist Hilary Hahn. Recorded live at the Suntory Hall, Tokyo, 26 November 2000
One day in June 2003, thousands of people came to the Waldbühne Park to spend the night with Gershwin, the composer of Porgy and Bess, the super energised Seiji Ozawa conducting the venerable Berliner Philharmoniker and
Documentary about Brecht and the Berliner Ensemble.
Secretary of the most influential Communist Party in the Western world, Enrico Berlinguer challenged the international balance by seeking to bring the Communists to government in Italy and achieve socialism in a democrat
With the Fifth Symphony, the Symphony No. 9 is the most famous piece. Its unusual length, the adjunction of soloists and of choruses, the choice of the Ode to Joy by Schiller, all of this concurs to its fame. The Ninth S
How does the Wall affect the Berlin psyche? This film shows some possibilities, via artistic antics with Vera Schrankl, Thierry Noir and Arthur Kuggeleyn. With the help of the filmmakers' experimental signature, the wall