Wilhelm Bittorf
Directing
Known For
Annual awarding of the Grimme Awards.
Grimme Award
In 1989, the German polar explorer Arved Fuchs and the South Tyrolean mountaineer Reinhold Messner set out together to reach the South Pole on skis without sled dogs or motor technology and then cross the entire Antarctic. There are problems right from the start because the onward transport to the starting point by plane cannot be carried out on time. Finally, the adventurers set off from Patriot Hills Base Camp on the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf to the Pole. The completely different character traits of the two men quickly emerge. Messner is impetuous and pushes for speed. The calm Fuchs divides his strength and consistently follows his pace during all planned breaks. On New Year's Eve 1989, the two men are warmly welcomed by the crew of the US Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. But the much larger and more dangerous part of their adventurous continental crossing still lies ahead of them. The 3-part documentary shows one of the last great adventures of modern times in impressive pictures.
Through the Homeland of Ice and Storms
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Wahlkampf
Comprehensive classic piece that looks at the process of creating the movie, told with a strong, well-constructed narrative that plays almost as a movie itself, a detailed retelling of how the movie was made and the dedication to authenticity that's evident right down to the finest little details on the ship. After a narrator sets the scene for various segments from the film, the piece takes its time to take a closer look at all of the elements that are necessary to create the movie and the challenges of shooting such a labor- and authenticity-intensive picture.
Das Boot: Behind The Scenes
Two-hour television documentary by Alexander Kluge and Meinhard Prill on the documentary filmmakers of the "Stuttgart school".
Das Beste an der ARD sind ihre Anfänge
The German coal-mine Graf Bismarck is shut down.
Der Untergang der Graf Bismarck
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Burschenherrlichkeit
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Der Autokult
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Madison Avenue
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Saison in Walhall
It's the first Bundesliga season, and we accompany the team of Borussia Dortmund.
Die Borussen kommen
Are German women as unhappy as a lot of popular media in the early 1960s suggest? This television documentary wants to find out.