Klaus Stern

Annual awarding of the Grimme Awards.

How could the son of a graduate historian and a secretary, who liked to adorn himself with fast cars, fake eyelashes and expensive clothes, who wanted to become an artist, journalist or film director, become the "public enemy No. 1"?

The story of Mehmet Göker continues. He has fled to Turkey and accumulated over €10 million in debts with German health insurance companies. He is wanted on an international arrest warrant – yet continues to make money in the German insurance industry.

With his company Palantir, businessman Alex Karp created a powerful piece of data analysis software. It provides intelligence services, the military, and police investigative authorities with information that can be used to solve crimes or kill people. But what drives the creator of the software – ethical fundamentals or a thirst for power? Is he a Faust, a Mephisto, or both at the same time? An investigative journey in search of one of Silicon Valley’s most secretive CEOs.

Follow the rise and fall of the cybersecurity firm Biodata and its CEO, Tan Siekmann, whose eventful career signifies the collapse of the New Economy.

Offering rare insight into the tough world of soccer agents, this documentary follows industry veteran Jörg Neblung as he manages clients and contracts.

"Those who don't know their limits have none." This is the story of Mehmet Göker, 32, absolute ruler of a cult-like insurance empire. The film shows the rise and fall of the young entrepreneur of Turkish origin from Kassel. A story of greed and megalomania. But also an illuminating insight into the business practices of private health insurance companies.

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This is the story of an addiction and an addict - a life addicts looking for propinquity to the death. Werner King was one of the business heroes of the new economy. With his movie trading company Helkon he saw himself as a global player. The gifted skier and former sailing champion loved speed and risk - professional and private. With luck and irrepressible will, he survived an avalanche in 1993. November 2000 he flies again to the deep snow skiing, it will be his last start.

Dubai, the Easter Island - and now Hofgeismar in Northern Hesse, Germany. This is an "absolute Lighthouse project", says architect Tom Krause. No, he roars it. "This will be a sensation for all of Europe." Around 420 million are to be invested. Five luxury hotels, 600 villas and apartments, several golf courses, an artificial lake landscape of 34 hectares, as well as a trotting course and an Polo field. And not to forget: 1000 jobs. Mayor Henner Sattler (CDU) is the engine of the whole. An extraordinary city head. He is emotional, gripping to, sympathetic and open. What can possibly go wrong?

At the age of 23, Stepan Timoshin is already at the top of his game. The tabloids have dubbed the influencer and TikToker the "sneaker millionaire." In early 2024, he announces that he wants to become president of Hertha BSC. The film follows the young entrepreneur on his mission to become the youngest president of a professional soccer club in Europe. But two days before the presidential election, an article appears in Der Spiegel, whose research suggests that Timoshin's financial background is different from what he claims.

A documentary about the work of the insolvency administrator Dr. Fritz Westhelle and the insolvency of the Autohaus Rößler in Nordhessen.