In the musical road movie SOUND OF HEIMAT New Zealand-born musician Hayden Chisholm sets off on a discovery trail of German folk music that takes him across the country. A foreigner with an unbiased eye on German culture and an open ear for the lyrics and melodies of modern and traditional music, he discovers a lively variety of regional customs and practices. Directors Arne Birkenstock and Jan Tengeler also shed light on the widespread ambivalence...

When Leipzig pianist Kyra Steckeweh realised that her repertoire almost exclusively consisted of music composed by men, she began searching for pieces written by female composers. Her research in archives, libraries, and publishing houses quickly brought to light a variety of remarkable piano pieces that have been buried in history and rarely performed.. Steckeweh sees a lot of catching up to do, which is why the focus of her piano recitals and recordings...

This smash hit, which captures the East German 70's style in its gritty-glitzy visuals and its catchy soundtrack, is ranked by film critics among the 100 most significant German films of all time. Sunny (Renate Krössner, Go for Zucker), an aspiring singer, longs for fulfillment and to be recognized as someone special. She gets kicked out of her band, but starts over in the "underground" scene of East Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg. Based on a true story,...

Gegen ihn wirkt Mick Jagger wie ein Chorknabe: Selbst die verrücktesten Sex-, Drogen- und Rock 'n' Roll-Fantasien werden noch übertroffen von dem, was Vince Neil erlebt hat und jetzt freimütig in seiner Biografie bekennt. Vince Neal ist der Sänger und Frontmann der Heavy-Metal-Band Mötley Crüe, die er vor 30 Jahren mitbegründet hat. Sexfilme mit Pornostars, zahlreiche Gefängnisaufenthalte wegen Trunkenheit und "ungebührlichen Verhaltens"...

A brief history of the emergence and artistic innovations of tango in 19th-century Argentina and Europe. The film offers a mosaic of tango melodies, art works, dance performances, historical footage, photographs of Buenos Aires at the turn of the 20th century and texts by Celedonio Flores and Enrique Santos Discépolo.