Brazza, Chronicle of a Wasteland

Ethnographer-filmmaker Jean Rouch and sociologist-film critic Edgar Morin interview people on the streets of Paris during the summer of 1960. Assisted by Marceline, Angelo, Marilou and Jean Pierre, the team talks with factory workers Jean and Jacques; students Regis, Celine, Jean-Marc, Nadine, Landry and Raymond; office workers Jacques and Simone; artists Henri, Madi and Catherine; and a model, Sophie.

A small village in Latin America. Santiago have been knife in the morning. It surprise nobody. The Vicario brothers have openly declared the would kill him to avenge the lost honour of their young sister. It's the way and custom of the country. Nothing and nobody would have prevent it. It was a death foretold. Let see how and why.

The movie consist of 13 separate episodes each handling a period between 1960 and 1970. The length of these periods varies from one day to some years. It tells the story of a group of people in Munich (mostly music and film students). Every episode focuses on a different character from the group, although the main storyline and character, the young composer Hermann, continues. The movie tells a story in many different levels about love, friendship, misfortune, loss, art, politics, history with important historic events of the decennium in the background. It was the most costly and ambitious drama production in German television, although very cinematographic. Believed to be partly autobiographic.

Jakob longs for a new life for himself and his troubled family in Brazil.

Real-life individuals discuss topics on society, happiness in the working class among others and with those testimonies the filmmakers create fictional moments based on their interviews. Later on, the individuals discuss the images created with their own words and see if the movie obtained their level of reality.

Summer 1789: Louis XVI knows that civil war is close and assembles a force of 25,000 soldiers to establish his authority. One of France's most famous battles is about to begin. Paris, July 14, 1789. The kingdom has been in crisis for months, and the city is seething with unrest. The citizens are angry and have had enough of inequality, unemployment and hunger. At 9am, the French people establish their plan of attack and head for the Bastille, a symbol of royal absolutism. Armed with axes, pitchforks, knives and rifles, they storm the fortress. At 5pm, the Bastille falls to the people, and with it, brings down the foundations of the French monarchy.

This is not only a sequel to the "Second Heimat", but also a chronicle of a very decisive decade for Germany (1989 to 2000). The main couple of the mini-series released in 1992, Hermann Simon and Clarissa Lichtbau (played by the same actors), reunite after almost exactly 19 years. Their last night of love in November 1970 closed the previous series. Now, on November 9th, 1989, when the Berlin Wall falls, Hermann and Clarissa meet each other again by mere chance. Surrounded by celebrations, the former lovers bring each other up to date, and reestablish a relationship. Hermann has become a well known maestro and Clarissa, a respected singer, but both lead solitary lives.

The year is 2019 in a post-apocalyptic future, a group of weary survivors is faced with a relentless onslaught from a gang of roving bandits. Into this conflict comes two men, rivals by nature, but forced to take the same side against a common foe. The survival of the human race may very well come down to the outcome of this battle!