Michael Holm

"Holocaust" follows each member of the Jewish Family Weiss throughout Hitler's reign in Germany. One by one, the family members suffer the horrible fate of extermination under Anti-Semetic Nazi Law until only one son remains at the end of World War II. A sub-plot follows the story of Eric Dorf, a young German lawyer with a good heart who is changed into a mass murderer by membership in the SS.

"Du und ich, das ging so nah, weil es echte Liebe war." So muss es auch RTL2 ergangen sein und deshalb widmet sich die erfolgreiche Musik-Doku Pop Giganten am 26. März dem deutschen Schlager.

Set in a near future when water has become the most precious and dwindling resource on the planet, one that dictates everything from the macro of political policy to the detailed micro of interpersonal family and romantic relationships.

Former background vocalist for the likes of Melissa Manchester, Chaka Khan and Leo Sayer, American Robin Beck briefly topped the U.K. and German charts with 1988's "The First Time," a song used in a Coca-Cola commercial. Her subsequent album, Trouble or Nothin' (1989), failed to generate much interest, despite the contributions from such experienced songwriters as Desmond Child and Diane Warren. The songs released as singles failed as well "Save Up All Your Tears" had already been made famous by Cher and "Tears in the Rain" would be covered by Jennifer Rush with greater success five years later.

One of Fassbinder's crowning achievements, this an exploration of the complexities and contradictions of postwar Germany as embodied in a trio of unforgettable women. A female survivor of World War II Germany incorporates seduction and self-preservation in order to stay alive.