Filmography                                       

selected  television documentaries in chronological order

Can it be that the "Dresdner Stollen" (the famous christmas cake from Dresden) has not been invented in Dresden? And is a pensioner from Swabia the descendant of the the true Stollen inventor? The search leads all the way into the 15th century. 

A new series about genealogy. In this episode, a retired electrician from Chemnitz wants to find out about his ancestors. Is it true that he is related to one of the most infamous hangman of Saxony? His family search reveals an astonishing past... 

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Presented by Axel Bulthaupt and directed by Jan Tenhaven, this series takes a look at the past 15 years of news coverage in Middle Germany: strong stories that have moved the people, individuals that have written history or pictures that have become part of the collective memory. A fast and thrilling new series.

Four part fly-on-the-wallseries from the Animal Hospital at Leipzig University 

Four parts about holiday makers on the island of Usedom at the Baltic coast. The series also takes a look behind the scenes of family-owned Hotel "Kaliebe". During socialist times in East Germany, the place was a state-run holiday camp. After unification, the former cook and his wife bought the house and changed it into a 3-star-hotel.  

Weekly docu soap set at the Leipzig Zoo featuring stories behind the scenes
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Fly-on-the-wall documentary on Berlin's new council patrol

Travel programme with a main focus on locals and expats telling their stories

Travel programme with a main focus on locals and expats telling their stories

Travel programme with a main focus on locals and expats telling their stories

Travel programme with a main focus on locals and expats telling their stories

Travel programme with a main focus on locals and expats telling their stories

Travel programme with a main focus on locals and expats telling their stories

Travel programme with a main focus on locals and expats telling their stories

Travel programme with a main focus on locals and expats telling their stories

Travel programme with a main focus on locals and expats telling their stories

Long term documentary on two young men from former East Germany who - when the wall came down - decided to cycle around the world. Their journey took five years.

Special on the German born magicians and their life and work in Las Vegas 

Three short features on small-town America only weeks before the presidential election

Examples (click title):

Jersey: Paradies der Millionäre

Guernsey: Steueroase im Golfstrom

USA: Leipzig in Ohio

USA: Dresden in Tennessee

Australien: Krokodiljäger im Einsatz

Großbritannien: BSE-Opfer ohne Lobby

worked as a reporter in Berlin and London as well as a desk-editor in Dresden and Leipzig for this daily family programme on national German public television