Writers of Europe

In eleven episodes we get to know eleven countries through one or more literary greats and the works they created.

Diverse archives as well as reports by writers filmed in emblematic places form these kaleidoscope portraits of Europe and national belonging. Four authors with converging perspectives on a Germany that is at the center of all questions of identity: Christoph Hein, Wladimir Kaminer, Bernhard Schlink and Emine Sevgi Özdamar. In Iceland we meet Arni Thorarinsson, one of the masters of the crime novel, Jon Kalman Stefánsson, more in the romantic tradition, and Audur Ava Olafsdottir with offbeat humor and modernity. Through the strength of their literary identity, we understa

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Genius of the Modern World

Genius of the Modern World

2016

Da Vinci's Demons

Da Vinci's Demons

2013

Burgen

Burgen

2019

Hunting Season

Hunting Season

2012

Miss Bernard Said.

Miss Bernard Said.

2016

Missing

Missing

2012

Eurocops

Eurocops

1988

Maigret

Maigret

2016

Defending Europe

Defending Europe

2024

Etiquetados

Etiquetados

Prague with Michael Portillo

Prague with Michael Portillo

2024

Europas hoher Norden

2011

Flower Angel

Flower Angel

1979

Melodi Grand Prix

Melodi Grand Prix

1960

The Snoop Sisters

The Snoop Sisters

1973

The Hidden Moon

The Hidden Moon

2024

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

2023

Capitu

Capitu

2008

Tincho Fierro

Tincho Fierro

2022

Crash Course Literature

Crash Course Literature

2012