Duels of History

The new ARTE talk format visits exceptional thinkers throughout Europe and invites them for in-depth conversations.

A small community in Brandenburg is torn over how to remember terrible events of World War 2.

Author of Death in Venice and The Magic Mountain. Who was Germany’s most important writer of the twentieth century?

Could the Spanish have conquered Mexico without the help of Malinche, a Native American slave who became Hernan Cortés' translator? 

Sculptors Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel had a passionate affair, but things turned sour.

Why is Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander VI, still viewed as a Machiavellian manipulator? 

How did a simple tennis match between a woman, tennis star Billie Jean King, and a man, ex-player Bobby Riggs, become a television phenomenon and change the face of women's sport?

How did Marie Curie's love affair with the married physicist Paul Langevin become a national story that divided France?

Jiang Qing represented the old ways of the Chinese Communist Party, so she had to go.

Arguing can be painful, but it can also clear the air, resolve underlying issues, and strengthen relationships. 

Ordinary civilians are now preparing for war by volunteering for the Latvian National Guard in large numbers.

Jean-Michel Jarre sets up his equipment on Seville's Plaza de España for an immersive concert-show.

Many artists and creative people feel they don't deserve their success. Are we all just faking it until we make it? 

From queer cake sitting to sex positive tasting evenings, Tracks finds out about food and sexuality.

How can we have more fulfilling sex? Ronja von Rönne meets couples and singles who have reinvented their sexuality.

An old man swims in the sea. As he moves through the water, memories resurface... 

The four finalists must interpret works by Stravinsky and Ravel. Who will win?

The future fighter jet project is threatened by disagreements between France and Germany.

The four finalists must interpret works by Stravinsky and Ravel. Who will win?