Duels of History

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

Cologne, Autumn 1944: In the bombed-out city, a small group of young people put up armed resistance against the Nazi regime

Whilst far-right groups are treated with impunity in Orban’s Hungary, those protesting against them are not.

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

In her battle against Ronald Reagan, activist Angela Davis became the icon of an entire generation.

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

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?

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

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

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

An odyssey through Iran in search of a lost father for one Tehrani teenager and her friends.

With growing incursions since the start of the war in Ukraine, the EU hopes to implement an anti-drone shield.

As youth crime rises, some EU nations want to lower the age of criminal responsibility and jail minors.

Fueling Cambodia's construction boom are brick factories where workers are paid a pittance, trapped in debt bondage.

As the world heats up, cities around the world are responding to the challenges of climate change with fresh ideas.

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

With one of his paintings, Gerhard Richter made an intervention into a long-running an passionate debate: Which way round should you put the toilet roll?

Lulu's young, and carefree. And pregnant. She's not ready. What now? 

Nick Cave brings the full force of his live performance, filled with mystical fervour and passionate celebration, to Paris.