Just before the Bundestag vote over longer running times of nuclear power plants, Greenpeace activists have occupied the roof of the CDU headquarters in Berlin. They hung up a ten-meter-long banner. Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]

Seligenstadt is one of Germany’s oldest towns and is widely known for its Carnival parade. In this interview we meet three important participants of this parade and find out more about Carnival history.

A look behind the scenes of the making of the ski, snowboard and paraglide movie Ride the Planets.

The Austrian Freeski Open has developed into a top class freeski event. It took place for the seventh time from January 13th to 16th, 2009.

Lona tries to learn more about the victim and how the body was discovered, and Elling learns that his wife couldn't have met with her intern that day, as according to a colleague, he was sick.

Arthur now questions Christa Hartmann more thoroughly. Marlis and Gerd find themselves in a severe conflict. Their different views on future and responsibility put their relationship to the test.

Elling arrives at the crime scene. The criminal police investigators exchange initial observations, clues, and theories about how the crime unfolded.

At the gruesome crime scene, the investigators find clues regarding the murder's motive, including something very disturbing about the victim.

The world's very first stand-up water slide has opened—in Germany! Best rush ever, or dangerous and overrated?

For Chief Inspector Frank Elling, it's a relatively normal morning. But a strange case awaits him, involving a break-in, dead man, an old acquaintance, and a missing list.

During this opening segment from the crime series "Die Toten von Marnow," dialogue is kept to a minimum. Nevertheless, it does an excellent job of setting the scene: a murder has occurred.

The situation comes to a head with debates about idealism and disappointment, values of the East and the West, and freedom and control. As decisions are made, personal relationships begin to falter.

Elke repairs the radio in the compartment and everyone hears the news: A wall is being built through Berlin and along the state border to seal off the Soviet zone.

The news of the Berlin Wall's construction continues to spread throughout the train. Arthur and Andi finally find what they have been looking for all this time.

As the train makes its way along, a reporter comes to interview Edith Salzmann, a locomotive driver. Through them, we get an impression of the roles and daily life of people in East Germany.