Ingo Helm

Die Mutigen 56 - Deutschlands längster Streik

Emma Freese is desperate when her husband Alfred falls ill at the Howaldtswerke in Kiel. How is the family supposed to get by without their wages? The war has scarred this generation, but now things are supposed to be looking up. The workers want their fair share and are fighting for an income that also gives them room to live. In October 1956, 34,000 metalworkers in the shipyards and factories of Schleswig-Holstein walk off the job to fight for justice and their dignity. This strike is still regarded as the toughest and longest in Germany. Employers and politicians stand in the strikers' way.

Die Mutigen 56 - Deutschlands längster Streik

Emma Freese is desperate when her husband Alfred falls ill at the Howaldtswerke in Kiel. How is the family supposed to get by without their wages? The war has scarred this generation, but now things are supposed to be looking up. The workers want their fair share and are fighting for an income that also gives them room to live. In October 1956, 34,000 metalworkers in the shipyards and factories of Schleswig-Holstein walk off the job to fight for justice and their dignity. This strike is still regarded as the toughest and longest in Germany. Employers and politicians stand in the strikers' way.

Duel for the White House

A retrospective on the great election battles of the past in the United States: the Kennedy-Nixon debate in 1960, the first ever to be televised; the Republican campaign of 1972, which proved to be the starting point for the Watergate scandal; and the electoral strategy of Barack Obama in 2008, the first election to fully exploit the potential of the Internet.

In the flying coffin - The Landshut abduction from the hostages' point of view

This documentary deals with the abduction of the "Landshut" in October 1977. Based on original recordings of reporting from Mogadishu at the time, as well as and interviews with the hostages from 1980, the events are portrayed to give a unique, personal perspective to the hijacking.

In the flying coffin - The Landshut abduction from the hostages' point of view

This documentary deals with the abduction of the "Landshut" in October 1977. Based on original recordings of reporting from Mogadishu at the time, as well as and interviews with the hostages from 1980, the events are portrayed to give a unique, personal perspective to the hijacking.

In the flying coffin - The day of decision in Mogadishu, on 17/10/1977

The ARD Middle-East correspondent Kurt Stenzel was already in Mogadishu ahead of the "Landshut." He was the only television reporter to have experienced the last twenty hours up to the raid of the plane. The film roles he brought to Germany the next day were kept and were technically reprocessed in this film by Ingo Helm.

In the flying coffin - The day of decision in Mogadishu, on 17/10/1977

The ARD Middle-East correspondent Kurt Stenzel was already in Mogadishu ahead of the "Landshut." He was the only television reporter to have experienced the last twenty hours up to the raid of the plane. The film roles he brought to Germany the next day were kept and were technically reprocessed in this film by Ingo Helm.

Willy Brandt - Der Visionär

"Dare more democracy" was the slogan of Willy Brandt, the visionary chancellor who was modeled on John F. Kennedy. Weakened by opponents in his own political party, he resigned after the Guillaume affair.

World War Three

This mock documentary uses archival footage, interviews and reports taken out of context and staged interviews to highlight a possible escalation into a nuclear war. In this feature, tension in East Germany, and an uprising triggered by a visit by Gorbachev sees a successful military coup taking place in the USSR. Western actions against brutal crack-downs on civilians involved increases tension between the sides, finally resulting in nuclear war.