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Myth Bayreuth – The Richard Wagner-Festival  (BR)
Every year at the end of July a small Bavarian town turns into the stage for a big social happening. The rich and famous are coming to Bayreuth to celebrate Richard Wagner. In the following five weeks the opera house on the green hill is the centre of the opera world. Bayreuth is THE meeting place for all fans of an artist who is equally known for his megalomania, nationalism and anti-Semitism – ideas that lived on in his family after his death and led to an involvement of the Wagners with Hitler during the Third Reich that casts a shadow over Bayreuth to this day. The film explores the bright and dark sights of the Wagner cult in Bayreuth. 
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Kafeneia - The Musicians’ Coffee-Shops  (ERT)
The coffee-shops are of great cultural interest, since various types of them are present all over Europe. Since their first appearance, they have been meeting points of common people, but also of many significant intellectuals, politicians and artists. By the middle of the last century, in the big cities of Greece, the “professional coffee-shops” have made their appearance, which were frequented by people of the same occupation. There, they were discussing about their job, and, many times, they were making business deals. The musicians were among those professionals. Their coffee-shops is the theme of this documentary which presents through shootings and archival footage the testimonies of people who experienced the musician's coffee-shops at their peak.
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Friedrichstrasse Railway Station  (SWR)
Berlin’s Friedrichstrasse railway station was built in 1882 in the heart of the city. Year after year, it became the hub of Berlin’s rail traffic, while the street itself developed into the central focus of commercial and cultural life of the city. With the establishment of the GDR and the division of Germany everything changed.. What was once the heart of Berlin was now relegated to the margins. Friedrichstrasse station became a frontier checkpoint between East and West Germany and a symbol of the divided city. The passenger terminal for travellers leaving the GDR was nicknamed the “Palace of Tears”…Only with the fall of the Wall and the restoration of the original rail connections did Friedrichstrasse station regain its status as a central station in the new (and old) capital of the Federal Republic.
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Bridge over the Golden Horn  (TRT)
An antique city built on two continents … Passing through the middle of the city, the Strait of Istanbul. Leonardo da Vinci designed a project to build a bridge, but the first one was constructed in the 19th century only. Three wooden bridges didn’t last long and the two-storied modern Galata Bridge which was built in 1912 at the same place created a new meeting place in Istanbul. While the traffic was flowing on the top, small shops, coffee shops and public houses were giving service at the lower part…
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The Square  (UR)
The Sergels torg was completed in 1967. It had been planned since the 1920s, with plenty of ideas discussed. And there it was, in the very heart of the new City district that local politicians, eager to demolish and rebuild, had been dreaming of for years. It was met with loud complaints. ”Too much of cars and concrete, too little of cosiness”, was a common opinion. But Sergels torg quickly became the natural meeting place for those who wanted to see and to be seen – not only for Stockholm, but for all of Sweden. For young Stockholmers of today - too young to remember Brunkebergsåsen and the narrow streets of the Klara district - Sergels torg is ”home”, and any attempt to change it is met with resistance.
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