online. just this time she made a plan to stop. a milk represent. merely shmita architect of east germany's police station. in the land if i had my way. east germany would still be here. mr. bush you know. starting march thirteenth d.w. . everybody welcome to the show today we start things off with a little heavy metal here's what's coming up. maiden journey the many talents of

iron maiden front man bruce dickinson. cultural connection on this train it's not the destination it's the journey. and sky kitchen alexander compass michelin star take on german physique. we begin with a visit to the front man of heavy metal band iron maiden not satisfied with being a worldwide success as a singer bruce dickinson went on to write a novel create his own bat and fly as an airline pilot now he's released his also biography the title of which might concern you if he's piloting your plane it's cold what does this button do and it's proved to hit climbing to number one on the u.k.'s sunday times bestseller list. bruce dickinson is nothing if not a high flyer here he takes to the skies to give us a better view of his home country. but flying planes is just one of his passions.

but when you're down you can still win the match. being a bit helps me to share my love of english with the rest of the world being an old and labels you to take a very raw a look at your life. but there's one more thing. for more than three decades bruce dickinson has been the front man of iron made. energetic and dark. dickinson's distinctive vocals have been described as a human error rate. opera with razor blades and the band's millions of.

dickinson is also a great showman and has performed in all sorts of themed outfits the lyrics the subject matter like the devil evil wars or atrocities carried out in antiquity slightly tongue in cheek. to the law in between magnificent. ludicrous is that. the band's mascot eddie goes everywhere they go ed force one with captain dickinson at the wheel has flown the band around the world several times the full sized boeing seven thirty seven even the german government's official airliner. the band canceled a planned tour in twenty fifteen and was diagnosed with tongue and neck cancer. his sheer determination to win the battle against his illness is very clear at the end of his autobiography. for the singer surviving cancer was like beginning

a new life. i barely considered the question of whether i would sing like that which surprised me i realized that i loved life above all else. back in one thousand nine hundred four the singer put his life on the line to perform in sarajevo at the height of the yugoslav wars dickinson who has a degree in history believes it's a vital to learn from past conflicts. to many people forget. history too quickly and they assume that. the we will never repeat it. the minute you think like that is when we always repeat it. iron maiden's hit song trooper looks at the crimean war of the nineteenth century the lyrics describe the battlefield as a place where no one wins. a trooper is also the name of dickinson's very own brand of beer it's got a good reputation. the iron maiden front man has proved to be

a successful entrepreneur and he's found another line of work as a motivational speaker for managers. and in his latest gig his company in wales has invested in three simulators to train other pilots. here too eddy is on board in fact iron maiden is everywhere. of course we had to give the simulator a try. there's no autopilot here everything is done manually bruce dickinson life is like multiple dreams come true so it's no surprise that his autobiography is highly entertaining. he wrote the manuscript entirely by hand beginning the book after beating cancer the experience has given him a renewed zest for life he turns sixty this year but it seems his life is only just getting started. let's get

a quick round up of what's happening across europe with express bus stop we're off to the french port city of must say. an exhibition in the southern french city of ma say highlights of lesser known talents of pablo because so costume design from one nine hundred seventeen to one nine hundred twenty one picasso created costumes and set designs for the ballet it was the paris based on samples that exerted a profound influence on dance music and the visual arts apart from costumes the exhibition at the ms sam includes canvases drawings sketches and models by the spanish painter it's set to run until the end of june. the lights are on in copenhagen on thursday the city unveiled forty installations as part of its inaugural like festival. so important at least for spain's that we

in the dark period of time we get the lights and get a new perspective on life. the displays aren't limited to buildings the cities landmark the little mermaid runs is also bathed in colored light. an exhibition has opened in the german city of wolfe's book featuring the works of award winning photojournalist robot layback the show is devoted to shots taken in berlin in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight the year of the student uprisings played back work for leading periodicals has worked with him not only around europe but also to the united states many of the images had never been printed and on public display for the first time by the time robot laid back died in twenty fourteen he was regarded as one of the leading photo journalists of his day. now to a rather unique railway experience if you take the train from berlin to votes while counting more than just a journey the so-called culture train doesn't just link the two cities physically

it also connects them culturally the stuff on bold will help visitors explore. the shared history between germany and poland and apparently to great effect the culture train was honored with a prize of the twenty seventeen cultural brand awards. it looks like a disco but it isn't a club it's a train compartment but trip on the culture train between berlin and what's love is a unique journey. this direct train between the two cities only runs on weekends a ticket costs nine thousand euros. during the four and a half hour journey passengers don't just get closer to their destination they also learn a lot about polish and german history berlin or not to leave awesome on as one of the organizers she feels it's important to maintain a cultural dialogue between poland and germany. the culture train is a wonderful way for people to engage in conversation not just to talk with the

artists up close but with one another without on. the journey includes a comprehensive cultural program more than three hundred artists have already taken part today double bassist micah his is providing the musical accompaniment to a reading. a library on wheels supplies the passengers with plenty of reading material on the history of germany and poland. and a permanent exhibition seen on the headrests traces the life stories of rot slobs german and polish citizens. as it is thank you that's said he this is the. reason i think it's very important to have this train connection between what's life in berlin he. dismissed. as booth and it gives us the opportunity to engage in a cultural exchange. and it's a very good way to work through our common history and understand it better and to

build the future together down to. this time. the services. popular many people here are looking for clues to their family's past. my last name is polish so poland's always played a role in our family history though i don't have any relatives there but the name goes back generations so i have a certain connection without knowing exactly what it is and i'm intrigued. and it wasn't easy my grandmother was born in salafia on the polish czech border she lived there for the first ten years of her life and then came to germany. because i've never been to poland myself i want to travel there and look around. the city lots of cool. culture train made its debut in twenty sixteen stint as european capital of culture in two thousand and seventeen the train was named european trend brand of the year brighter of both common likes to hold readings on it is us who

can see on this train isn't just a means of transport like other trains you don't board it just to get from one city to another but to get psyched up for the city you're headed to. arriving in boats love visitors can find traces of the city's history as the former german city of breslau. has only been a polish city since the end of world war two both common has written a novel based on the city's history. from one field until one thousand nine hundred five votes life was exclusively a german city from one thousand nine hundred sixty the ninety's it was almost exclusively a polish city. it's only been in the past few years that a consciousness has taken shape that it's a city with german and polish history and it can be thought of as a place where germans and poles can come together without any revanche just motives . or to. go.

the next day both common is on the culture trains return journey to berlin. the passengers in this direction can look forward to a silent disco where the music is piped into their ears on headphones. the. belts vibrating to the beat take on the function of the bass for me it's like. i feel that the future has arrived i feel that we are very open and i think that we are moving in the right way. this way if you are a business really because yeah to see everybody together. making it happen to date more than thirty thousand passengers have boarded the culture train and. the culture train really is bringing people closer together stop by stop and without complications simply on a very spirited playful level not in the sense of

a meeting of nations but of people. on the basis of culture and exchange. of. organizers hope to expand the project to service other european destinations to promote greater mutual understanding and a more open europe. now we jump on the awards train this week in our series we've been reviewing the european oscar nominees and today we're looking at the category of foreign language film three of the five nominees are from europe and it's quite the competitive field two of the choices have already scooped up. awards encounter and bowlin d.w. film expert scott rock's has his money on a hunk arion picture. in. hungary is in the running for best foreign language film with the rector. and usual

love story on body and soul. it's an encounter between two outsiders who work in a slaughterhouse. but for the that's what we're doing. i mean that you're both of them under the hood and i'm just there in terms of how they're going to find the mother where the money goes. here. because it's from. this. night after night the introverted new hygiene inspector maria dreams of two dear wandering in a snowy forest by coincidence she discovers that her colleague end of a shares the same dream astonished by this intimate connection the two take tentative steps to become acquainted by day. it's a real universal story it's a story of. a man who's physically handicapped

a woman who socially and he kept who meet. and fall in love which seems kind of bizarre but it's really a universal story of love and acceptance really touching really really heartwarming and i think especially nowadays where the rest of the world seems it's such a horrible horrific state this kind of movie is something we can really bring people together in the film already one hundred director of the golden bear at the twenty seventeen berlin international film festival a big part of fate. of the book was to concede to hide but i think we're doing. we want to present you have. very simple fam like a glass of water me who didn't know if. you would yes. would join us because this famous approach of a livid with the generous heart. and eighty's breakthrough came in one nine hundred eighty nine with my twentieth century it's about twins dora and legally separated

as children can fate brings together on new year's eve of eight hundred ninety nine when they both fall in love with the same man the movie won the commodore at the cannes film festival. nearly three decades later on body and soul is their most notable success since that triumph. what's interesting about her is she tells very personal stories but she looks at film not as a way of making retelling realistic stories but the sort of she's inspired by dreams and and the sort of reality of dreams and how film can be like a dream watching a film could be like a dream and you definitely see that with on body and soul. blending images of nature and dream sequences and you depicts two people who are strangers in the physical world but nevertheless experience a close connection. or poetic work was widely

celebrated as the best love story of twenty seventeen. the other best foreign language film nominees are sebastian laos chilean film a fantastic woman a story about love and empowerment after her partner's death a transgender woman becomes the object of hostility and must fight for her right to be different. loveless by russian director andre safe this bleak drama shows the divorcing couple so absorbed in their own lives that they don't even notice when their son disappears. the insult a gripping drama by directors. a neighborhood spat between a lebanese christian and a palestinian refugee escalates until it erupts in political street battles.

and the square from sweden a satire of the art world by reuben. for language categories the most difficult to pick usually and i often i'm wrong but i think this time the best of the group is the hunger in film on body and soul. hungry won the academy award for best foreign language film two years ago with son of song filmmakers from the central european country are currently much in demand ildiko in u.t. is a hot favorite to be hungry as next star in hollywood's firmament. all this week we've been asking you to tell us about a prize that you have won lots of you sent us great pictures but the winner is.

evangelist from san francisco who sent us this picture of her with the trophy she won for making the most customer calls after a job. well done with we'll be sending you an exclusive euro max wrist watch now so one of my favorite things about lin the food germany's capital has plenty on offer from all over the world only this week i've enjoyed peruvian vietnamese and italian but what's sometimes lost along the way is the local cuisine and all series fifty kitchens one city we go behind the scenes at the top fifty berlin restaurants and today we're paying a visit to the michelin starred sky kitchen where berlin a alexander cuppa is the head chef. you'll find food from all over the world in berlin i love that about this city.

is executive chef at kitchen restaurant he's head of michelin star since twenty fourteen. he was born in communist east berlin in one thousand nine hundred one after leaving school he trained as a chef. he then went on to work in husam in northern germany. has remained his great love he clearly recalls the fall of the berlin wall in one nine hundred eighty nine. i was about seven when the wall fell the best thing for me was the government's one hundred mark welcome money i went over to west berlin and bought a chocolate kinda. a lot has happened since then when the buildings are completely restored. you could still see the difference between east and west but that's no

longer the case it's really only the older generation who still refer to east and west berlin. and. the sky kitchen is located on the twelfth floor of a hotel in the district of liston they're not far from the. station in the past this area was shunned by many berliners and considered unattractive. but now it's growing in popularity many families in particular are moving here because the rents are still affordable. alexander coppa spent much of his childhood with his grandparents on their farm in northern germany perhaps that's why he came to love the local pristine. the star chef still draws many of his ingredients from the region. visitors kitchen can choose from three to eleven course menus that surprise not

only the palate but the. menu changes four times a year. we have so many great ingredients in the world fish seafood crustaceans and you can make such fantastic dishes with. that's the great thing for a chef. you can try out new things bring a fresh modern twist to regional cuisine you can transform it all a bit i think that's great and that's what makes my job so appealing. cauliflower with poached egg yolk is an unusual way to serve a popular german vegetable. whether cooked in the oven as a light side dish or as a soup cauliflower is versatile. alexander serves up a modern dish in which he purees the cauliflower. he

also serves a vegetable made from various ingredients. traditional german cuisine is hearty and often includes a lot of meat the star chef would like to change that so he offers a rich variety of vegetarian meals on his menu as well as meat dishes. he likes to hark back to old german cooking traditions but always takes a fresh approach.

i was very fond of eating at my grandmother's she cooked very down to earth food especially cauliflower with bread crumbs nut butter with mashed potatoes and roast pork that style influenced the kind of food young people grew to like and now i'm just trying to make that a little more modern. like the cuisine the restaurants interior design also combines old and new some excess or reason furniture came from flea markets and are originals from communist east germany. the restaurant can seat up to fifty five guests and offers a unique panoramic view with berlin. views and tell you i'm saying look. we're quite relaxed here the service is also more relaxed which i like. you don't have to wear a suit and we have all kinds of people who dine here guns completely normal people like me a lot of the locals come to celebrate

a wedding anniversary or birthday you can treat yourself once a year and i think that's great that people do that you know. but if you want to dine at sky kitchen you'll need to be patient the restaurant is always booked out weeks in advance but once they get here most agree it was worth the wait. shouldn't be. going. well with all reports from up. kitchen series on our website d w dot com slash fifty kitchen's that's all we have time for today but you can follow us on social media like us on facebook for daily updates on follow us on instagram at. max we'll be back again tomorrow with the highlights of the week of often out. next time on your own max the highlights edition including the flamenco festival in

hez draws dance fans from all over the world to southern spain. top talents the winners of this year's laureus world sports awards and behind the scenes of the twenty eighteen miss germany pageant all this and more next time on your all next highlights.

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