welcome to a new special edition of check in all about berlin. the first lucas to go towards the highlights of the poor foursome down the food shops and history. then nicole foolish died since the political heart of berlin the rush tog where the german parliament has its seat. the glass dome provides a wonderful view. and finally takes us to the main settings of pearland cinema history including the film museum and the grand last cinema. and so we start our journey in the west of the city on crew for some kind of. most famous boulevard. i'm old crew for some dumb also known as the crew dump its berlin's most famous shopping drag right in the heart of the area known as city whist. the boulevard is three and a half kilometers long and extends from the kaiser villa in the morial church i tried lots all the way to hearts and all flights in the district. the cool first dump is not just a popular shopping destination it's also a fashionable place to take a stroll the idea is to see and be seen. i want to pack as much as possible into my trip along the

glynne it could bridge between berlin and potsdam was also the border between west berlin and east germany until nine hundred eighty nine it's a place of historical significance as this is where the eastern and western powers swapped captured spies during the cold war. in twenty fifteen hollywood director steven spielberg used the bridge as an authentic location for his oscar winning film bridge of spies in it tom hanks plays an american lawyer sent to negotiate a spy swap. for . this and other stories are featured at the german spy museum in berlin. and tourists come to berlin because of its history and of course espionage played a major role especially during the cold war here in the capital of spies. one highlight of the exhibition is a tragedy fitted with infrared cameras it allowed east germany stasi to spy on its own citizens. the german spy museum has hundreds of items on display in an area covering three thousand square meters including these radios used by secret agents during world war two. and an original enigma machine used by the nazis to encrypt messages. but the museum also

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 loo

no visit to the german capital would be complete without a stop at berlin's most famous landmark. well as so true if you're visiting berlin the brandenburg gate is definitely a must see as also my favorite site in the city but now it's up to you this week we want to know which well known landmark is your favorite we've put a selection together for you on our website. and among all the to suburbans we're giving away a year max watch so good luck we're running out of time now but you can find plenty of topics from around europe on our facebook page to take a look and join us again tomorrow hope to see a band but for now thanks for watching by. next time on duramax she's one of the world's most popular action superheroes lara croft tomb raider in this reboot based on the classical videogame she's played by and you see if you can there the oscar winner has had to train hard for the role but she's a fighter run and climb well always looking perfect the return of lara croft next time on your own next. fairy tale. to maritime history. in northwestern germany is full of stories. nicole sc

and we must extract it. >> berlin, of course, is divided at the end of world war ii but berlin is 110ast german zone. >> khrushchev is threatening to force the integration and take over west berlin. and kennedy says to him, berlin is part of our western commitment out of world war ii. don't challenge us there. >> after two days, the talks end. >> kennedy did not do well. he allowed himself to be caught in an ideological argument with khrushchev. he'd been warned against it. he did it anyways. and khrushchev bullied him and pushed him around. >> khrushchev has made the first move in the chess game. and the president knows it. as he leaves, he says, it's going to be a cold winter. >> kennedy thought there might be a basis for dealing with the soviets. instead, he gets the berlin crisis. >> in july, 1,000 east germans escaped into west berlin every day. now in august, they're coming out at the rate of 2,500 a day. as a result of khrushchev's threats and demands. east germany is being bled of its best-trained people. >> i went to berlin to cover the bureau, and the nbc news desk in new yo

and i think it is illuminated by the fact that you keep saying khrushchev said berlin berlin berlin. actually, when khrushchev wrote to kennedy and talked to kennedy at vienna, he did not say berlin berlin berlin, he said germany germany germany, let me talk to you about germany. let me tell you why we believe germany is such a threat. let me explain to you what it was like during world war ii. let me tell you what it was like to be in ukraine and to experience german occupation. let me tell you about the way we perceive the evolution of west german power. i won't tell you, but i'm really afraid of the fact that west germany is a magnet to east germany. i'm really afraid of the prospect that west germany may acquire nuclear weapons. these were all fundamental issues that undergirded. that undergirded khrushchev's motives. when you say khrushchev is a disruptor and use that as the way to characterize him, you simplify and you trivialize, and what's even more important is that it raises the whole question about, did kennedy really understand adversary's interests? maybe he did. maybe h

berlin on a gray november day looking out from west to east berlin. music and various sound bites from the time help visitors feel how it was back then. even. i still have goosebumps you could never imagine it i mean you see the pictures on t.v. that this puts you right there in the middle of it i have to say i found it really fascinating step by. and it was a really impressive when the room even gives you a sense of the historical background of artistry at a gas easy took three and a half years to complete the image. of the west ending five metres away from the wall looking over it towards the east when we see people living there just like anywhere else without being aware or at least registering that they're living right next to the berlin wall. jadick as c.z. trays life under the shadow of the wall creating the right up my sphere was more important to him than being rigidly factual. he himself is a witness of the era. for years he lived in a section of land that features and his panorama. must almost everything you see here is a part of my own expe

this is a part of berlin i don't really know very well. you know here we are finally in off the number twenty nine bus route is a pretty long one or this neighborhood looks much wealthier than the other ones i stopped and. people here have twice as much money on average as you know karen and they are among the lowest number of people living from welfare benefits in berlin. only about twenty five percent have an immigrant background resident tend to be older and more well to do. like. even what it makes the world farah he would need it whatever be fairer the always the inequality is there will always be someone who is nicer curtains than someone else in the always be people at the bottom of the ladder and others at the top some people might share what they have to give about europe is that where you do we are yes it is i have an inheritance from my husband and i've used it for good causes off. the number twenty nine most is off again on a journey through berlin and across social classes. and that's often made in germany this week for me and

. >> coming up, the red army begins the race to berlin. with them, a young american from the 101st airborne who escaped a nazi prison camp. you'll meet him next. >>> by 1944, the alaska siberia route was in full swing. betty and steve alison were among the hundreds of pilots delivering thousands of air cobras to the russians. betty almost paid the ultimate price. in a p-39 over montana. >> i was about 20 minutes from great falls and it could going. i was trying to get it started. and it just wouldn't do it. weren't you afraid someone said. the answer to that is, no. and i actually waited a little too long to get out of the airplane. i bailed out to count to three and pull your rip cord. and so i swung once and came down outside of hobson, montana. i got out pretty late but safely. >> betty showed "war stories" what was left of her p-39. >> this is part of my airplane. it usually has montana dirt around it. i saved some of the dirt. >> to this day, betty believes there was a reason her plane's enjoy failed. >> i think it was sabotaged. and

with thirty iranian and thirty western works the berlin. an exhibition was also to be an opportunity to reveal the observer's established patterns of perception that's what a ton of ali was hoping for. one could fail of course try to remember that i'm very happy about it i think it's a good step. you know so it would be a pity to keep these works in prison without anyone being aware of their existence you know matters and it was just on has paid for internet museum vault for years and never got out of it it's a good thing that not only the iranian people can see them but the whole world and this opens the door to cultural exchange that when we acquired these works everyone thought that iran was a third world country and not worthy of art so to hide the money you don't have fake macgyver and you don't. you know sort of now dirty. pool even forty years ago iran was already seeking acceptance on an international level and looking to free itself from western influences. ton of only his guiding principle is an artist doesn't have to adhere to we

during world war two much of berlin was reduced to rubble. and the megalomaniac dreams of their money a project were destroyed along with it. and tomorrow we'll take a trip back in time to the german spy museum the people we're about to meet in our next report are definitely not allowed to spy on others their job is all about discretion we're talking about the but let's off tomorrow but before they start their korea they have to go to a special school like the international butler academy in the netherlands and there is one thing they should never forget. small small smile smile smile a nice smile and a good command of english a mandatory robert bennett has runs a tight ship. says he names are code for about face and much story down. very good. we are when our. that's a training here is no piece of cake with the girl in star. sound drill instruction is almost like in the us military it's important to me for us discipline is still very very important. to them and the drill instructions i try to instill discipline and i asked tutors instruction

now the works are being taken from the vault and taken abroad and shown in berlin in addition to berlin they could be exhibited in many other places these works are very pure and untouched they show a new perspective they show how people in iran thought thirty years ago and which works of art they collected to influence the next generation's culture i get asked i am assessments that are asked. with thirty iranian and thirty western works of berlin exhibition was also to be an opportunity to reveal the observer's established patterns of perception that's one ton of only was hoping for. one katrina horse ride i'm very happy about it i think it's a good step with you know so it would be a pity to keep these works in prison without anyone being aware of their existence you know matters any musician has a painter in a museum vault for years and never got out it's a good thing that not only the iranian people can see them but the whole world and the. so opens the door to cultural exchange when we acquired these works everyone thought that iran was a third world country and not worthy of art o

berlin the swinging lascivious berlin the berlin as it sees itself crackling with energy. to set in and what's fascinating about him is his boundless energy i don't know where he gets it he's a bundle of energy he rehearses morning noon and night and when we've all run out of steam he'll say all right one more time and full power and you just want to do it again for him through the steps would dispense of the country should be someone who really runs the show he's like a magnet that a try. details he'll scrutinize every photo in the program that's my impression anyway he really lives for this opera house lead me to do this halls mean it. will be. very costly has taken some artistic risks like this extremely off the wall staging of the magic flute and come out on top. living here for five years and constantly has your picture of brilliant i mean what do you do. the charm of lynn is firstly this incredible collision of different elements of history both architecture really and and spiritually i think it's good it's just always maintains a work in progress feel to it and has

a tense calm hangs over berlin's government district. germany is waiting to learn whether the social democrat party base will agree to another ground coalition with anglo-american in the chancellor. if b.s.p. dean says yes this weekend could simply pass without any grave consequences to germany's political set up but if it says no this has the potential to send the country into political freefall and along with it german chancellor angela merkel. macko has certainly done her bit to avoid that outcome she convinced her c.d.u. party to back the coalition despite the feeling that she gave away too many key ministries to save for a second attempt at forming a government. and you. can be a liberal we all fought hard and we're all disappointed and yes i too feel the pain of losing the finance ministry. that disappointment has dented mackerels authority as party leader mended for now by allowing in a party critics more of a say yet germany's political future right now lies in the hands of machall opponents the vote count at the s.p.d. headquart

with berlin rock arkansas sean is it all play. once a. it's really like the album title neon is supposed to reflect the decision to go in a different musical direction or search the limits of. the songs in their own mr via the neon light which was originally presented dogs to show different perspectives but to soften it is a sizzix to see what can be seen with the naked eye on that's what this record is about i try to add a different perspective it's news part of our. present on the past behavior city. his trip back to our lives made one thing clear now he feels more at home in germany than where we grew up. so of course he'll be starting his also i'm sure in germany before going on to austria and switzerland. oh. ireland is definitely on my bucket list over to snow. which u.s. born singer hannaman xenia now colt's home maybe you've heard of her she made it to the semifinals of the euro vision song contest in two thousand and thirteen if you do know her and maybe you can tell us which german act she is covering right now with a fellow mus

support that she needs will vladimir putin ever give her the answers she wants i'm bringing off in berlin this is the day. to day eighteen countries have announced their intention to expel more than one hundred russian intelligence officers from that this is the largest expulsion of russian intelligence officers in the united states history you of silica greet with the united kingdom with the side to recall the e.u. and to russia i have found great solidarity from all friends and partners in the e.u. north america nato and beyond russia did not and does not have anything to do with this case the united states along with its allies and partners make clear to russia they have its actions have consequences so you have to call the responsibility. for ruining russian american relations is on the united states of america and together we have sent a message that we will not tolerate russia's continued attempts to finance international norms undermine our. also coming up tonight germany's government and facebook executives face to face here in berlin in washington u.s. lawmakers are still waiting

fifteen hundred square metres of space this exhibition area in berlin is committed to gallery has been prepared for sixteen works from the tehran museum of contemporary art works that have never before been shown in the west it's the start of a planned cultural exchange intended to strengthen relations between iran and the west . but it never came to that just weeks before it was due to open authorities in iran prevented the artworks from leaving the country. come run dba has lived in spain and france since the late one nine hundred seventy s. the architect artist and collector left his homeland a year before the iranian revolution. dba knows the tehran collection more intimately than most for he was once closely associated with it and he still spends a lot of time thinking about what's become of it he is the architect who designed the tehran museum of contemporary art in the one nine hundred seventy s. . debo was also its first director the tehran museum of contemporary art held the largest and most valuable collection of contemporary art outside europe and north america. tehran the c

and tom schilling who starred in this like a movie coffee in berlin is determined to insist on face to face with german films as a new campaign we have developed because we had the feeling that not enough faces were associated with german films abroad. and it's very important that we communicate with the public through personalities and on. the force. in the latest edition of the campaign we meet some of the less well known faces those not usually in front of the camera now it's the director's turn my colleague counts christophe on bach met up with the six directors in berlin and asked them about their work and about the state of german film. thanks to face the director's cut six directors who were children of the eighty's a generation of filmmakers equally at home with movies and t.v. series they know what they want and how to get it if celebrated major successes and they have big plans. how do they view the german film. the start of the german film scene is more exciting than ever perhaps because we are slowly moving towards a gender balance in terms of men and women making films in

only a few pieces of the berlin wall remain including this section at the berlin wall memorial. when it was still standing the death strip separated east and west friends and families. the founder of the checkpoint charlie museum by negative rant was an anti nazi resistance fighter. who le bron's widow says he helped reporters with their work during the cold war. the good boy that is that there was a building across the street that was in ruins from the war up the store so that's a photographer there fell and seriously injured himself when my husband heard about it he brought all the people here instead the room was warm and dry and they went in danger they could sit and watch what was happening at checkpoint charlie through the window and respond to it they took photos andrew reports that. in these rooms ryan are going to plan to continue to document what happened on the border between east and west even while the wall was standing people brought him objects they'd used to help them escape like this mining car. they used to build a tunnel when fifty seven people were able to fl

berlin club might be. keeping it real with his new true tour he wants to go back to his roots after all. i didn't want to lose my bearings i wanted to go back to basics this feeling of clubs again cigarettes on the floor i wear. it a bit i want to revive the nice feeling of the old days so that's why i'm going back to smaller venues ok so some fans are prepared to wait for hours even to below freezing temperatures. we've got a ticket. so that we can be at the front. it's warm and cozy and. doesn't mind the fans getting right up close to him but when it comes to his music he wants to be free. never only done rap or pop or rock i've always been three i don't want to be pigeonholed anywhere. when he posted a clip from his song easy. to fame immediately. but. he coined the phrase for his mixture of. and made his debut. that's now sold over five hundred thousand copies the trains media designer all. hides his face he wants to remain anonymous on stage but also when he removes his panda mask. i like them to ask

but berlin 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 and 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 least in there not far from the train 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 prison. the star chef still draws many of his ingredients from the region. visitors to sky kitchen can ch

you're watching the news from berlin more coming at the top of the hour i'm sure henry thanks for watching. that people for you on facebook and twitter up to date and in touch. starting out with some junk and instructions from a book. page of fourteen william coming. from boeing wanted to build a wind turbine to provide his village with electricity. i want to make this an india changes like a cricket ball to much good in exciting journey the world speaking of. heroes story. and the windmill starting march twenty first in t.w. . to move. the boob. tube. hello and a very warm welcome to a special edition of kino on a german film seeing basking in international acclaim things are looking up but will it be continuing boom or bust. coming up on the show. lola time the nominations for the german film prize twenty eight ing out and there are some surprises. and me the six balls were the directors presented by the german film sinister and it's the latest face to face empire. but first up first the uk english golden globe winning in the fire it was the early front runner for the german film prize b

in berlin i love that about this city the. alexander cup is executive chef at sky kitchen restaurant he's had a 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 and 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. the. sky kitchen is located on the twelfth floor of a hotel in the district of legion they're not far from the months. in the past this area was shunned by many berliners and considered unattractive. but now it'

the restaurant can seat up to fifty five guests and offer a unique panoramic view with berlin. isn't. quite relaxed here and 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 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 to them. but if you want to dine it's got 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. that's all we have time for today but you can always catch up. all reports from this week on our website d.w. dot com slash lifestyle thanks for joining us from by for now. some. good. news. for sarah willis the morning. push to join her journey as musical discovery. this time around in miami visiting the symphony an impressive historic cademy. d.w. . very. much cheering also to. the man so that. it's all about the studies in subtler it's all about george chance to discover th

and new comers for your life in berlin. we're going to stop the show with a rep of who is one of germany's biggest music stars despite the fact that we've never seen his face grow doesn't care about stardom and all the hype surrounding his person and that's probably one of the reasons why he chose to play concerts at small clubs on this tour rather than huge arenas we met up with him at his recent gig in berlin. berlin club might be. keeping it real with his new true tour he wants to go back to his roots. i didn't want to lose my bearings i wanted to go back to basics i have this feeling of clubs again cigarettes on the floor where. get a bit i want to revive the nice feeling of the old days so that's why i'm going back to smaller venues ok so some fans are prepared to wait for hours even to below freezing temperatures. we've all got a ticket so what are you standing in line for so that we can be at the front. it's warm and cozy and. doesn't mind the fans getting right up close to him but when it comes to his music he wants