Leon Boden

The first ascent of the Matterhorn was made on July 14, 1865 by Edward Whymper, Francis Douglas, Charles Hudson, Douglas Hadow, Michel Croz and two guides from Zermatt, Peter Taugwalder father and son. Douglas, Hudson, Hadow and Croz are killed on the descent after Hadow slips and drags the other three men down the north face. Whymper and the two Taugwalders, who survive, are later accused of having cut the rope that connected them to the rest of the group so as not to be dragged into the fall, but the ensuing investigation finds no evidence of their guilt and they are acquitted. The Matterhorn is the last great peak in the Alps to be conquered and its ascent marks the end of the golden age of mountaineering. One hundred and fifty years later, a team undertakes the same expedition in order to unravel the mystery.

In the 18th century, the Barbary threat became serious. In July 1785, two American boats were returned to Algiers; In the winter of 1793, eleven American ships, their crews in chains, were in the hands of the dey of Algiers. To ensure the freedom of movement of its commercial fleet, the United States was obliged to conclude treaties with the main Barbary states, paying considerable sums of money as a guarantee of non-aggression. With Morocco, treaty of 1786, 30,000 dollars; Tripoli, November 4, 1796, $56,000; Tunis, August 1797, 107,000 dollars. But the most expensive and the most humiliating was with the dey of Algiers, on September 5, 1795, “treaty of peace and friendship” which cost nearly a million dollars (including 525,000 in ransom for freed American slaves). , with an obligation to pay 20,000 dollars upon the arrival of each new consul and 17,000 dollars in annual gifts to senior Algerian officials...

First young lawyer Anna loses a shoe heel - then an important client to her oily colleague. "Why does everything always go wrong?", she complains to chat partner Jan. At home, the lonely soul also has to listen to the loud bedtime stories of her perky flatmate Sarah. But eventually Anna finds happiness too, because Jan's handsome boyfriend Kai turns the wheel of fate. Until the gray mouse throws on a white negligee and Jan confesses: "I don't want to chat anymore, I want ten children." Various Hollywood romances have been used up here. Despite a good cast and some nice ideas, there is a lack of momentum.

A couple of slackers find an antique dagger and manage to free the gorgeous female warrior that was imprisoned in it by an evil spell. An evil sorcerer is not happy by this turn of events and determines to possess both the blade and the warrior through a sacrificial ceremony. The two heroes manage to rescue the damsel in distress and defeat the wizard and his minions by employing skills mastered through hours of video game play.

Thé beautiful bookseller Sophie wants to realize her lifelong dream and set up a reading café in the old shed next to the house inherited from her aunt. But the house still causes problems, a plumber must come here. And it seems like this Phillip White could also do other things than broken water pipes. For example, the chaos in Sophie's emotional balance. Jeanette Hain and Jochen Horst play the leading roles in this unusually atmospheric relationship comedy by up-and-coming director Kirsten Peters.

Lord Paddington, an honorable member of society, is blown up with a small tennis ball. "Die vier Gerechten" are not of this opinion, however: "Sentenced to death and executed for countless crimes" they leave at the scene. More honorable personalities must die before the perfume Higgins betrays the murderer and exposes the honorable personalities as heads of the organized trafficking of girls.

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Beauty contest in a large Berlin disco: the prize is a promotional tour through various Arab countries, during which they are to advertise for the Beluga discotheque and real estate group in expensive hotels by luxury pools.

While on vacation with her friend Evi, the attractive Anna meets the charming horse breeder Carlos Sanchez on Mallorca. Although she is happily married to the busy lawyer Frank Glaser, Anna allows herself to be carried away by a night of love with Carlos. Back in Munich, Anna is tormented by a guilty conscience. Before she can confess her infidelity to her husband, Carlos turns up unexpectedly at the Glasers' house. While Anna tries to persuade the enamored “Latin lover” to leave, Frank discovers his wife's infidelity and goes completely mad with jealousy ...

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