On December 5th at 10:35 p.m. on ORF 2, then: “Universum History: Forbidden Desire – Milestones of Queer History”
Vienna (OTS) – They are considered a great achievement of civilization after the horrors of the Second World War. On December 10, 1948, the United Nations proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Paris. This says nothing less than: “All people are born free and equal in dignity and rights.”
But what is the status of human rights in Austria, Europe and the world today, 75 years later? A new edition of “ZIB 2 History” asks these questions on Tuesday, December 5th, at 10:35 p.m. on ORF 2 (and at 12:25 a.m. on 3sat), moderated by Martin Thür. How can human rights in war and war-like conditions as currently maintained in Israel or Ukraine? Why are human rights still in danger today? In a big interview with Martin Thür: UN Secretary General António Guterres.
This will be followed by the new production “Universum History: Forbidden Desire – Milestones of Queer History” on ORF 2 at 11:10 p.m. and the film “A Love for Peace – Bertha von Suttner and Alfred Nobel” at 11:55 p.m. All information about the relevant ORF program focus is available at presse.ORF.at.
“Universum History: Forbidden Desire – Milestones of Queer History”, 11.10 p.m., ORF 2
As part of the ORF program focus on “75 Years of the Declaration of Human Rights”, the new “Universum History” production “Forbidden Desire – Milestones of Queer History” by director Fritz Kalteis shows how queer self-confidence developed for the first time in Vienna and Berlin during the interwar period – just to soon to be brutally destroyed by the Nazis. The Austrian-Bavarian artist Ankathie Koi builds a musical bridge between the present and the past and has re-set the 100-year-old “Lila Lied” to music exclusively for the documentary.
“A Love for Peace – Bertha von Suttner and Alfred Nobel”, 11:55 p.m., ORF 2
Touching, visually stunning portrait of two luminaries of modernity, co-financed by ORF. Birgit Minichmayr captivatingly embodies the Austrian peace advocate Bertha von Suttner, whose charm and charisma inspire the Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel (Sebastian Koch) to endow the Nobel Prize. Austro star Philipp Hochmair shines in the role of Suttner’s husband.