Johannes Hano
Director
Megacitys - Wenn es Nacht wird in ... (2024)
Season 1
Glittering facades, vibrant life, and people facing the daily struggle for survival. ZDF correspondents each profile a megacity within their reporting area. How do people celebrate, laugh, and love in such a city? How are problems like housing shortages, food supply, transportation, and climate change solved – in metropolises with over ten million inhabitants?
Released Jan. 2, 2024
Episode 45 min
None+
S1E3 - Lagos - Metropolis of Extremes
Lagos is growing faster than any other city in the world. A megacity of extremes: while many of its 25 million inhabitants live in poverty, money is no object in its clubs.
Jan. 4, 2024, midnight
S1E1 - Chongqing - the largest city in the world
This megacity is growing relentlessly and is not for the faint of heart. Anyone wanting to experience China simply cannot miss Chongqing – the largest city in the world.
Jan. 2, 2024, midnight
S1E2 - Mexico City - creative and combative
Mexico City was once feared; today, the megacity is a tourist hotspot. The city has retained its fighting spirit – in some places for the sake of spectacle, in others for survival.
Jan. 3, 2024, midnight
S1E4 - Rome - Journey to the heart of the city
Extraordinary people, touching stories and mysterious places.
March 31, 2024, midnight
S1E5 - London
As night falls over the Thames, those sharp contrasts emerge that make London arguably the most interesting and international metropolis in Europe.
Dec. 30, 2024, midnight
S1E6 - Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro is Sugarloaf Mountain, the Christ the Redeemer statue, and Copacabana. When night falls, culture and music pulsate – but it's also hard work in the "engine room" of the metropolis.
Jan. 2, 2025, midnight
S1E7 - Istanbul
Between tradition, chaos, and constant upheaval: How does beleaguered Istanbul, with its 16 million inhabitants, manage to survive as a modern global city despite all the tensions?
May 1, 2025, midnight
S1E8 - Mumbai
None
July 31, 2025, midnight
S1E9 - Vienna
Vienna is beautiful. Framed by the facades of the Austro-Hungarian era, people enjoy culture and coffee, clattering past St. Stephen's Cathedral and the Sisi Museum in horse-drawn carriages. Until night falls.
Aug. 7, 2025, midnight
S1E10 - Toronto
When pilot Ky sees the Toronto skyline during her evening approach, it's the happiest moment of her day. The financial metropolis transforms into a vibrant, dazzling melting pot.
Dec. 29, 2025, midnight
ZDF
45 min/ep
495 min
Jan. 2, 2024
Dec. 29, 2025, midnight
Returning Series
NR
Action
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