Is It True That...?

Name: Is It True That...?
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2025-06-18

— Jun 2025 2 Seasons 40 Episodes

Returning Series

Documentary

Overview

Did democracy actually originate in Greece? Was the plague the worst epidemic of all time? And did we really work harder in the past than we do today? Is it true that ...? questions what we think we know and takes another look at history.

Eschata Film GmbH (DE) · WDR/Arte

Cast

Key Crew

Jannis Funk

Head of Story

Jakob Schmidt

Head of Story

Jannis Funk

Producer

Jakob Schmidt

Producer

...The Past Was Less Violent?

Destruction, terror, war: It seems that there has never been more violence than in the world today. But what can we learn from history? Was there really less violence in the past?

Feb 25, 2026 21m