They termed its main theme—extraterrestrial beings influencing ancient technology—sheer nonsense. Von Daniken's work has ...

The Swiss author whose bestselling books about the extraterrestrial origins of ancient civilizations brought him fame ...

The death of Erich von Daeniken has also focussed public attention on the controversial writer in 20th-century history.

Erich von Däniken, who has died aged 90, was among the first writers to suggest that human civilisation, and even human ...

Erich von Daniken, the Swiss author whose bestselling books about the extraterrestrial origins of ancient civilizations ...

Swiss bestselling author Erich von Däniken (1935-2026) has passed away at the age of 90. The newspaper "Blick" reports this ...

His first feature-length movie, in 1971, was called his country’s “Stonewall moment,” for jump-starting a gay-rights movement. He became a leading voice of it. By Clay Risen Rosa von Praunheim, an ...

White-haired, ill and nearly blind, Field Marshal Fritz Erich von Manstein, who had fought for Germany in two world wars, sat calmly day after day in a Hamburg concert hall which had been turned into ...

Queen Kelly, which Erich von Stroheim originally wrote as The Swamp, was the director's eighth silent picture and was undertaken at the behest of Gloria Swanson. Best guess is that Stroheim's full ...

As we enter the new year, the past few weeks have been filled with blockbusters and independent films for audiences to discover. From sports comedy dramas to sci-fi fantasies, this season is full of ...