VIPs up close

Diane Kruger is currently the hottest German star in Hollywood.
She has traveled more than probably any Hildesheim native before her: from Lower Saxony to the catwalks of Paris, via Wolfgang Petersen's blockbuster "Troy" to the side of the big stars.
She shines particularly bright next to them.
What personal and professional goals has the actress set herself next?
What drives her?

James Blunt is considered a cuddly bard and is currently the most successful British pop musician.
But few people know that Blunt once fought in one of the bloodiest conflicts in recent European history - as an elite British soldier in Kosovo.
He then served in the Royal Guard and was one of Queen Mum's pallbearers.
Life in uniform has shaped him.
Is this the secret of his success?

Constantine of Greece was the last king of the Hellenes and was only able to remain on the throne for three years.
The young king's lack of experience proved fatal and plunged the nation, which was already struggling economically at the time, into a constitutional crisis: following a military coup in 1967, Constantine and his family had to leave the country.
He only returned 46 years later.
In "VIP's up close", he provides moving insights into his life.

As the author and director of numerous documentaries about European royal families and famous families of contemporary history, Julia Melchior has gained a great deal of experience in dealing with prominent personalities.
In the extraordinarily intensive interviews for "VIP's hautnah", she succeeds in eliciting astonishing confessions and self-reflections from the celebrities.

PRE-BROADCAST: Saturday, April 11, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. on ZDF