Episode
E1Otto and the EmpireOct 26, 200843mE2Heinrich and the PopeOct 28, 200843mE3Barbarossa and the LionNov 2, 200843mE4Luther and the NationNov 4, 200843mE5Wallenstein and the WarNov 9, 200843mE6Frederick the Great and the EmpressNov 11, 200843mE7Napoleon and the GermansNov 16, 200843mE8Robert Blum and the RevolutionNov 18, 200843mE9Bismarck and the German EmpireNov 23, 200843mE10Wilhelm and the WorldNov 25, 200843m
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Die Deutschen
20087
Documentary
Released
Oct 26, 2008
Country
Germany
Production
ZDF
Die Deutschen is a German television documentary produced for ZDF that first aired from October to November 2008. Each episode recounts a selected epoch of German history, beginning with the reign of Otto the Great and ending with the collapse of the German Empire at the end of the First World War. In November 2010 the second season of Die Deutschen was published in German television, beginning with Charlemagne, the Frankish King, and ending with Gustav Stresemann, the Chancellor and Foreign Minister during the Weimar Republic.
Historical events are recreated through a combination of live action scenes and computer generated animations. The series was filmed at over 200 different locations in Germany, Malta, and Romania at a cost of approximately €500,000 per episode.