Die Deutschen
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.
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Stefan Jürgens
Albrecht von Wallenstein · 1 ep
Hans Mittermüller
Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
Christoph Kampmann
Historian · 1 ep
Wolfgang Muchitsch
Historian · 1 ep
Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger
Historian · 1 ep
Monalisa Basarab
Peasant woman · 1 ep
Hansjürgen Hürrig
Freiherr vom Stein · 1 ep
Adrian Văncică
Napoleon · 1 ep
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