| Die Deutschen | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary,history |
| Starring | Hans Mittermüller David C. Bunners Mickey Hardt Gabriel Spahiu Guntbernt Warns Bernd Gnann Georg Prang Stefan Jürgens Ulrich Wiggers Yasmina Djaballah Adrian Vancica Hansjürgen Hürrig Cristian Motiu Steffen Münster Susann Uplegger Mircea Caraman Vlad Rădescu Constantin Draganescu Udo Schenk Benjamin Morik Michael Pink |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Original language | German |
| No. of seasons | 2+ |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 43 minutes |
| Production company | Gruppe 5 Filmproduktion |
| Original release | |
| Network | ZDF |
| Release | Season 1: 26 October 2008 (2008-10-26) on ZDF, season 2: 13 November 2010 (2010-11-13) onZDFneo |
Die Deutschen (“The Germans”) is a German television documentary produced forZDF that first aired from October to November 2008. Each episode recounts a selected epoch ofGerman history, beginning (first season) with the reign ofOtto the Great and ending with the collapse of theGerman Empire at the end of theFirst World War. In November 2010 the second season ofDie Deutschen was published in German television (ZDF and ZDFneo), beginning withCharlemagne, theFrankish King, and ending withGustav Stresemann, the Chancellor and Foreign Minister during theWeimar 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 inGermany,Malta, andRomania at a cost of approximately €500,000 per episode.
| # | Title in English | German Title | Original Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Otto andthe Empire | Otto und das Reich | 26 October 2008 |
| 2 | Heinrich andthe Pope | Heinrich und der Papst | 28 October 2008 |
| 3 | Barbarossa andthe Lion | Barbarossa und der Löwe | 2 November 2008 |
| 4 | Luther and the Nation | Luther und die Nation | 4 November 2008 |
| 5 | Wallenstein andthe War | Wallenstein und der Krieg | 9 November 2008 |
| 6 | Frederick the Great andthe Empress | Preußens Friedrich und die Kaiserin | 11 November 2008 |
| 7 | Napoleon andthe Germans | Napoleon und die Deutschen | 16 November 2008 |
| 8 | Robert Blum andthe Revolution | Robert Blum und die Revolution | 18 November 2008 |
| 9 | Bismarck andthe German Empire | Bismarck und das Deutsche Reich | 23 November 2008 |
| 10 | Wilhelm and the World | Wilhelm und die Welt | 25 November 2008 |
| # | Title in English | German Title | Original Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlemagne andthe Saxons | Karl der Große und die Sachsen | 13 November 2010 |
| 2 | Frederick II. andthe Crusade | Friedrich II. und der Kreuzzug | 13 November 2010 |
| 3 | Hildegard of Bingen and the Power of Women | Hildegard von Bingen und die Macht der Frauen | 20 November 2010 |
| 4 | Charles IV. andthe Black Death | Karl IV. und der schwarze Tod | 20 November 2010 |
| 5 | Thomas Müntzer andthe Peasants' War | Thomas Müntzer und der Krieg der Bauern | 27 November 2010 |
| 6 | Augustus the Strong and Love | August der Starke und die Liebe | 27 November 2010 |
| 7 | Karl Marx andthe Class Struggle | Karl Marx und der Klassenkampf | 4 December 2010 |
| 8 | Ludwig II. andthe Bavarians | Ludwig II. und die Bayern | 4 December 2010 |
| 9 | Rosa Luxemburg and Freedom | Rosa Luxemburg und die Freiheit | 11 December 2010 |
| 10 | Gustav Stresemann and theRepublic | Gustav Stresemann und die Republik | 11 December 2010 |