Colorado saga

Television series
German title	Colorado saga
Original title	Centennial
Country of production	United States
original language	English
year	1978
length	90 (D: 45) minutes
Episodes	12 (24) in 1 season
genre	Western , drama , story
idea	James Michener
music	John Addison
First broadcast	October 1st, 1978 on NBC
German-language first broadcast	July 7, 1984 on ARD
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Main actor: Robert Conrad : Pasquinel Richard Chamberlain : Alexander McKeag Gregory Harrison : Levi Zendt Richard Crenna : Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn David Janssen : Paul Garrett Raymond Burr : Herman Bockweiss Sally Kellerman : Lise Bockweiss Barbara Carrera : Clay Basket Pernell Roberts : General Asher Andy Griffith : Prof. Lewis Venor Brian Keith : Sheriff Axel Dumire Timothy Dalton : Oliver Seccombe Cliff De Young : John Skimmerhorn Dana Elcar : Judge Hart A Martinez : Tranquilino Marquez Julie Sommars : Alice Grebe Stephanie Zimbalist : Elly Zendt Lynn Redgrave : Charlotte Buckland Seccombe Cristina Raines : Lucinda McKeag Zendt Anthony Zerbe : Mervin Wendell Supporting cast: George Clooney

The Colorado Saga is a historical epic that was produced in the USA and based on a novel by James Michener . The series originally consisted of twelve television films of 90 minutes each, which were designed as a mini-series - in the German broadcast, the episodes were divided, so that there are 24 episodes. It has many well-known actors from the time the series was created.

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The series is about the 200-year history of an area on the Platte River ( South Platte River ) in the Rocky Mountains and begins after a journey through the history of the region and a chapter on the Arapaho Indians and their customs around the figure of the Arapaho " Lame Beaver "finally in 1795, when whites first settled this land in what is now Colorado , through a variety of different, but interconnected fictional storylines, embedded in actual contemporary events, up to the 1970s. During this period, the French trapper Pasquinel and the Scottish trader Alexander McKeag settled the country, the (fictional) city Centennial was founded by the Mennonite Levi Zendt, and the battles against the Pawnee , Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians who lived there were carried out by Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn, which resulted in the expulsion of the Indians, as well as the stories about Pasquinel's descendants up to Paul Garrett, who is currently fighting against the businessman Morgan Wendell and the overexploitation of nature.

book

The book Colorado Saga ( Centennial ) by James Michener has been published by Bertelsmann Verlag ( ISBN 3-570-02177-7 ).

Awards

For the Golden Globe in the category Best Television Series was Colorado Saga nominated in the 1980th That same year, Richard Chamberlain received a nomination for the same award in the Best Television Actor category .

Broadcast Notes

The ARD began with the episode Im Land der Inder in July 1984 with the broadcast of the series, which was shown on Saturdays at 4:45 p.m. So far, the series has only been repeated on German television in 1986 by Bavarian television . Another broadcast took place in Austria in 1985 on ORF .

Trivia

• Colorado Saga was broadcast on NBC's The Big Event , which also featured productions like Holocaust - The White Family .
• The mini-series is considered one of the longest and cost $ 25 million.
• It was shot almost entirely on original locations in Colorado .

Web links

• Colorado Saga in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Awards in the Internet Movie Database
2. ↑ Broadcast date archive at fernsehserien.de
3. ^ The television lexicon by Michael Reufsteck and Stefan Niggemeier (Goldmann Verlag, 2005): Entry to Colorado Saga , p. 222
4. ^ Entry Centennial in the English language Wikipedia
5. ↑ TV hearing and seeing , No. 27/1984, article: Colorado Saga by Hans J. Spürkel, p. 28