Once upon a time ... the discovery of our world
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Once upon a time ... the discovery of our world |
| Original title | Il était une fois… les Explorateurs |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| year | 1996 |
| length | 25 minutes |
| Episodes | 26 ( list ) |
| genre | documentary |
| idea | Albert Barillé |
| music | Gabie Loh |
| First broadcast | December 10, 1996 on FR3 , Canal + |
| German-language first broadcast |
January 17, 1998 on Das Erste |
Once upon a time… the discovery of our world ( French Il était une fois… les Explorateurs ) is a French animated series that was created in 1996 and is one of a series of series entitled Once Upon a Time… . In 2009 the series was released on DVD under the title Once Upon a Time ... Adventurer & Entdecker .
Production and publication
The series was produced by the French studio Procidis under the direction of Albert Barillé . The music was composed by Michel Legrand. Broadcasts took place in and on the following countries and channels:
| country | Channel |
|---|---|
 France
|
France 3 , Canal + , ARTE |
 Canada
|
CBC Television , Télévision de Radio-Canada |
 Spain
|
Televisión Española (TVE) |
 Germany
|
ARD , WDR , SWF , KiKa , ARTE |
 Austria
|
ORF |
 Italy
|
Italia 1 |
 Switzerland
|
TSR (French), RTSI (Italian) |
 Belgium
|
RTBF |
 Poland
|
Telewizja Polska (TVP), TV Puls |
 Portugal
|
RTP |
 Sweden
|
Sveriges Television (SVT) |
 Ireland
|
RTÉ |
 United Kingdom
|
Channel 4 |
 Iceland
|
Sjónvarpið (RÚV) |
 Turkey
|
Channel D |
 Hungary
|
Minimax |
Episode list
The series tells of the discoverers of new countries and continents in human history.
| No. | German title | theme | French title |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
The first seafarers | The adventure begins | Les premiers navigateurs |
|
2
|
Alexander the Great | To the banks of the Indus | Alexandre le Grand |
|
3
|
Erik the Red | The green land | Eric le Rouge et la découverte de l'Amérique |
|
4th
|
Genghis Khan | The Mongol Empire | Gengis Khan |
|
5
|
Ibn Battuta | In Marco Polo's footsteps | Ibn Battuta sur les traces de Marco Polo |
|
6th
|
The big junks | Departure in China | Les Grandes Jonques |
|
7th
|
Vasco da Gama | The sea route to India | Vasco de Gama |
|
8th
|
Thurn & Taxis | The mail is coming | Les taxis et la première poste |
|
9
|
The Pinzón brothers | On a long journey with Columbus | Les frères Pinzon - la face cachée de Christophe Colomb |
|
10
|
Amerigo Vespucci | A name for a continent | Amerigo Vespucci et le Nouveau Monde |
|
11
|
Fernando de Magellan | The first circumnavigator | Magellan et Del Cano - Le premier tour du monde |
|
12
|
Cabeza de Vaca | The unknown land | Cabeza de Vaca |
|
13
|
Bering | A Dane in Siberia | Béring |
|
14th
|
Tasman & Bougainville | The dream of the South Seas | Bougainville et le Pacifique |
|
15th
|
Bruce | The sources of the Nile | Bruce et les sources du Nile |
|
16
|
La Condamine | Along the equator | La Condamine |
|
17th
|
James Cook | Conquering the Pacific | James Cook |
|
18th
|
Alexander von Humboldt | A Berliner goes on a journey | Humboldt |
|
19th
|
Lewis & Clark | Adventure in Far West | Lewis & Clark |
|
20th
|
Stuart & Burke | Right through Australia | Stuart & Burke et l'Australie |
|
21st
|
Stanley & Livingstone | The unknown world of Africa | Stanley & Livingstone |
|
22nd
|
Amundsen | The fascination of the Poles | Roald Amundsen et le Pôle Sud |
|
23
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Alexandra David-Néel | Departure to Lhasa | Alexandra David Neel et le Tibet |
|
24
|
Piccard | To the bottom of the ocean | Piccard - des sommets aux Abysses |
|
25th
|
Hillary & Co. | To the top of the world | Vers les cimes |
|
26th
|
The future | The adventure is only just beginning | Vers les étoiles |
synchronization
The synchronization was carried out by Deutsche Synchron KG . Dialogue direction and script was carried out by Matthias Müntefering.
| role | French speaker | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| maestro | Roger Carel | Hans-Werner Bussinger |
| Pierrot | Olivier Destrez | Frank Schröder |
| dwarf | Patrick Préjean | Wilfried Herbst |
| Big nose | Tilo Schmitz |
Web links
- Official website (German, English, French)
- Once Upon a Time ... The Explorers at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Once upon a time ... our world was discovered in the online film database
- Once upon a time ... the discovery of our world at Fernsehserien.de
- Once upon a time ... the discovery of our world at AnimationSeries.de
- Once upon a time ... our world was discovered in the German dubbing index