Raja's journey
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| German title | Raja's journey |
| Original title | Raja's journey |
| Country of production | Switzerland |
| original language | English , German , Malayalam |
| Publishing year | 2007 |
| length | 78 minutes |
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| Director | Karl Saurer |
| production | Franziska Reck |
| music | Mafalda Arnauth, Giuseppe Laruccia |
| camera | Hansueli Schenkel, Boney Keyar, Matthias Kälin |
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Rajas Reise is a documentary by the Swiss director Karl Saurer . The film is about the adventurous journey of the Indian elephant Soliman from the Malabar coast to Vienna around the year 1550. The Indian Gandhi activist Rajagopal PV traces the story of the elephant named “Raja” in the film at historically guaranteed locations .
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With a view of the facade of the Hotel Elephant in Bressanone, Rajagopal, who was surrounded by elephants in his childhood, reflects on the unjust fate of Raja.
On the south Indian Malabar coast , in today's state of Kerala , the historian KS Mathew explores the trade relations with Europe in the 16th century. At that time, Calicut was the most important trading post for spices , but also for wild animals such as elephants. Young animals were captured in holes in the ground. From Goa the elephants traveled around the Cape of Good Hope to Lisbon .
The Portuguese King John III. gave his nephew, the future Emperor Maximilian II , a court elephant for his collection, plus two Indian mahouts as an escort. The journey first went to Genoa by ship . Andrea Doria , an important ally of the emperor, resided in the prince's palace there .