Animals in front of the camera

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Animals in front of the camera was a series of animal films that was conceived in 1974 for Bayerischer Rundfunk and was continuously produced by this broadcaster until 2016. A total of 54 episodes of the series were broadcast.

The multiple award-winning series by the animal filmmakers Ernst Arendt and Hans Schweiger has been on the ARD evening program since April 17, 1977 . After initially traveling in a VW bus and then in a Mercedes-Benz T 2 , a furniture van converted into a mobile home, they switched to the Unimog U 1550 L with a special body. The two were traveling all over the world and filmed animals in their traditional habitat. In contrast to other animal series, viewers were able to experience the hardships and difficulties that the two filmmakers had while shooting in the wild. In addition, the animal scenes were not accompanied by music or lavishly added music. The authenticity of the partly unique film recordings and the humorous narrative made the series a great success; it was broadcast in 100 countries. Arendt and Schweiger received several renowned television awards for this work, such as the 1990 Adolf Grimme Bronze Award (for script and direction of The Nights of the Tasmanian Devil ), the Bavarian Television Award 1991 (for a landscape song ) and the Golden Camera 1989 , as well as the DUH Environment Media Prize 2006 in the Lifetime Achievement category and the NaturVision Film Festival Audience Award 2012.

In November 2016 it became known that Arendt and Schweiger had not received any new orders from Bayerischer Rundfunk after almost 40 years. As Hans Schweiger told dwdl.de , the age of the animal filmmakers, both born in 1949, is the reason. The BR denied it and justified it with the pressure to save. 450 of 1,000 full-time positions are to be cut by 2025 alone.

Episodes

  • 1974 - Singing birds
  • 1975 - The vultures of the Spanish Sierra
  • 1975 - The nights of the toads
  • 1976 - Eider ducks in Iceland
  • 1977 - From the private life of the beaver
  • 1977 - The inconspicuous of the Rocky Mountains
  • 1978 - Summer of the marmots
  • 1979 - Snow monkeys in Japan
  • 1979 - Everyday life of the sparrows
  • 1980 - The rocks of the puffin
  • 1982 - In the deserts of Australia
  • 1982 - Australia - home of the budgies
  • 1982 - In the woods of Australia
  • 1983 - The canyon of the rock kangaroos
  • 1984 - From the family life of the grizzly bears
  • 1984 - Moose in Alaska's wilderness
  • 1984 - The quick summer of the ice foxes
  • 1985 - Birds on the Prairie Lake
  • 1986 - The fastest bird in the Wild West
  • 1986 - In the land of giant cacti
  • 1987 - With the whooper swans to Iceland
  • 1988 - The Nights of the Tasmanian Devils
  • 1989 - Keas - jesters in New Zealand
  • 1989 - Kiwi & Co. - Birds of New Zealand
  • 1990 - Song of the Landscape
  • 1991 - Guanacos - The wild llamas of the Andes
  • 1991 - Summer of the swallows
  • 1992 - Landing clear for albatrosses
  • 1993 - Land of the Indians - Buffalo
  • 1995 - The hustle and bustle of the Little Corellas
  • 1995 - The big thirst of the little zebra finches
  • 1996 - Proboscis monkeys - strong guys in the jungle
  • 1997 - The cranes of the Russian steppe
  • 1998 - Among the jackals in Greece
  • 1999 - Our summer with Mother Bear
  • 2000 - Common Loons - The Voice of the Wild
  • 2001 - Canary Islands - home of the canaries
  • 2002 - Mountain hares in Scotland
  • 2003 - Jackdaws in town and country
  • 2004 - The magic of the crane
  • 2005 - We are looking for the superstar
  • 2006 - The saga of the bird in hand
  • 2008 - Highway into the Ice Age (1) - Off to Alaska
  • 2008 - Highway into the Ice Age (2) - To the cold end of Alaska
  • 2008 - Highway into the Ice Age (3) - Summer on Ice
  • 2009 - Little lovable Alaskans
  • 2012 - Highway through the Rocky Mountains - Fall
  • 2012 - Highway through the Rocky Mountains - Spring
  • 2012 - Highway through the cactus desert
  • 2013 - Highway through the prairie (1) - Wide grasslands
  • 2013 - Highway through the prairie (2) - Open bushland
  • 2016 - Highway through Australia (1) - The Southwest
  • 2016 - Highway through Australia (2) - The Nullarbor
  • 2016 - Highway through Australia (3) - To the red center

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ zeit.de: "We are dinosaurs" article from February 16, 2017
  2. ↑ dwdl.de: Arendt and Schweiger ended after 39 years: pressure to save at BR also caught the animal filmmaker article from November 28, 2016