We Germans
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | We Germans |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| year | 1991 |
| length | 43 minutes |
| Episodes | 13 in 1 season |
| genre | History , documentation |
| production | Studio Hamburg Filmproduktion, Film und Fernsehen GmbH |
| music | Edvard Grieg , Bedřich Smetana , Franz von Suppè , Ludwig van Beethoven , Gordon Giltrap a. v. a. m. |
| First broadcast | November 24, 1991 on Das Erste |
| occupation | |
|
Gert Westphal : Narrator | |
We Germans (alternative title: A journey to the scenes of the past ) is a documentary series on German history that has been broadcast on ARD programs since 1991 .
content
The story series tells the story of the Germans in a condensed form. It begins with the battle in the Teutoburg Forest and ends with the abdication of the last German Emperor in 1918. The presentation does not focus on figures, but on the deeper connections between the events and causes.
Episodes
| episode | title | First broadcast |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romans and Teutons (300 BC - 400 AD) | November 24, 1991 |
| 2 | Charlemagne (400 AD - 800 AD) | 1st December 1991 |
| 3 | The new empire (800–1100) | December 8, 1991 |
| 4th | Staufer period (1100–1200) | December 15, 1991 |
| 5 | Emperors and merchants (1200-1350) | December 22, 1991 |
| 6th | The late Middle Ages (1350-1450) | December 29, 1991 |
| 7th | Luther (1450–1550) | 5th January 1992 |
| 8th | Thirty Years War (1550-1700) | January 12, 1992 |
| 9 | The Age of Reason (1700–1789) | January 19, 1992 |
| 10 | Under Napoleon (1789–1812) | January 26, 1992 |
| 11 | Biedermeier and Revolution (1813–1848) | 2nd February 1992 |
| 12 | Bismarck (1848-1890) | February 9, 1992 |
| 13 | The end of the empire (1890-1918) | February 16, 1992 |
background
The 12 documentary episodes were broadcast from November 24, 1991 to February 16, 1992 on First German Television. In 2010 the broadcast was last repeated on EinsExtra . The story series was released on VHS and DVD.
The music by Edvard Grieg can be heard in the series (including morning mood ). For example, the background piece played when someone dies in the story is Grieg's Aase's Death from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1.
Web links
- We Germans in the Internet Movie Database (English)