Die Deutschen - Season 1

Die Deutschen - Season 1

Season 1

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Episodes10
DatesOct 26, 2008 - Nov 25, 2008
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Episodes

Otto and the Empire
Season 1Episode 145 min

Otto and the Empire

The birth of the Germans. In the struggle of the German tribes against the Hungarians, something like a sense of community emerged under the leadership of King Otto I. By obtaining the imperial dignity, he laid the foundation for a unique system of rule.
Oct 26, 2008
Heinrich and the Pope
Season 1Episode 245 min

Heinrich and the Pope

The walk to Canossa. It is a power struggle such as has never been seen before: King versus Pope. Who is the stronger? It is about power in the kingdom of the Germans and in the Christian West - and about a unique gesture, the like of which has not been seen since: Henry IV's "Walk to Canossa.
Oct 28, 2008
Barbarossa and the Lion
Season 1Episode 345 min

Barbarossa and the Lion

Rivalry in the family. He is the king of the Germans and wants to rule over the Occident as emperor: the Staufer Frederick Barbarossa. His empire extends as far as southern Italy. But his rule is disputed. Powerful rivals challenge the monarch - including his former ally Henry the Lion.
Nov 2, 2008
Luther and the Nation
Season 1Episode 445 min

Luther and the Nation

The reformer and promoter of the German language. At first, he was just a simple monk, a doubting and struggling theologian. He became an epochal figure who united and divided Germans like no other before - without meaning to: Martin Luther.
Nov 4, 2008
Wallenstein and the War
Season 1Episode 545 min

Wallenstein and the War

Genius commander or traitor? It is a battle for religious and political supremacy in the empire and in Europe: Catholics against Protestants. One man is to defeat the supporters of the Reformation for the emperor: the general Albrecht von Wallenstein.
Nov 9, 2008
Frederick the Great and the Empress
Season 1Episode 645 min

Frederick the Great and the Empress

Duel between Prussia and Austria. After the Thirty Years' War, the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation resembled a territorial puzzle. In the absence of a central power, new powers emerged on the periphery: Prussia and Austria.
Nov 11, 2008
Napoleon and the Germans
Season 1Episode 745 min

Napoleon and the Germans

Between freedom and repression. It is a foreign emperor, of all people, who catapults Germany into a national era: France's ruler of the century, Napoleon. His conquests and reforms brought the Germans closer together than ever before. What he succeeds in doing, no one had achieved before: the political awakening of the "German nation.
Nov 16, 2008
Robert Blum and the Revolution
Season 1Episode 845 min

Robert Blum and the Revolution

An unknown hero. A revolution - in Germany? And by no means, as Lenin later smugly told the Germans, with a proper platform ticket in their pocket! In March 1848, good subjects became determined barricade fighters.
Nov 18, 2008
Bismarck and the German Empire
Season 1Episode 945 min

Bismarck and the German Empire

From Small-State Fighter to National Fighter. After the revolution of 1848, the unsuccessful attempt at "unity from below" now came "unity from above. Prussian Prime Minister Otto von Bismarck paved the way for the first German nation state.
Nov 23, 2008
Wilhelm and the World
Season 1Episode 1045 min

Wilhelm and the World

A monarch between megalomania and depression. The German Empire at the beginning of the 20th century: too small to rule over others and too big for the balance of power in Europe. Kaiser Wilhelm II wanted to be a world power.
Nov 25, 2008

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