Season 1 (2008)

Otto and the Empire
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October 26, 2008 • 43m

The birth of the Germans. In the struggle of the German tribes against the Hungarians, something like a sense of community emerged...Read more

Heinrich and the Pope
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October 28, 2008 • 43m

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...Read more

Barbarossa and the Lion
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November 2, 2008 • 43m

Rivalry in the family. He is the king of the Germans and wants to rule over the Occident as emperor: the Staufer Frederick Barbaro...Read more

Luther and the Nation
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November 4, 2008 • 43m

The reformer and promoter of the German language. At first, he was just a simple monk, a doubting and struggling theologian. He be...Read more

Wallenstein and the War
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November 9, 2008 • 43m

Genius commander or traitor? It is a battle for religious and political supremacy in the empire and in Europe: Catholics against P...Read more

Frederick the Great and the Empress
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November 11, 2008 • 43m

Duel between Prussia and Austria. After the Thirty Years' War, the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation resembled a territorial ...Read more

Napoleon and the Germans
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November 16, 2008 • 43m

Between freedom and repression. It is a foreign emperor, of all people, who catapults Germany into a national era: France's ruler ...Read more

Robert Blum and the Revolution
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November 18, 2008 • 43m

An unknown hero. A revolution - in Germany? And by no means, as Lenin later smugly told the Germans, with a proper platform ticket...Read more

Bismarck and the German Empire
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November 23, 2008 • 43m

From Small-State Fighter to National Fighter. After the revolution of 1848, the unsuccessful attempt at "unity from below" now cam...Read more

Wilhelm and the World
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November 25, 2008 • 43m

A monarch between megalomania and depression. The German Empire at the beginning of the 20th century: too small to rule over other...Read more