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Monuments to Eternity (1/21)

No European city has such an intimate relationship with death as Vienna. What backdrop could be more fitting for Dieter Moor's stories about some of the most important necropolises on our planet? The crypt of St. Michael's Church, the Central Cemetery and the Funeral Museum are only a few of the places on Dieter Moor's guided tour to the cities for the dead. The death cult has produced some of the..

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Year Of Production	2008
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Africa's Natural Heritage (2/21)

Dieter Moor travels to Africa with his viewers and presents the multifaceted and fascinating natural heritage of this continent. Contrasts that could hardly be greater determine the natural landscape of Africa. Due to its location on both sides of the equator and its compact form, Africa has the largest connecting landmass of the tropics. Further eastwards, in the southern Sahara, we find in the A..

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Year Of Production	2009
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

The Maya - Lords of the Jungle (3/21)

Dieter Moor tells the fascinating story of the Maya. He visits the Mayan monuments of Tikal (Guatemala) and Copan (Honduras), the Mexican sites in Chichen Itza and Palenque as well as the trading centre of the Zapotecs on Monte Alban. The Maya lived in the south and south-east of Mexico (Yucatan) and also in parts of Guatemala, Honduras, Belize and El Salvador. They developed a flourishing civilis..

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Year Of Production	2009
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

The Hanseatic League (4/21)

In this film Dieter Moor presents an in-depth narrative of the history of the Hanseatic League from its foundation as a loose confederation of cities to its gradual decline. It is a fascinating piece of economic history from the Middle Ages and, at the same time, the story of an early form of globalisation. The word "Hanse" comes from Old High German and means something like "group", "entourage" o..

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Year Of Production	2009
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

The World of Volcanos (5/21)

Volcanoes constantly inspire us with awe and amazement, but they also frighten us. In stunning pictures Dieter Moor reports on the fascinating world of volcanoes with its myths and legends - such as that of the fire goddess Pele on Hawaii. The traditional Christian vision of Hell, however, also bears a striking resemblance to the inferno in the interior of our earth. The filmic journey takes us to..

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Year Of Production	2009
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

The Heritage of the Roman Empire (6/21)

The Roman Empire is still fascinating: it was vast, it lasted longer than any other Empire and it moulded the world we live in today. The Romans left more than monumental buildings and statues: they wrote the "software" that still guides our everyday life - for the alphabet we use is the Roman one. The Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian languages all have their origins in Latin. Our..

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Year Of Production	2009
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

The North American Natural Treasures (7/21)

Dieter Moor's travel route to the North American Wild West starts in the Rocky Mountains in Canada's West and heads across the Great Plains to the Rio Grande, the Yosemite National Park and finally reaches the Grand Canyon. The journey leads through mountains and crosses rivers and canyons which tell numerous stories about the earth's history, the ancient peoples, about pioneering spirit and the f..

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Year Of Production	2011
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Explorers, Gold and Slaves - the former World Empire of Portugal (8/21)

In the 16th century, Portugal was the world's number one empire and this era is now referred to as the "golden age" of Portugal. Lisbon was the capital city of a world empire with colonies on three continents: Africa, Asia and America. The Portuguese capital is the background for Dieter Moor's memories of this world empire. They lead him from Morocco via Ghana and India to Macao, which was Portuga..

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Year Of Production	2011
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

World Heritage in Danger (9/21)

On November 9, 1993, Croatian militia destroyed the bridge of Mostar which divides the Muslim from the Christian part of the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. On March 12, 2001,Taliban militia demolished the world's biggest Buddha statues in the Afghan Bamiyan valley. An earthquake destroyed a large part of the Iran city of Bam and its famous citadel, a world cultural heritage on September 26, 2..

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Year Of Production	2011
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Miracles, Myths and Legends (10/21)

This documentary takes Dieter Moor to the mysterious stone giants of the Easter Island. Who created these monumental sculptures? What meaning did they have?Or Australia: the central term of the Aboriginal mythology is the dreamtime - the spiritual and moral order of the cosmos. Dreamtime manifests in geographic landmarks like for instance the 65 million years old "Uluru" or more familiar to us, th..

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Year Of Production	2012
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Wonderworld of Water (11/21)

Water is one of the most important components of our life. The human body consists of between 60 and 70% of water, just like Earth. It is not for nothing that the Earth is also called "the blue planet" and two thirds of its surface is covered by water. Therefore, water is vital for man and animals alike - we cannot live without water, we cannot plant anything nor harvest. But water can also be a..

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Year Of Production	2012
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Cultural Heritage: Africa (12/21)

About 800 years ago, the old population group of the Dogon were dispersed to Mali's bleak, inhospitable East. The rocks of the Bandiagara plateau offered the Dogon protection from persecution. According to a saying in Mali, all roads lead to Djenné, which is the most beautiful city of the Sahelian Zone, "blessed by heaven and loved by God" and - until today- is said to be the jewel of the Niger ..

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Year Of Production	2012
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Conquering the New World - The Spanish Empire (13/21)

Mexico City, one of the largest cities in the world and home to more than 23 million people, is the starting point for Dieter Moor's film about the exploits of the Spanish Conquistadors in what was then termed the New World. Mexico City was originally called Tenochtitlán and was the Aztec capital. From here, the Aztecs ruled their empire until in 1519 the Spanish Conquistador, Hernan Cortéz landed..

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Year Of Production	2012
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

The Cultural Heritage of Farming Country (14/21)

A Viennese coffee house, designated since last year as an intangible cultural heritage, serves as the starting point for Dieter Moor's journey to those world heritage sites that revolve around eating, drinking and enjoying life and which - perhaps surprisingly - can also be summarised under the term "farming country". After all, a cultureis also expressed through its farming methods, so it is quit..

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Year Of Production	2012
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

The Perfume of the Orient - The Incense Road (15/21)

Incense appeases the gods and purifies the living and the dead. Dieter Moor follows a trail of this mythical and aromatic smoke along one of the oldest trading routes in history. Frankincense only grows in Somalia, Yemen and in the province of Dhofar in the Sultanate of Oman on the southern Arabian Peninsula. Year-round temperatures of approximately 30 degrees and the barren desert soil provide id..

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Year Of Production	2012
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

From Art Nouveau to Modern - The Architecture of the 20th Century (16/21)

The architecture of the 20th century did not happen overnight. It was the result of a fluid development.

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Year Of Production	2013
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Fjords, Cliffs and Icebergs (17/21)

The starting point for this tour of UNESCO World Heritage sites of Northern Europe is Germany's most northerly point - the "Ellenbogen". From here, Max Moor travels through Ireland, Scotland, Norway and Iceland, ending his journey in Greenland, the land where icebergs are born.

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Year Of Production	2013
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Russia's World Heritage: Splendor and Misery under the Czar (18/21)

The first stop on Max Moor's journey is Moscow, where UNESCO has declared the Kremlin and Red Square as World Heritage sites. Still today, the Kremlin is a world-renowned and instantly recognizable landmark with its countless churches, splendid palaces and treasury.

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Year Of Production	2013
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

The Renaissance - Birth of a new Era (19/21)

The Renaissance was a time of cultural and intellectual rebirth, a time when the arts, literature and the sciences flourished. Philosophy and reason flourished too with the emergence of humanism, which continues to shape the world to this day.The Renaissance, a word meaning rebirth, was the name subsequently given to the cultural epoch of the 15th and 16th centuries. But there was also an element..

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Year Of Production	2015
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

The World Heritage that is China (20/21)

An exploration of China and its place in world culture. From the Great Wall to the great metropolis that is Beijing, we visit some of the most important world heritage sites this vast and ancient country has to offer, starting in the very modern company of China's newest generation of artists. The Great Wall of China winds its way for nearly nine-thousand kilometers through the vast landscape. No..

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Year Of Production	2015
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Coal, Steel and Copper - Monuments of Industrial History (21/21)

The Industrial Revolution changed our world and our lives fundamentally and forever. It is only right then that the key landmarks in this cultural shift be designated World Heritage Sites by UNESCO, to be celebrated for their part in the history of humankind.The iron & steel and textile industries were the foundations on which the Industrial Revolution was built.The image of thousands of whirring..

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Year Of Production	2015
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

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