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Mauritius - Pearl in the Indian Ocean (1/59)

Who doesn't want to explore the deepest jungles of Brazil or follow in the footsteps of the Sioux in South Dakota? From Southeast Asia to North Africa and Latin America, this series explores the farthest reaches of our planet and their most fascinating facets. The crew explores the oddities of Namibian rock paintings or takes a cruise from Vietnam to Cambodia. Spectacular scenes of dawn in Mozambi..

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Year Of Production	2003
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

The Magic of Oz - Western Australia (2/59)

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Year Of Production	2004
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Madagascar - Nature Paradise in the Indian Ocean (3/59)

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Year Of Production	2006
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Yunnan - China's Prettiest Province (4/59)

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Year Of Production	2007
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Tasmania - Devil Island or Garden of Eden? (5/59)

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Year Of Production	2007
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Bush Pilots of Alaska (6/59)

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Year Of Production	2007
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Bahia - Heart of Brazil (7/59)

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Year Of Production	2007
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Chile - From Desert to Glacier (8/59)

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Year Of Production	2007
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

South Dakota - Holy Hills of the Sioux (9/59)

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Year Of Production	2007
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Caribbean Islands under the Wind - Sint Maarten, Anguilla, ? (10/59)

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Year Of Production	2007
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Hongkong - Gods, Glitter, Greed (11/59)

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Year Of Production	2007
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Java - Paradise between Myth and Modernity (12/59)

"The Milky Way of the Ocean" is what they call Indonesia, with its over 18,000 islands sprinkled across the Indian Ocean, part of the so-called Ring of Fire with its approx. 150 active volcanoes. Inhabitants profit from the fertile volcanic ground on the slopes of these fiery peaks, but pay the price of living in constant peril from eruptions and earthquakes. Java is the main island of the Indon..

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

La Reunion - Nature's Miracle in the Indian Ocean (13/59)

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

The Language of Rock - Namibia's mysterious Cave Paintings (14/59)

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

Vietnam - The unknown North (15/59)

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

Mekong Shores - A Cruise from Vietnam to Cambodia (16/59)

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

Hawaii - Aloha America (17/59)

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

Queensland - Australia's tropical North (18/59)

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

Mozambique - Dawn over Gorongosa (19/59)

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

Grenada (20/59)

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

Argentina (21/59)

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

Amazon - Brazilian Cruise (22/59)

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

Philippines - From Luzon to Palawan (23/59)

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

The Santa Fe Trail - From the Missouri to the Wild West (24/59)

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

Japan - Asia's wild East (25/59)

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

Magic of the South Pacific (26/59)

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

Columbia - From the Andes to the Caribbean (27/59)

The three Columbian departments of Caldas, Quindio and Risarda form the "coffee-triangle" in the Andes, to the West of the capital of Bogota. Here, in the different climatic zones between an altitude of 900 and up to more than 3,000 meters, not only coffee grows but also a lush green flora. Medellin is the city of everlasting Spring and the country's second most important city. In order to ge..

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Year Of Production	2010
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

A Skiing Dream in the USA - Colorado and California (28/59)

Not only experienced skiers dream of a skiing holiday in the land of opportunity. Mainly the legendary champagne powder, the extremely fine powder snow, and the still oftentimes pristine slopes with their deep powder snow attract the European winter sportsmen who are progressively stressed out by the frequently overcrowded skiing areas in the Alps. This film shows the most important winter sport r..

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Year Of Production	2010
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Tel Aviv (29/59)

Tel Aviv is often referred to as the "Miami Beach of the Mediterranean". The broad sandy beach and the almost constantly sunny weather make Israel's metropolis an interesting destination especially for city tourists who intend to combine sightseeing with a plunge into the sea. The city, which is some 100 years old now, is above all famous for its numerous Bauhaus-style buildings from the 1930i..

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Year Of Production	2010
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

The Cape Verde Islands (30/59)

It takes only a few more hours to fly to the Cape Verde Islands than to reach the Canary Islands - yet they used to be just an insiders' tip for quite some time. Only nine of the fifteen Cape Verde islands in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of West Africa, are inhabited. Only one of them, however, is really known: Sal. Sal offers amazing beaches to swim and to surf as well as a high..

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

Jamaica - The Rugged Beauty of the Caribbean (31/59)

Pearly-white beaches, the deep blue sea and people who are dancing to reggae rhythms the whole day long - most people associate this stereotype with Jamaica. This Caribbean Island though has a whole lot more to offer: towering mountains in the largely pristine inner Jamaica, idyllic fishermen's villages in the South and a modern capital: Kingston. The Caribbean Island's faces are manifold and show..

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

Ontario - Land of the Beautiful Water (32/59)

Ontario - this name originates from the language of the Iroquois and means "beautiful water". The Canadian province has more than a million square kilometers and is traversed with innumerable lakes and rivers. Moreover, it is bounded by the Hudson Bay in the North and by the Five Finger Lakes and the famous Niagara Falls in the South. Ontario's location as well as its mere magnitude allow for an e..

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

Koh Samui - Savoir Vivre in Thailand's Tropical Paradise (33/59)

The Isle of Koh Samui is the dream destination for all Thailand fans. It offers anything one might look for - no matter whether you travel as a backpacker or as a luxury tourist. Koh Samui is Thailand in small and yet it is a world of its own. An island with fantastic beaches, with mountains and millions of coconut trees. On one hand, there are the touristic centers which have been growing in a ph..

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

Columbia - From Bogota to Cartagena (34/59)

Although Columbia offers a wide range of spectacular natural landscapes as well as cities from the colonial era, it is undeveloped to a large extent when it comes to the topic of tourism. The country is just trying to free itself from the involvement in wars, terror, violence and drugs which has been lasting for decades. At long last, this seems to work and peace and order return step by step. Not..

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

Melbourne - Australia?s New Boomtown (35/59)

In 2011, a British business magazine elected Melbourne to be the most livable city in the world. Why? In the course of 200 years Melbourne has grown to a large city and office towers dominate the city's center. The Melbournians are not fond of a hectic city life though. Their way of living is rather relaxed. When it comes to quality of living, the city has gathered quite some points during the pa..

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

Nepal - Gallery of the Gods (36/59)

In Nepal's lowest-lying area, its only railroad leads through an extremely poor region which is still completely off the tourist track. One of the most unique regions of the country, the Chitwan National Park is just a few driving hours away and famous as one of the last shelters of the rhinoceros. The film team went on an Elephant safari in order to look for the dangerous pachyderm. The contras..

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

New Orleans - Between Rhythm and Ruin (37/59)

Hardly any other American big city was battered during the past years like New Orleans when hurricane Katrina and the subsequent floods floated entire quarters in 2005. Due to its irrepressible will to live, New Orleans came through the crisis. A good example for this will to live is Mardi Gras, the carnival, which is being celebrated at least as abundantly as it used to be. The "Mardi Gras India..

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

Zanzibar - Spices, Ghosts and Associates (38/59)

Zanzibar means "Island of the black". For centuries, the island group around the main islands Unguja and Pemba which is surrounded by coral reefs was one of the most important slave markets in the world. The major part of the current population is made up by descendants of former slaves from Africa. Although 97 per cent of the inhabitants are Muslims, there are still relics of the original nature..

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

Canada - Alberta?s Most Beautiful National Parks (39/59)

Year after year, thousands of people are attracted by the most beautiful Canadian national parks. They come for hiking, for rafting, for cruising on their motorbikes or just to enjoy the unbelievable wideness and stillness of the Rocky Mountains. There are, however, also people who live in this gorgeous landscape and who would never ever leave. Peter Lemieux came here when he was 26 years old and..

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

Cruising to the End of the World (40/59)

Once a year at most, an unusual cruise sets off from northern Scandinavia in one of the most powerful ice-breakers in the world. The "Kapitan Dranitsyn" departs from Murmansk and heads into the Arctic Ocean taking with it a party of adventurers who wish to take an ice-breaker to the edge of the world. Outside the summer months, it is used as a pathfinder for Russian supply ships in the Siberian Ar..

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

Mayotte - French Islands with an African Heart (41/59)

The island group of Mayotte is part of the volcanic archipelago of the Comoros and lies in the Mozambique channel between Madagascar and the coast of northern Mozambique. The former French colony is now claimed by the state of Comoros although the population voted overwhelmingly in 2009 to remain part of France - with the result that in March 2011, Mayotte became the 101st department of France. 95..

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

Captain Cook on Cruise (42/59)

From Fort Lauderdale, the cruise ship heads to the Bahamas, St. Thomas and St. Martin. A bright blue ocean, the lap of the waves at the prow, short hops to Caribbean islands and lots of fun in between: this is how most people would imagine a typical cruise to be. For some people, however, everyday life on deck is quite different. Take, for example, Ivo Jahn - head chef on the "Allure of the Seas",..

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

The Great Himalaya Trail (43/59)

Treks don't get any higher than this and they don't get any longer: the longest, most difficult and highest trekking tour in the world winds its way across the Himalayas. Anyone looking for an extreme physical experience will not be disappointed. The individual sections of the Great Himalaya Trail total more than 10,000 km in length, making it the largest high-Alpine trail network on earth. This d..

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

The Marquesas (44/59)

In the middle of the South Pacific, just a four-hour flight from Tahiti, lies the island group of the Marquesas. The 14 islands, which belong to French Polynesia, are sparsely populated with around 9,000 people and do not at all tally with the typical notion of what South Sea islands should look like: instead of blue lagoons and white, palm-lined beaches, there are rough seas, rocky coastlines and..

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

Route 66 - Road of Dreams (45/59)

Route 66 was the first continuous highway in America to stretch into the west of the continent. When the almost 4,000 km long road from Chicago to the Pacific was opened in 1926, the journey took a month to complete. During the Depression, thousands of impoverished farmers and their families took Route 66 westward in the hope of a better future. In the boom years following World War II, other trav..

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

Tanzania: From Kilimanjaro to the Serengeti (46/59)

Kilimanjaro towers majestically over the African plains enticing people from all over the world, but beware, this charismatic mountain is not for the fainthearted. Rarely on holiday do happiness and despair, elation and misery exist so closely together as they do on the slopes of Kilimanjaro. Thirty-thousand hikers come here every year hoping to experience the joy of summiting Africa's highest mou..

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

Ethiopia: In the Uplands of the Blue Nile (47/59)

Ethiopia is steeped in 3,000 years of history and an ancient Christian culture. These along with its magnificent landscape make any journey to Ethiopia an experience of a lifetime. The route of the film starts in Lalibela and ends in the holy city of Axum.Ethiopia is a legendary land of Christian high culture steeped in over 3,000 years of history. Particularly in the north of the country, centuri..

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

New Zealand - Dream Destination in the South Pacific (48/59)

There is hardly any other destination as diverse and enticing as New Zealand, with its alternating landscape of icy glaciers, fiery volcanoes and lush, sub-tropical rainforests. They also say that the people here are the friendliest people on earth.New Zealand is a dream destination for many Europeans at the "most beautiful end of the world": the image projected by the Kiwis is that their country..

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

Iran: From Shiraz to Teheran (49/59)

For visitors with an interest in culture, Iran is a veritable treasure trove. With its opulent palaces, lush gardens and colorful bazaars, it is not rare to feel that you have stepped into one of the tales of the 1001 nights. The route of the film takes us from Shiraz to the magnificent beauty of Isfahan and then onto the capital Teheran. Mysterious ruins, iridescent mosques, gorgeous palaces and..

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

Namibia - The Stories of the San (50/59)

From the Kalahari to the Atlantic coast, we see Africa through the eyes of its oldest surviving culture. The film journeys through Namibia from the interior of the Kalahari Desert to the Atlantic Ocean, using the narrative of an elder of the San people to show us this land from the perspective of Africa's aboriginal inhabitants. The journey takes us 2,000 km through a country with fascinating, biz..

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

Uruguay - The Unknown Land on the Silver River (51/59)

Here in Germany, Uruguay is one of the least well-known countries of South America. But Argentina's little neighbor has a lot to offer. Come with us on a journey through a fascinating country.Uruguay - the name has few associations here. It is Argentina's little neighbor; only half the size of Germany with the lowest population density in South America. But it also boasts the highest average age i..

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

Myanmar: Land of the Golden Pagodas (52/59)

Traveling through Myanmar is a journey full of contradictions. Recent political reforms mean that the country is modernizing quickly, but the old traditions still hold sway over the people. After five decades of isolation from the outside world, the people of Myanmar are eager for knowledge and have a warm welcome for visitors. Traveling through Myanmar is a journey full of contradictions. Since t..

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Year Of Production	2014
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Bhutan: In the Land of the Thunder Dragon (53/59)

The Kingdom of Bhutan, the Land of the Thunder Dragon, is a tiny constitutional monarchy nestled between India and Chinese Tibet. In 2006, Bhutan cautiously opened its doors to international tourism for the first time, and our film presents the great cultural and geographical treasures of this unique country.The Kingdom of Bhutan, on the southern flank of the Himalayas between India and Chinese Ti..

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Year Of Production	2014
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Morocco - The Road of 1000 Kasbahs (54/59)

Morocco is a land of contradictions. Modern roads alternate with old caravan routes, stone and gravel deserts with fertile valleys and oases. The film journeys from Marrakesh southwards visiting towns and kasbahs along the way, revealing both the Orient we know from the fairytales and stories, and modern Morocco as it is today.Le Grand Sud - the Great South - is what Moroccans call the land to the..

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Year Of Production	2014
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Canada: The Northwest - Summer in the Arctic Circle (55/59)

The Northwest Territories are one of the least known tourist destinations in Canada. The region is five times the size of Germany and hardly developed at all - only around 41,000 people live here. The documentary travels from the vast forests of the south to the harsh tundra in the north and provides a fascinating insight into this remote and majestic region.The journey through the Northwest Terri..

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Year Of Production	2014
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Oman - Oasis of the Orient (56/59)

Over the last 45 years, Oman, in the south east of the Arabian Peninsula, has developed into a modern state in a uniquely Omani fashion. The country is cosmopolitan and yet true to its own traditions. Modernization took place carefully, with the interests of Omani being given top priority. This film tours the capital city and breathtaking countryside, where modernity and traditionalism happily co-..

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

Costa Rica - Central America's Green Treasure (57/59)

Costa Rica, a gorgeous natural paradise between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific on the Central American land bridge, is home to a huge diversity of landscape forms, plants and animal species. Its very proud people are delighted to show off their country to visitors from abroad and work untiringly to look after it.Costa Rica, a much lauded natural paradise between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacifi..

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

Cape Town - South Africa's City of Contradictions (58/59)

Cape Town is a popular tourist destination for Europeans and its attractions are undeniable, but with a history as dark as South Africa's, there is no avoiding the social inequalities and glaring contradictions that are ever present in one of South Africa's most beautiful cities.Cape Town is a popular tourist destination for Europeans, particularly in their winter when spring has already arrived t..

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

Distant Journeys - Peru - Of Goldminers and Miracle Healers

Come with us on an exciting journey along the coast of Peru and discover the unknown treasures of this country. Starting in the south, we meet the gold prospectors, who have to be intoxicated, their senses numbed by coca leaves and schnapps, in order to bear the terrible working conditions in the mines. Not far away, mysterious lines bear witness to an advanced civilization that was established he..

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Year Of Production	2006
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

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