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Michael Palin undertakes a new journey through Eastern Europe in this fascinating BBC series, breathing in its rich history, filming its exquisite sights and talking to its diverse peoples.
Until the early 1990s, when the Berlin Wall came tumbling down, traveling behind the iron curtain was never easy and now Palin fills what has been a void in his own experience and that of very many of his own generation.
As in all his series, Palin's New Europe takes the form of a journey through countries which have rich and complex cultures. Few have survived intact, as the ebb and flow of warring armies has continually changed the map of Europe.
Starting in the mountains of Slovenia he travels down through Croatia and the former Yugoslavia to Albania before turning northwards to embrace Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, The Ukraine, The Czech Republic, Slovakia, the former East Germany, Poland, the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad (as Konigsberg originally home to the Teutonic Knights), Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, opening up a new and undiscovered world to millions of viewers.
Als Michael Palin von Italien nach Slowenien reist, überschreitet er gleichzeitig die frühere politische und gesellschaftliche Grenze, die der Kalte Krieg zwischen den beiden Staaten gezogen hat. Hier trennte der Eiserne Vorhang das westliche von dem östlichen Europa. In der slowenischen Stadt Medjugoree begegnet Michael Palin einer Frau, die zu einer auserlesenen und in der Region sehr populären Gruppe von Menschen zählt.
Bonus:
- Interviews & Kurzfilme (2,5 Stunden)
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