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Die Deutschen (2008)

Biography · Documentary · Drama

Die Deutschen is a German television documentary produced for ZDF that first aired from October to November 2008. Each episode recounts a selected epoch of German history, beginning with the reign of Otto the Great and ending with the collapse of the German Empire at the end of the First World War. In November 2010 the second season of Die Deutschen was published in German television, beginning with Charlemagne, the Frankish King, and ending with Gustav Stresemann, the Chancellor and Foreign Minister during the Weimar Republic. Historical events are recreated through a combination of live action scenes and computer generated animations. The series was filmed at over 200 different locations in Germany, Malta, and Romania at a cost of approximately €500,000 per episode.

IMDb rating
7.9 (383 votes)
Seasons
2
Language
DE
Type
TV series

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 2 seasons indexed

Seasons

Season 1 (2008)

7.14 avg 10 episodes 7.0 → 6.8 43 min avg

Ep 1: 7.0 · 41 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 32 votesEp 3: 7.2 · 25 votesEp 4: 7.1 · 28 votesEp 5: 7.7 · 25 votesEp 6: 7.1 · 22 votesEp 7: 6.9 · 22 votesEp 8: 7.1 · 22 votesEp 9: 7.0 · 27 votesEp 10: 6.8 · 22 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Otto und das Reich7.041
2Heinrich und der Papst7.532
3Barbarossa und der Löwe7.225
4Luther und die Nation7.128
5Wallenstein und der Krieg7.725
6Preußens Friedrich und die Kaiserin7.122
7Napoleon und die Deutschen6.922
8Robert Blum und die Revolution7.122
9Bismarck und das Deutsche Reich7.027
10Wilhelm und die Welt6.822

Season 2 (2010)

6.50 avg 10 episodes 7.3 → 6.7 43 min avg

Ep 1: 7.3 · 22 votesEp 2: 7.2 · 17 votesEp 3: 6.3 · 18 votesEp 4: 6.5 · 19 votesEp 5: 6.7 · 21 votesEp 6: 5.9 · 20 votesEp 7: 6.5 · 20 votesEp 8: 6.1 · 21 votesEp 9: 5.8 · 19 votesEp 10: 6.7 · 16 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Karl der Große und die Sachsen7.322
2Friedrich II. und der Kreuzzug7.217
3Hildegard von Bingen und die Macht der Frauen6.318
4Karl IV und der Schwarze Tod6.519
5Thomas Müntzer und der Krieg der Bauern6.721
6August der Starke und die Liebe5.920
7Karl Marx und der Klassenkampf6.520
8Ludwig II. und die Bayern6.121
9Rosa Luxemburg und die Freiheit5.819
10Gustav Stresemann und die Republik6.716