Scenes and moments from our documentaries – from Africa, Iran and the Middle East, and from the workshops of the last masters of their trade.
19 episodes about World Heritage Sites, many of them shot on 35 mm film. The series is broadcast in more than 40 countries.
Die Namib · Die Freitagsmoschee · Tabriz · Bethlehem · Meroe · Kaya · Koutammakou · uKhahlamba – Drakensberge · Tsodilo · Gebel Barkal · Aksum · Ambohimanga · Tsingy de Bemaraha · Fasil Ghebbi · Lalibela · Delphi · Rhodos · Isfahan · Persepolis
All films in the series →26 portraits of craftspeople who are the last to master an almost forgotten trade.
The Music Engraver · The Thatcher · The Barrel Organ Builder · The Basket Maker · The Typesetter · The Passementerie Maker · The Sawmill Master · The Bronze Caster · The Puppet Maker · The Bookbinder · The Wood Engraver · The Raftsman · The Rope Maker · The Wind Tower Builder · The Chewing Tobacco Maker · The Grindstone Cutter · The Copper Engraver · The Nail Smith · The Brocade Weaver · The Lime Burner · The Wood Turner · The Pewterer · The Steamship Engineer · The Type Founder · The Cooper · The Umbrella Maker
All films in the series →All films in the series on YouTube (opens in a new tab)
In 2016 alone, our films from the series “Treasures of the World – Heritage of Mankind” were broadcast more than 50 times in German-speaking countries.
The “Roman Kiosk” in Naga. From the film “Meroe”
10,000-year-old rock paintings by the Bushmen. From the film “uKhahlamba – Drakensberge” (uKhahlamba – Drakensberg), “Treasures of the World”
“!Xundai” of the “!Kung” people. Our guide among the Bushmen in the Kalahari Desert
The Bushmen once hunted lions with bow and arrow. Still from the film “Tsodilo”
From the film “Kaya – die heiligen Wälder der Mijikenda” (Kaya – the sacred forests of the Mijikenda)
Father and son in the land of the Batamariba, from “Koutamakou”
Since the Islamic Revolution we have made more than 30 films in Iran. Only those who speak the language can understand what people really think.
Prayer in the thousand-year-old Friday Mosque
Reading from the Torah, synagogue in Isfahan. Scene from the film “Die Freitagsmoschee” (The Friday Mosque)
The Armenian bishop in the “Vank Cathedral” in Isfahan, from the film “Die Freitagsmoschee”
Carpet weaver from Liqvan in the film “Tabriz – der große Basar” (Tabriz – the Grand Bazaar)
Caravanserai on the Silk Road, from the film “Tabriz”, “Treasures of the World”
Young Iranians on the ferry to Qeshm
At 3,000 metres on the Sani Pass, on the border with Lesotho, from the film “uKhahlamba – Drakensberge”
“uKhahlamba – Drakensberge – von Drachen, Regenmachern und der Macht der Götter” (Of dragons, rainmakers and the power of the gods)
Richard Duma, healer and rainmaker at the Kamberg massif
Johann Piazzi, 91, from “Der Sägemeister vom Gampenpass” (The Sawmill Master of the Gampen Pass)
“Der Kalkbrenner” (The Lime Burner). In 2016, our films from the series “The Last of Their Trade” were rebroadcast 46 times.
“Der Erzgießer von Nürnberg” (The Bronze Caster of Nuremberg) in his 170-year-old workshop
In Africa, it is often the women who carry the whole load, from “Tsodilo – Die Hügel der steinernen Python” (Tsodilo – the hills of the stone python)
Driving towards the “Naukluft Mountains”. Clouds bring rain to the Namib Desert less and less often.
“Namaqua chameleon” from the film “Die Namib – Der Ort an dem Nichts ist” (The Namib – the place where there is nothing)
The way to school in the land of the Batamariba
The series “Treasures of the World – Heritage of Mankind” is broadcast in more than 40 countries.
Sisal monocultures stretch as far as the horizon, from the film “Kaya – Die heiligen Wälder der Mijikenda”
Ancestor worship is still alive among the Mijikenda. The elders try to pass the tradition on to the younger generation.
From the film “Bethlehem – Heiliger Ort zwischen Mauern und Massentourismus” (Bethlehem – a holy place between walls and mass tourism)
A Greek Orthodox priest at the entrance to the Grotto of the Nativity
The thousand-year-old Friday Mosque in Isfahan
At four in the morning the faithful gather for prayer
Since 2014 we have supported the oral history project “Bürger für das Badehaus” (Citizens for the Bathhouse)
Current TV dates, streaming links and the broadcast archive since 2000.