Jens Peter Behrend

This German format is not a series properly speaking, as it has no permanent cast or script continuity, but presents each time a 45 minutes documentary, usually in part presented as a docudrama (not faction, as close to scientific knowledge as possible, but visually attractive), elaborating a specific historical theme, widely varied, often exotic in the sense of a far time (as far back as prehistoric times) and/or place (around the globe), although some episodes fit together well, chronologically or thematically, but always fit to be watched separately. Usually authentic locations are used, as well as scenes from and/or interviews about the scientific research it is based upon.

Georg has been working as an easy-going waiter in a gourmet restaurant for ages. One evening, the manager of a dance studio leaves her handbag behind, which gives Georg something else to think about. The friendly gentleman rediscovers his old love of boogie-woogie and suddenly rebels against his boss...

As early as the 5th century BC, Plato recounted the story and subsequent disappearance of Atlantis, a mysterious island located in the eastern Mediterranean, not far from present-day Crete. Atlantis is said to have been home to the lavish Minoan civilization during the Bronze Age. Going back in time, the documentary intertwines two destinies: that of a young Minoan who, 3,500 years ago, narrowly managed to save a statuette before perishing in the earthquake that engulfed Atlantis. And that of a young American who survived a powerful earthquake in Hawaii in the mid-1950s and went on to become a geologist.