From the fourth century AD, the Germanic peoples established empires in France, England, Spain, Germany, Italy, Scandinavia and even in North Africa. Today, around 500 million people speak languages that have Germanic roots.
WRITER: Sabine Bier, Sahar Eslah, Christina Trebbi DIRECTOR: Sahar Eslah, Birgit Tanner CAMERA: Martin Christ, Marc Riemer, Joachim C. Seck EDITOR: Claudia Spoden, Ramin Sabeti MUSIC: Paul Rabiger COMMISSIONING EDITOR: Claudia Moroni (ZDF)