In the 17th century, France becomes a leading force. The Sun King outshines the whole of Europe – and makes everyone envious. Castles are built everywhere. Even the Russian tsar is infected by the building bug and has St. Petersburg planned out, one of Europe’s most beautiful cities.{ The small country of Holland gains importance in Europe, but regrettably as a result of its notorious slave trade.
WRITER: Dorothea Nölle DIRECTOR: Martin Carazo Mendez, Christel Fomm, Christian Twente PRESENTER: Annette Frier, Antonia de Rendinger CAMERA: Martin Christ, Michael Kern, Roland Breitschuh, Marc Riemer EDITOR:: Johannes H. Nakajima, Christoph Sagert MUSIC: Paul Rabiger NARRATOR: Simon Roden COMMISSIONING EDITOR: Olaf Grunert (ZDF/ARTE), Martin Pieper (ZDF/ARTE), Stefan Brauburger (ZDF/ZDFinfo)
