How does a tsunami occur, and where is man most at risk? What can we do to protect ourselves against the forces of nature? Can waves be stopped? In search of answers to these questions, Harald Lesch and Dirk Steffens set off on a fascinating fact-finding mission that takes them right across Europe.

WRITER: Tamar Baumgarten-Noort, Tobias Schultes     DIRECTOR: Stefan Schneider     CAMERA: Martin Christ, Michael Kern     EDITOR: Fabian Wienke      MUSIC: Ritchie Staringer     COMMISSIONING EDITOR: Christiane Götz-Sobel (ZDF)