The myth of eastern Europe. What moves people in this part of the world? Matthias Fornoff, his team and ZDF correspondents take a look at moods and developments in the different countries from the Varna on the Black Sea to St. Petersburg. The first part of the political journey takes us through Ukraine, Romania and Moldavia, while part two focuses on Poland, Lithuania and Russia.

WRITER & DIRECTOR: Silke Gondolf, Stephan Kühnrich     CAMERA: Thorsten Thielow, Florian Bentele     EDITOR: Ramin Sabeti     SOUND: Axel Lischke    COMMISSIONING EDITOR: Paul Amberg (ZDF), Claudia Ruete (ZDF)