Things are looking up for Europe; all signs point to progress and growth. But developments occur so quickly that they throw many people off course. Dissatisfaction and unrest are the result. And a burgeoning national sentiment eventually drives the Europeans to the trenches, and World War One destroys the old political order.
WRITER: Christel Fomm DIRECTOR: Martin Carazo Mendez, Christian Twente PRESENTER: Annette Frier, Antonia de Rendinger CAMERA: Martin Christ, Michael Kern, Roland Breitschuh, Marc Riemer EDITOR: : Igor Garbuzenko, Christoph Sagert MUSIC: Claudius Brüse NARRATOR: Simon Roden COMMISSIONING EDITOR: Olaf Grunert (ZDF/ARTE), Martin Pieper (ZDF/ARTE), Stefan Brauburger (ZDF/ZDFinfo)