Every season of Die Deutschen ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of Die Deutschen!

Otto and the Empire

Heinrich and the Pope

Barbarossa and the Lion

Luther and the Nation

Wallenstein and the War

Frederick the Great and the Empress

Napoleon and the Germans

Robert Blum and the Revolution

Bismarck and the German Empire

Wilhelm and the World

Charlemagne and the Saxons

Frederick II. and the Crusade

Hildegard of Bingen and the Power of Women

Charles IV. and the Black Death

Thomas Müntzer and the Peasants' War

Augustus the Strong and Love

Karl Marx and the Class Struggle

Ludwig II. and the Bavarians

Rosa Luxemburg and Freedom

Gustav Stresemann and the Republic

Die Deutschen is a German television documentary produced for ZDF that first aired from October to November 2008. Each episode recounts a selected epoch of German history, beginning with the reign of Otto the Great and ending with the collapse of the German Empire at the end of the First World War. In November 2010 the second season of Die Deutschen was published in German television, beginning with Charlemagne, the Frankish King, and ending with Gustav Stresemann, the Chancellor and Foreign Minister during the Weimar Republic.

Historical events are recreated through a combination of live action scenes and computer generated animations. The series was filmed at over 200 different locations in Germany, Malta, and Romania at a cost of approximately €500,000 per episode.

The Best Seasons of Die Deutschen

The Best Seasons of Die Deutschen

Season 1

Season 2