Season 1
S1 · E1 · May 3, 1984
Episode 1 Episode 1
S1 · E2 · May 10, 1984
Episode 2 Episode 2
S1 · E3 · May 17, 1984
Episode 3 Episode 3
S1 · E4 · May 24, 1984
Episode 4 Episode 4
S1 · E5 · May 31, 1984
Episode 5 Episode 5
S1 · E6 · Jun 7, 1984
Episode 6 Episode 6
6 episodes in Season 1
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The plan to build a large shipping canal between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea had been around for a long time. But it took a man with the drive of Ferdinand de Lesseps to make it happen.
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Cast
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Guy Marchand
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Known for
Les Sous-Doués En Vacances
Looking for Teddy
Horst Frank
Linant-Bey, engineer and minister of the Viceroy of Egypt
Known for
The Cat o' Nine Tails
Django, Prepare a Coffin
Armand Mestral
Napoléon III
Known for
Gervaise
Two Men in Town
Ricardo Palacios
Mohamed Saïd
Known for
Return of the Seven
Going Down in Morocco
Sophie Renoir
Hélène Bragard
Known for
Boyfriends and Girlfriends
A Good Marriage
Guy Verda
Cogolin
Known for
The Gendarme Gets Married
Maria Rosaria Omaggio
Eugénie de Montijo
Known for
Nightmare City
Wałesa: Man of Hope
Michel Beaune
Clot-Bey
Known for
The Professional
The Loner
Hugo Alarcon
Saïd child
No other roles listed
Bernard Cara
Father Enfantin
Also in
A Mouse with the Men
Vidocq
Michel Ruhl
Hoart
Known for
The Adventures of Tintin
Wild Reeds
Gabriel Cattand
Mimaut
Known for
The Outsider
The Story of O
Christian-Jaque Director · Jacques Robert Writer Pierre Gaspard-Huit Writer
Total runtime 6h 0m · Episode length 60 min · Type Miniseries
Show info
Premiered
May 3, 1984
Final episode
June 7, 1984
Status
Ended
Network
TF1
Country
France · Germany
Type
Miniseries
Episode length
60 min
Total runtime
6h 0m
Original language
French
Production
Germany · France
Produced in
Languages
Spoken on screen
French
Some details come from TheTVDB.