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ARTE 2024 - 2 seasons 7 eps Returning series

Lakes - Sources of Life

2024 - 2 seasons 7 eps

Season 2

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Season 2

42 min

S2 · E1 · Nov 13, 2024

North Macedonia/Albania: Ohrid and Prespa – Europe’s oldest lake landscape Episode 1

Lake Ohrid is over 300 meters deep and covers more than 350 square kilometers between Macedonia, Albania and Greece. It is 1.4 million years old. Together with its smaller junior partner, Lake Prespa, which is located just 15 kilometers further east on the border between Macedonia and Greece, it forms Europe’s oldest lake landscape.

43 min

S2 · E2 · Nov 14, 2024

Republic of Ireland: Lough Corrib – Ireland’s Wild West Episode 2

Ireland’s largest freshwater lake – Lough Corrib – begins just behind Galway, European Capital of Culture 2020. It covers an area of 200 square kilometers. The largest lake in the Republic of Ireland. Its shores stretch over a length of 400 kilometers. That is more than any other lake in the British Isles. This is where Ireland’s Wild West begins. Sparsely populated, full of rich history and ecologically significant.

43 min

S2 · E3 · Nov 15, 2024

Sweden: Lake Mälaren – at the gates of the capital Episode 3

Sweden is famous for its lakes Vänern and Vättern, the two largest in the European Union. The country’s third largest lake, Lake Mälaren, is perhaps the most interesting. It was not until the 10th century that this former Baltic Sea bay was transformed into a lake with a vast surface area of 1,100 square kilometers and a depth of up to 66 meters. Water for 1.3 million people is drawn from it. Lake Mälaren lies on the outskirts of Stockholm and is partly part of the metropolitan area.

3 episodes in Season 2

They are thousands, sometimes even several million years old, or even man-made. They are of impressive beauty and home to hundreds of endemic plant and animal species: Europe’s great lakes. They provide a refuge for animals and humans, are of biological importance, of aesthetic beauty and rich in legendary myths. But these wonderful water worlds are in danger, even though their discovery has often only just begun. Pollution from sewage and waste, overfishing, illegal development. The series captivates with impressive images of nature and shows what solutions are available to preserve these water paradises.

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Cast

1 person

Roman Rossa

Self - Narrator (voice)

Also in

Krista

Die Spur meiner Tochter

Sebastian Saam Creator · Susanna Salonen Cinematographer · Ralf Ilgenfritz Cinematographer

Creator Director

Sebastian Saam

Cinematographer

Susanna Salonen

Cinematographer

Ralf Ilgenfritz

Editor

Calle Overweg

Total runtime 4h 54m · Episode length 42 min · Type Documentary

Show info

Premiered

February 12, 2024

Latest episode

November 15, 2024

Status

Returning series

Network

ARTE

Country

Germany

Type

Documentary

Episode length

42 min

Total runtime

4h 54m

Original language

German

Production

H

Hanfgarn & Ufer Filmproduktion

Production

Germany

Produced in

Languages

Original title

Stille Wasser

Spoken on screen

English · Finnish · German · Greek · Hungarian · Portuguese · Swedish · Turkish

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