Wild Russia
Wild Russia is a six-episode series of documentaries about the wilderness in Russia (original title in German: Wildes Russland) made by the German NDR Naturfilm/Studio Hamburg Doclights (executive producer: Jörn Röver) for NDR/WDR/S4C/Animal Planet and National Geographic in 2009.[1] The German version of NDR Blu-ray (also DVD) was narrated by Christian Brückner, and its English version was narrated by Clifford Wells. The National Geographic version was narrated by Paterson Joseph. It was re-edited and aired by Animal Planet in the United States,[2] narrated by Jason Hildebrandt.[3]
The cinematography of Wild Russia is notable—similar in scope and quality to the best BBC nature documentaries. The original version (which has both a German and an English soundtrack) and the National Geographic version are so different in content and layout that each can be viewed as a unique, separate show.
Episodes
The series (series producer: Henry M. Mix) consisted of six episodes.[4] The National Geographic version was aired in the following order:
- Siberia, director Tobias Mennle
- Kamchatka, director Christian Baumeister
- Arctic, director Uwe Anders
- Caucasus titled The Great Divide, director Tom Synnatzschke
- Primorye titled The Secret Forest, director Henry M. Mix
- Urals titled Primeval Valleys, director Oliver Goetzl
The Animal Planet version was aired in the following order:
The German NDR version was aired and arranged on DVD and Blu-ray discs in the following order:
- Caucasus titled The Caucasus (Der Kaukasus)
- Urals titled The Urals (Der Ural)
- Siberia (Sibirien)
- Arctic titled The Arctic (Die Arktis)
- Primorye titled The Far East (Der Ferne Osten)
- Kamchatka (Kamtschatka)
See also
- Wild Alaska
References
- ↑ Entry at IMDB
- ↑ "Wild Russia". Animal Planet. 30 May 2012.
- ↑ "Wild Russia". Animal Planet. 30 May 2012.
- ↑ Wild Russia TV Show in National Geographic TV
