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The Salt Saga: White Gold of the Alps (2020)
TV Special | 52 min | Documentary, History

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The Salt Saga: White Gold of the Alps (2020)

TV Special | 52 min | Documentary, History

The "white gold" brought riches and wealth, technological innovation, migration, cultural exchange and early globalization, as early as 2,500 years ago. This ARTE documentary sheds some fascinating light on the history of the salt mine in ...See moreThe "white gold" brought riches and wealth, technological innovation, migration, cultural exchange and early globalization, as early as 2,500 years ago. This ARTE documentary sheds some fascinating light on the history of the salt mine in Hallstatt. The life of the prehistoric people is resurrected in this documentary with lavish reenactments and animations. Hallstatt in the Salzkammergut in Upper Austria is one of the world's oldest and best documented industrial regions. Today, Hallstatt is a World Heritage Site. Salt has been extracted here in huge dimensions for about 7,000 years. For more than a hundred years, the world renowned archaeological site in Hallstatt, that gave its name to a whole age in European history, the early Iron Age, has been at the center of the research carried out at the Natural History Museum in Vienna. The current focus of scientific research is on the cemetery, salt mining and the economic area. The prehistoric finds - preserved in the salt over thousands of years - have astonishing stories to tell. The saline springs in the Hallstatt mountain were discovered by Stone Age hunters that had been led there by the animals they had been tracking. Even 2,500 years ago, the people were indebted to the "white gold" for bringing them riches, wealth, technological innovation, migration, cultural exchange and early globalization. The history of salt mining in Hallstatt is brought to life again in a mixture of fiction and science, lavish reenactments and animations. Drone flights above the fascinating plateaus and the Lake Hallstatt, impressive reenactments of the underground mining activities and experimental archaeology. The docu-drama combines prehistoric history with today's top-notch modern research. See less

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Josef Peter Glanz Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Pirates of the Mediterranean - A Game of Greed and Power (2024)
Andrew Golder narrator in English version (voice) narrator in English version (voice) See fewer	Mystery of Neuschwanstein (2015)
Hans Reschreiter Self - Archaeologist, Natural History Museum Vienna Self - Archaeologist, Natural History Museum Vienna See fewer	Das Uhrwerk des Lebens (2022)
Bettina Arnold Self - Anthropologist, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Self - Anthropologist, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee See fewer	L'aventure humaine (1997)
Kerstin Kowarik Self - Environmental Archaeologist, Natural History Museum Vienna Self - Environmental Archaeologist, Natural History Museum Vienna See fewer	Terra Mater (2011)
Dirk Krausse Self - Archeologist of the state of Baden-Württemberg Self - Archeologist of the state of Baden-Württemberg See fewer	Landesschau (1957)
Doris Pany-Kucera Self - Anthropologist, Natural History Museum Vienna Self - Anthropologist, Natural History Museum Vienna See fewer	Terra Mater (2011)
Daniel Brandner Self - Interreg Project 'Virtual Arch', Natural History Museum Vienna Self - Interreg Project 'Virtual Arch', Natural History Museum Vienna See fewer	The Salt Saga: White Gold of the Alps (2020)
Flavio Anselmetti Self - Geologist, University of Bern Self - Geologist, University of Bern See fewer	MTW - Menschen Technik Wissenschaft (1975)
Fanny Krausz Actress Actress See fewer	Tatort (1970)
Maria Hofstätter Salzfürstin Salzfürstin See fewer	Paradise: Faith (2012)
Matthias Franz Stein Actor Actor See fewer	The Beheaded Rooster (2007)

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