The Human Adventure (TV series)

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The Human Adventure
L'Aventure humaine (ARTE).jpg
Also known asAbenteuer Arte
French L'Aventure humaine
Genre Documentary
Directed byVarious
Presented byVarious
Country of originFrance
Original languageFrench
Production
Running time52 or 90 minutes [1]
Release
Original network Arte
Original release4 January 1997 (1997-01-04) –
present

The Human Adventure (French : L'Aventure humaine; German : Abenteuer Arte) is a collection of French television documentaries about the distant cultures and worldwide historical sites. [2] [3] The first documentary aired on 4 January 1997 on the Franco-German TV channel Arte. [4] In coproduction with Arte France and Trans Europe Film, in collaboration with Éditions Gallimard, the programme inaugurated the adaptation of the collection "Découvertes Gallimard" in the same year, telecast on Saturday evening at 8:45. [5] Selected documentaries are available in English, for instance, Alexandrie la magnifique and The Mummies of Taklamakan. [6] [7]

Contents

Synopsis

These documentaries use reenactments to tell the stories of past civilisations, looking for traces of ancient history of mankind and the scientific, technical and artistic discoveries that have shaped human history. Key players, periods and events in history are used to figure in the stories, from Maya empire, Mesopotamia to the exploration of Africa, from Ancient Egypt to the Taklamakan mummies, from Leonardo da Vinci, Louis the Sun King, Frederick the Great to Jean-François Champollion, etc., the series explores our planet, recounting mankind's achievements, development, lifestyles and religions. It also occasionally follows some spectacular scientific expeditions. [1] [8]

Home video

The Human Adventure has been released on VHS and DVD by Arte Vidéo since 2002. [9] [10] The DVD edition features an English audio track. [11]

List of documentaries

DocumentaryDirectorRelease yearRunning time
La Route de millions d'annéesPatrice Cazes199752 minutes
Once Upon a Time in Mesopotamia Jean-Claude Lubtchansky 199852 minutes
Quand le Japon s’ouvrit au monde  [ fr ]Jean-Claude Lubtchansky199852 minutes
Alexandrie la magnifique Thierry Ragobert  [ fr ]199852 minutes
Galilée, le messager des étoiles  [ fr ]Jean-Claude Lubtchansky199952 minutes
On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa Jean-Claude Lubtchansky199952 minutes
L'énigme des NascasThierry Ragobert199952 minutes
Les momies du peuple des nuagesAmy Bucher199952 minutes
Les momies d'animauxSerge Tignères, Alain Zenou199913 minutes
Les cités perdues des Mayas Jean-Claude Lubtchansky200052 minutes
Champollion: A Scribe for Egypt Jean-Claude Lubtchansky200052 minutes
Les derniers jours de ZeugmaThierry Ragobert200052 minutes
L'Empire des nombres Philippe Truffault200153 minutes
Leonardo da Vinci: The Mind of the Renaissance Jean-Claude Lubtchansky200152 minutes
La Terre des Peaux-Rouges  [ fr ]Jean-Claude Lubtchansky200152 minutes
Le voyage de CharlieStéphane Bégoin200152 minutes
Angkor, la forêt de pierre Jean-Claude Lubtchansky200252 minutes
Darwin et la science de l'évolution Valérie Winckler200252 minutes
La mémoire perdue de l'île de PâquesThierry Ragobert200252 minutes
Un corsaire sous la merJérôme Julienne200252 minutes
Les Étrusques : Un voyage interrompuBernard George200252 minutes
Karakoum, la civilisation des oasisMarc Jampolsky200252 minutes
Une passion révélée : Edward Curtis, photographeAnne Makepeace200252 minutes
Le secret des Incas
(orig. title: Secrets of the Incas)		 David Malone 2002
(orig. rel. year: 2000)		52 minutes
Les Destins d'AlexandrieThierry Ragobert200258 minutes
In Search of the Nile Stéphane Bégoin200352 minutes
The Mummies of TaklamakanOlivier Horn200352 minutes
Les momies du désertSerge Tignères, Alain Zenou200313 minutes
Sur la trace des CeltesMarc Jampolsky200352 minutes
Hammamet, au temps des RomainsSerge Viallet200352 minutes
Lascaux, le ciel des premiers hommesStéphane Bégoin, Vincent Tardieu200751 minutes
Les Rois Mages, sur les traces du mytheStéphane Bégoin200852 minutes
Quand les Égyptiens naviguaient sur la Mer RougeStéphane Bégoin200993 minutes
1755, la Terre tremble à LisbonneMartin Papirovski, Heike Nelsen-Minkenberg200952 minutes
Le mystère de l'oiseau blanc Louis-Pascal Couvelaire  [ fr ]201052 minutes
À la poursuite du diamant bleuStéphane Bégoin, Thierry Piantanida201152 minutes
Volcans d'Islande, et demain ?Bertrand Loyer201155 minutes
Honoré Fragonard, la passion de l'anatomieJacques Donjean, Olivier Horn201152 minutes
Au bonheur des dames : L'invention du grand magasinSally Aitken, Christine Le Goff201190 minutes
Au nom d'Athènes  [ fr ]Fabrice Hourlier20112×52 minutes
Le Destin de Rome  [ fr ]Fabrice Hourlier20112×52 minutes
David et la mort de Marat : Un peintre en Révolution Martin Fraudreau  [ fr ]201152 minutes
Marie Curie, au-delà du mythe Michel Vuillermet 201152 minutes
Nom de code : Poilus d'AlaskaMarc Jampolsky201190 minutes
Vivement le cinéma Jérôme Prieur  [ fr ]201152 minutes
Le mystère des momies coptes d'Antinoé Jackie Bastide  [ fr ]201252 minutes
Les rois guerriers de SibérieBenoît Ségur201252 minutes
La Ruée vers l'os Jacques Mitsch  [ fr ]201252 minutes
Vauban : La sueur épargne le sangPascal Cuissot201285 minutes
1783, le premier vol de l'hommeStéphane Bégoin201354 minutes
U455, le sous-marin disparuStéphane Bégoin201352 minutes
The Bones of the BuddhaSteven Clarke201352 minutes
Naachtun, la cité maya oubliéeStéphane Bégoin201690 minutes
Les aventures de Robert Fortune, ou comment le thé fut volé aux ChinoisJérôme Scemla201693 minutes
Van Gogh, l'énigme de l'oreille coupéeJack MacInnes201790 minutes
Tokyo, cataclysmes et renaissanceOlivier Julien201790 minutes
Les paradis perdus d'AmazonieAngus MacQueen201783 minutes
Une ère nouvelle : La Renaissance (1re partie)Martin Papirowski201755 minutes
Une ère nouvelle : La Renaissance (2e partie)Martin Papirowski201755 minutes
Maximilien d'Autriche : Amour et pouvoir à la RenaissanceManfred Corrine201751 minutes
Un jour au Royaume-UniRoland Theron, Timothé Janssen201790 minutes
Un âge de fer – La guerre de Trente Ans : Chaos (1618-1621) Philippe Bérenger  [ fr ], Henrike Sandner201852 minutes
Un âge de fer – La guerre de Trente Ans : Dieu (1626-1630)Philippe Bérenger, Henrike Sandner201852 minutes
Un âge de fer – La guerre de Trente Ans : Pouvoir (1630-1632)Philippe Bérenger, Henrike Sandner201852 minutes
Le labyrinthe secret de Namoroka Jean-Michel Corillion  [ fr ]201890 minutes

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