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- A half century of history in the Balkans is dramatized in this 4 part miniseries of 360 minutes total duration. Episode 1 takes us from the 1890s to 1914. In 1892, the Ottoman Empire is being threatened by patriotic nationalists. In Goricka, the lord of the region celebrates the birth of his heir, Zufikar, receiving the name of the prestigious family's founder. The boy is brought up regally, and graduates from the University of Salonika (at the time Turkish). There he befriends a young Greeek, Takis. Zufikar then returns home, where he again meets Esma, the mill owner's daughter, a childhood acquaintance. Passion erupts between "Z" and Esma. Disagreeing over Esma's sense of virtue, "Z" leaves her without knowing she is carrying his child. Alone and abandoned, Esma marries the coach driver Mustafa, to avoid the disgrace of being a single mother. "Z", in an attempt to forget Esma marries Myriam, a Jewish refugee from Salonika In Episode 2, World War II erupts in the Balkans, then extends all over Europe. In the Balkans however, War continues until the early 20's, when Turkey definitely loses its European territories, and Albania, Yugoslavia and a new larger Greece are all created, including Salonika whose Turkish (Muslim) population is resettled in Turkey proper. Now in Albania (and in Episode 3), "Z", a follower of Zog, the Prime Minister, is elected Deputy of Albania. Esma and Hikmet live near him. "Z" and his son (with Esma) still don't know about their bond. Meanwhile, Suleyman decides to live in Goricka, with Hikmet. Years pass and Zog proclaims himself King of Albania, while young Rasit becomes an active communist. In Goricka, Suleyman marries Pembé, Hikmet's daughter. Then in 1939, Mussolini invades Albania and "Z" is arrested for refusing to collaborate with the Fascist occupation. Rasit again joins other communists and partisans in the underground struggle against the Fascist Italians and Germans. Then in 1940, certain of an easy victory, Italy attacks Greece. This leads us on to Episode 4 which covers 1943 to 1950. In Albania, "Z" and Esma have gone underground. Hikmet is killed, while Suleyman and his young daughter are deported to a German camp. In Goricka, Pembé -persuaded she would never again see her husband and daughter, falls in love with Dimitri, a young partisan with whom she shares a passionate relationship. Escaping from the Germans, "Z" finds refuge with a former mistress. But, for his refusal to her advances, she betrays him revealing the whereabouts of the refugees to the enemy. When "Z" comes back to Bilisté, he finds devastation. Additionally, communists have seized power in Albania and "Z"'s lands and holdings have all been confiscated. He himself is sent away to "Re-education" in a collective farm. Suleyman makes it back to Goricka to discover the fate of his family members. Soviet-supported communism takes hold of all the Balkans, not counting Greece which rid itself of communist threats after a bloody civil war.
- Avant 1923, le Tibet était représenté sur les cartes par une tache blanche. Alexandra David-Néel sera la première à dessiner cette face cachée du monde. Alexandra David-Néel fut la première Occidentale à entrer à Lhassa, la ville interdite. Cet exploit la rendit mondialement célèbre. Dès son plus jeune âge, Alexandra David-Néel multiplie les fugues et en tire très vite ses premiers enseignements : il faut se libérer du corps et apprendre à le maîtriser. À 43 ans, Alexandra David-Néel embarque pour un voyage en Inde de quelques semaines qui durera en réalité quatorze ans. En 1912, elle escalade les Himalayas et parvient à rencontrer le treizième Dalaï-Lama, puis elle séjourne dans un ermitage où elle mène une vie d'ascète. En 1924, à l'âge de 56 ans, elle est la première Occidentale à pénétrer dans la cité interdite de Lhassa. Alexandra David-Néel ne posera définitivement ses malles qu'à l'âge de 78 ans à Digne dans le sude de la France. Cest là quelle rencontrera celle qui deviendra sa dernière amie, secrétaire et confidente Marie-Madeleine et qui pendant 11 ans au service de lexploratrice a connu les mille et une facettes de ce personnage maintenant mythique. Ce film est une biographie vivante, puisquil suit Marie Madeleine alors quelle entreprend un voyage au Sikkim afin de restituer à un temple une statuette sacrée qui avait été offerte à Alexandra David-Néel par le maharajah de lépoque. A travers le témoignage pittoresque et touchant de celle qui a consacré sa vie à sa mémoire et qui repart sur ses traces, vivez l'histoire de cette exploratrice hors du commun, morte à 101 ans, juste après avoir fait renouveler son passeport.
- The ancient holy and rich islamic city, Chinguetti, has been threatened by the Sahara for millenniums. It is in danger of becoming a ghost town, buried beneath the sand which has already begun to cover the old town... Maybe it is not too late to rescue it...
- 1989–19921h 25mTV Episode