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Ritter, Schmiede, Edelfrauen - Kärntens Burgen einst und jetzt

Jun 5, 2017

0h 52m

★ 0.0

Overview

How was a castle built in the Middle Ages? With which tools, which technology? Answers to these exciting questions can be found in Friesach in Austria's southernmost province of Carinthia.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

GS Film

3sat

ORF

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Gernot Stadler

Self - Historian

Wilhelm Deuer

Self - Archaeologist

Heimo Dolenz

Self - Project Manager Castle Construction Site Friesach

Gerald Krenn

Self - Castle Stein

Johannes Orsini-Rosenberg

Self - Historian

Susanne Ruhdorfer

Self - Falconer

Franz Schüttelkopf

Self - Episcopal Vicar

Gerfried Sitar

Self - Castle Grades

Constantin Staus-Rausch

Self - Archaeologist

Georg Tiefengraber

Self - Castle Hochosterwitz

Karl von Khevenhüller-Metsch

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