On the Rails of the Double Headed Eagle (2014)
On the Rails of the Double Headed Eagle (2014)
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Plot.
The railway age in the Austrian Empire began with the construction of the horse-drawn railway from Linz to Budweis. Plans soon followed to connect the imperial capital of Vienna with the iron and coal deposits in northern Moravia and with the port city of Trieste. In 1837 the Kaiser Ferdinands Nordbahn was opened, in 1857 the Semmeringbahn planned by Karl Ritter von Ghega, overcoming one of the most difficult obstacles on the way to the Adriatic. The crossing of the Alps by train, such as over the Arlberg or the Brenner, is still considered a unique engineering masterpiece. The expansion of the railway network brought epochal changes. Goods and people circulated on an unprecedented scale – life accelerated. It had succeeded in connecting the northern crown lands such as Silesia or Bohemia and Moravia with Carinthia, Tyrol or the coastal region.
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Cast & Crew.

Björn Kölz
Creator / Director / Writer / Editor

Gernot Stadler
Creator / Writer / Director / Editor / Camera Operator

Manfred Plessl
Music

Vanessa Thun-Hohenstein
Actress

Christian Toulali
Actor

Volker Gläser
Camera Operator

Ingemar Arnold
Camera Operator

Bernd Pfingstmann
Camera Operator

Dieter Frank
Camera Operator

Heli Sommer
Camera Operator
Details.
Release DateMay 28, 2014
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes5
Running Time4h 19m
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
monarchy
railway
austria-hungary