The history of the European peasantry, which has undergone many upheavals over the centuries: from its rise in the Middle Ages after the fall of the Roman Empire, through the oppression of the nobility and the Church, to the struggles for freedom and modernization in the present era.
- Status
- Ended
- Production
- ARTE, Les Films d'Ici
Keywords
- agriculture
- european history
- social & cultural documentary
- rural
- rural life
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Top Cast
Catherine Ringer as Self - Narrator (voice)
Miklós Attila Szőcs Boruss as Self - Farmer
Massimo Montanari as Self - Historian
Chris Wickham as Self - Historian
Edith Peytremann as Self - Archaeologist
Sheilagh Ogilvie as Self - Historian
Jean-Pierre Devroey as Self - Historian
Morgan Ody as Self - Farmer
Top Crew
Stan Neumann · Creator
Dominique Pifarély · Composer
Ned Burgess · Cinematographer
Katell Djian · Cinematographer
Louise Decelle · Editor
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