Druids: The Mystery of Celtic Priests

Overview

Druids have existed far longer than hitherto assumed, since the 4th century BC. Their traces are found all over middle Europe: from the northern Balkans to Ireland. Their cultural achievements were equal in almost every way to those of the Romans and Greeks: They could read and write and spoke Greek and Latin - for centuries, they were the powerful elite of their culture. Only one single Druid is known by name to history: Diviciacos - an aristocrat of the Aedui and personal friend of Julius Caesar. Diviciacos was a politician, a judge and a diplomat, but he lived at a time when the Celtic lands of Gaul were conquered by the Romans. Greek and Roman contemporaries distrusted the actions of this forbear of the famous comic book druid Getafix: They imagined him in bloody rituals in somber woods.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 5, 2021

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

Germany

Production

ZDF

Director

Manfred Uhlig

Writer

Manfred Uhlig

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt14840138