Death and the Devil

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Peter Nestler
Peter Nestler

Narrator (voice)

Bernt Hahn
Bernt Hahn

Narrator (voice)

Ursula Illert
Ursula Illert

Narrator (voice)

Eric von Rosen
Eric von Rosen

Himself (archive footage)

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    Ethnologist and adventurer, Count Eric von Rosen was a man of contradictions: interested in the natives of Africa and colonial racism. Nestler embarks on a journey in search of his grandfather.

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    2009-02-22

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