Afghanistan: The Wounded Land Das Königreich (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 53 min | Documentary, History

Afghanistan: The Wounded Land

Das Königreich (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 53 min | Documentary, History

In the 1960s, Afghanistan was divided between a westernised elite and a traditional, largely poor majority of the population. A communist revolution set these contradictions on fire.

Directors

Mayte Carrasco | Marcel Mettelsiefen

Writers

Mayte Carrasco | Marcel Mettelsiefen | Lucio Mollica (co-writer)

Producers

Gunnar Dedio | Christin Schutta

Composers

Christopher Bremus | Michael Kadelbach

Cinematographers

Mikhail Galustov | Jörg Junge | Marcel Mettelsiefen | Max Preiss

Editors

Stephen Ellis | Philipp Gromov | Annette Muff | Catrin Vogt

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Edit Released

Updated Apr 7, 2020

Release date

Apr 7, 2020 (Germany)

Awards

Series awards

2 wins & 4 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
28 cast members

Name	Known for
Nadja Berlinghoff Self - Narrator (voice) (version: German) (as Nadja Schulz-Berlinghoff) Self - Narrator (voice) (version: German) (as Nadja Schulz-Berlinghoff) See fewer	Sugar Orange (2004)
Khaled Hosseini Self - Narrator (voice) (version: English) Self - Narrator (voice) (version: English) See fewer	The Kite Runner (2007)
Homayun Assefi Self - Member of the Afghan Royal Family Self - Member of the Afghan Royal Family See fewer	Afghanistan: The Wounded Land (2020)
Sima Samar Self - Women's Rights Activist Self - Women's Rights Activist See fewer	Afghanistan: The Wounded Land (2020)
Masood Khalili Self - Poet Self - Poet See fewer	Afghanistan: The Wounded Land (2020)
Shukria Barakzai Self - Politician Self - Politician See fewer	I Want My Country Back (2021)
Hashmat Ghani Ahmadzai Self - Entrepreneur and Tribal Chief (as Hashmat Ghani) Self - Entrepreneur and Tribal Chief (as Hashmat Ghani) See fewer	Afghanistan: The Wounded Land (2020)
Zohra Yusuf Self - Miss Afghanistan 1972 / Belonged to Kabul Elite / Media Advisor to the Afghan First Lady (as Zohra Yousouf) Self - Miss Afghanistan 1972 / Belonged to Kabul Elite / Media Advisor to the Afghan First Lady (as Zohra Yousouf) See fewer	I Want My Country Back (2021)
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar Self - Islamist Leader Self - Islamist Leader See fewer	Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror (2021)
Farid Mazdak Self - Communist Activist Self - Communist Activist See fewer	Afghanistan: The Wounded Land (2020)
Valeriy Vostrotin Self - Lieutenant of the Soviet Army Self - Lieutenant of the Soviet Army See fewer	Black Shark (1993)
Hafizullah Amin Self - Prime Minister of Afghanistan, 1978 (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister of Afghanistan, 1978 (archive footage) See fewer
Wenzel Banneyer Self - Additional Narrator (voice) Self - Additional Narrator (voice) See fewer	Silent Storm (2001)
Queen Homairah Begum Self - Queen Consort of Afghanistan (archive footage) Self - Queen Consort of Afghanistan (archive footage) See fewer	Gekrönte Häupter (1967)
Gabriele Blum Self - Additional Narrator (voice) Self - Additional Narrator (voice) See fewer	Love Songs for Scumbags (2011)
Leonid Brezhnev Self - General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (archive footage) Self - General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (archive footage) See fewer	O Sport, You Are Peace! (1981)
Sven Brieger Self - Additional Narrator (voice) Self - Additional Narrator (voice) See fewer	Bloodshot (2020)
Khan Mohammed Daoud Self - President of Afghanistan, 1973 (archive footage) (as Mohammed Daoud Khan) Self - President of Afghanistan, 1973 (archive footage) (as Mohammed Daoud Khan) See fewer	Afghanistan, (1961)
Thomas Dehler Self - Additional Narrator (voice) Self - Additional Narrator (voice) See fewer	Tatort (1970)
Nikita Khrushchev Self - Premier of the Soviet Union (archive footage) Self - Premier of the Soviet Union (archive footage) See fewer	Interview mit Berlin (1959)
Oda Pretschner Self - Additional Narrator (voice) (as Oda Pretzschner) Self - Additional Narrator (voice) (as Oda Pretzschner) See fewer	Wolff's Turf (1992)
Queen Elizabeth II Self - Queen of the United Kingdom (archive footage) Self - Queen of the United Kingdom (archive footage) See fewer	Civilisation (1969)
Erich Räuker Self - Additional Narrator (voice) Self - Additional Narrator (voice) See fewer	Bloodshot (2020)
Angela Scherz Self - Additional Narrator (voice) Self - Additional Narrator (voice) See fewer	So Long Daddy, See You in Hell (2022)
Joachim Schönfeld Self - Additional Narrator (voice) Self - Additional Narrator (voice) See fewer	Æon Flux (2005)
King Mohammed Zahir Shah Self - King of Afghanistan, 1933-1973 (archive footage) (as Mohammed Zahir Shah) Self - King of Afghanistan, 1933-1973 (archive footage) (as Mohammed Zahir Shah) See fewer	Gekrönte Häupter (1967)
Nur Muhammed Taraki Self - President of Afghanistan, 1978 (archive footage) Self - President of Afghanistan, 1978 (archive footage) See fewer	In the Shadow of the Caravans (1979)
Hans Henrik Wöhler Self - Additional Narrator (voice) (as Hans Henrik-Wöhler) Self - Additional Narrator (voice) (as Hans Henrik-Wöhler) See fewer	Zwischen uns steht ein Salat (2017)