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Telerop 2009 – Es ist noch was zu retten (1974)

Telerop 2009 – Es ist noch was zu retten poster
Genre
science fiction television series
Country
Germany
Length
1 season, 13 episodes
Elsewhere
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How it feels

This German science fiction series shows a damaged world in the year 2009. Pollution from the 1970s and 1980s has destroyed much of the natural environment. A television channel reports on life in this disaster zone.

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What happens

Telerop 2009 – Es ist noch was zu retten ("Telerop 2009: There is still something to be saved") is a German science fiction television series. It was created under the direction of Eberhard Itzenplitz and Michael Kehlmann and first aired on 10 July 1974 on ARD. The series portrays a dark future for 2009. As a result of environmental pollution during the 1970s and 1980s the natural environment is largely destroyed. For instance the use of pesticides killed off plants with only insects surviving, smog is a permanent problem, Germany partly turned to a steppe landscape and the share of oxygen in the air fell to 16%. Telerop is a television channel which reports from this disaster zone of Germany. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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