You might think you were in Ireland, you might sense the vastness of Castile in Spain, but you’d never believe this was the heart of the Austrian Alps: the Nock Mountains are – geologically – Austria’s oldest landscape. For a hundred million years, the land around them has risen and fallen, while the mountains themselves hardly changed. The wide open spaces and the wealth of small natural wonders make you believe you’re not far from heaven’s door: wild rivers, endless woodland, lush mountain meadows, wildflowers and wild animals. A perfect territory, too, for creatures shrouded in mystery: the elusive stone marten, the mystic raven and the inquisitive European adder.
Writer and Director
Waltraud Paschinger
Principal Cinematography
Johannes Pötscher
Camera Assistant
Günter Schinnerl
Music
Erwin Kiennast
Narrator
Otto Clemens
Editor
Lukas Kogler
Foley Artist
Otgar Kunert
Dubbing Mixer
Christofer Frank
Colourist
Lee Niederkofler
Title Graphics
Simon Wendler
Archives
Patrick Centurioni
Dietmar Nill
Scientific Consultants
Peter Praschag, Florian Wollinger, Roland Zirbs
Animal Wrangler
Herbert Pecher
Falconer
Thomas Löscher,
Special Thanks to
Hans-Jörg Aschbacher, Mojca Aschbacher, Florian Bacher, Hermann Drießler
Herbert Dullnig, Georg Genser, Hans Peter Huber, Kristina Liegl
Mario Mayer, Sarah Oberwandling, Stefan Pirker, Heidelinde Purkrabek
Christoph Ritzinger, Stefan Schmölzer, Christian Spatzek, Karl Stinig
Selina Tuppinger, Elias Umundum, Markus Böheim, Annemarie Erlacher
Manfred Farthofer, Fam. Fraiß , Armin Gmeiner, Christoph Groppenberger
Georg Kirchner, Alexandra Herzog, Johannes Pachlinger
Kurt Penker, Otmar Penker, Josef Ploder, Fam. Purgstaller
Albert Rossmann, Gerald Zeiler, Maria Weber, Anton Schleiner
Dirk Ullrich - Alpenzoo Innsbruck, Klaus Feichtenberger
Land Kärnten – Tourismusreferat, Land Kärnten Nockalmstrasse
Koordination Biosphärenpark Nockberge: Dietmar Rossmann, Heinz Mayer
Production Manager
Alexandra Herzog
Executive Producer
Lukas Kogler
Producer ORF
Roman Landauer
Gabriele Wistawel
Commissioning Editor ORF
Franz Fuchs
Series Editor ORF
Andrew Solomon
Head of Specialist Factual ORF
Gerhard Klein
A PRODUCTION FROM DREID.AT IN COPRODUCTION WITH ORF UNIVERSUM
IN ASSOCIATION WITH ORF-ENTERPRISE
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