ORF-E 
English
1 x 52 min
Worldwide except for Germany, France, UK, Ireland, Sweden, USA and Australia

This film features Ireland’s wild wonders – from breaching Humpback Whales off its southern shores, to Golden Eagles fighting the gales of the northern highlands, to the majestic Salmon returning from the Arctic to face upriver into the purest freshwaters in Europe and a murderous gauntlet of waterfalls and fishermen. From the Red Squirrels and Pine Martens battling back from the edge of extinction to the marvelous spring dance of mad March Hares; to the clash of Ireland’s last Red Deer stags echoing through the mountains of Kerry. Ireland’s diversity, too is legendary: one hour from the highland glories of Connemara and the finest Sea Trout rivers on Earth is the limestone desert of the Burren where Iron Age hill forts are inhabited only by Stoats and Ravens or a passing Sea Eagle. In the Shannon lives one of the most mysterious animals on the planet – the European Eel, spending perhaps 40 years maturing before they head Downstream and into the inky blackness of the Atlantic.

Awards: Grierson Awards (2017): Best Natural History Documentary (won)

这部电影以爱尔兰从未被记录的野生奇观为特色——从南部海岸的座头鲸，到西海岸的海雀和曼克斯海鸥，它们迎着大风在礁石上养育幼崽，比如思卡尔里格岛。爱尔兰的海岸是灰海豹的天堂，而在内陆，大山里发情的鹿群和欧洲其他地方的鹿一样令人印象深刻。茶隼在爱尔兰石漠巴伦的一座荒废的修道院里狩猎。姥鲨、海豚、松鼠、长耳蝙蝠，无论海里还是岸上，每一个拐弯处都有新的东西。雄壮的鲑鱼从北极归来，顺流而上，进入欧洲最纯净的淡水水域——并勇敢地面对瀑布和渔民们凶残的挑战。大天鹅在冰岛度过夏季后，飞回爱尔兰的温暖湖泊过冬；在多尼哥，金雕与北部高地的狂风搏斗，在陡峭的悬崖边养育幼鹰。