30年战争 Age of Iron
帝国军队一直都所向披靡，但自从瑞典参与战争后，局势就被改变。在瑞典国王古斯塔夫·阿道夫带领下，瑞典军队比由华伦斯坦的帝国军队更强，瑞典将皇帝的城市一个接一个攻下来。1632年，瑞典与法国联手，几乎将天主教帝国军队彻底击溃。
1632年秋天，两支对立的军队向相反方向进军。瑞典国王古斯塔夫·阿道夫从德国南部计划袭击维也纳的皇宫。而华伦斯坦则攻击转与瑞典结盟的撒克逊人。他的目标是截断瑞典军队与波罗的海及家乡之间的道路。经历战事失利的海因力·霍尔克转投华伦斯坦的一方，在吕岑奋战瑞典军队。这场战争中，双方都伤亡惨重，无法分出胜负。瑞典国王古斯塔夫·阿道夫及帝国军队指挥官巴本汉将军在吕岑战死。除了可怕的战争外，饥荒及瘟疫亦非常严重。德国南部的酒馆亦完全无客人到访，直至路德教派的瑞典军队抵达比伯拉赫，情况才有所好转。
彼得·哈根道夫这时亦在德国南部驻扎，军营中瘟疫横行，他与军医一同照顾伤兵。至于他的妻子及所有孩子都已经离世，令他不禁问自己为何而战，但他根本别无选择。
双语广播：
粤语/英语 (电视版)
播放频道：
港台电视 31、31A
播出时间：
(首播)
(重温)
2020年5月26日 星期二 晚上9时30分
2020年5月27日 星期三 凌晨12时
2020年5月27日 星期三 中午12时
For a long time, the triumph of the Imperial army seemed inevitable. Sweden’s intervention, however, fundamentally changed the situation. With their king, Gustavus Adolphus, they were more than a match for the Imperial forces led by General Wallenstein. City by city, the Swedes snatched territory from the emperor. In 1632, Sweden, supported by France, brought the Catholic armies to the brink of complete defeat.
In autumn 1632, the two opposing armies march in different directions. The Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus plans to launch an attack on the Imperial palace in Vienna from southern Germany. Wallenstein, on the other hand, turns on the Saxons who are allied with Sweden. In this way, he aims to cut off the Swedish forces' vital connection to the Baltic and thus their homeland. Heinrich von Holck, who switched sides after the last defeat, is now fighting on Wallenstein's side against the Swedes in Lützen. Although neither army emerges victorious from the battle, both suffer severe losses. King Gustavus Adolphus loses his life in Lützen, as does the commander of the Imperial army, Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim.
Apart from the horrors of war, famine and pestilence are also rife. Barbara Xeller, who runs a tavern in the southern German town of Biberach, knows this only too well – she has no customers. The tide turns for her with the arrival of the Lutheran Swedish troops in Biberach: these are welcome guests with full pockets.
Peter Hagendorf is also stationed in southern Germany at this time. The soldiers' camp is riddled with plague. By now, he is caring for wounded soldiers along with the medic, Melchior Bordt, to whom he owes his life after the Sack of Magdeburg. Anna Stadler, his wife, has died, along with all the children that she bore him. Embittered, he wonders what he is fighting for and why, but for him there is no alternative.
Bilingual:
Cantonese/ English (TV Version)
Channel:
RTHK 31 & 31A
Time:
(First run)
(Re-run)
2020.5.26 Tue 9:30pm
2020.5.27 Wed 12:00am
2020.5.27 Wed 12:00pm
