Occident Express

The year is 2006 - Russia and its billionaires promise riches and an auspicious future, for many the country has become the land of the rising sun, not least for German media czars and politicians. From Basel to the Mediterranean, from Berlin to Istanbul - and beyond. You live and learn, Jack Boulder realizes, but to which purpose? "One never really knows where a story has its beginning or when it's over and done with. This one was simple. It started on a Saturday." It tries to answer questions such as: Why is a Russian oligarch interested in reinventing the Berlin-Baghdad railroad of the late 19th century? Why is a leading German media entrepreneur and former East-German journalist deeply interested in the same topic? Is it dangerous to go long-distance biking in Turkey? Question after question. It begins with an accident in Greece, follows manhunts along dusty railroad tracks in the Middle East, and ends with a furniture truck in Switzerland.