影片讲述一个19世纪的巴西人,让庄园主的三个女儿都怀了孕后,被流放到西部非洲从事贩卖奴隶的勾当。他为了达到目的,跟当地人建立交情,甚至推翻了一个疯狂的君主,自立为王。几年过去了,他越来越有钱,也越来越大胆。
这部三集纪录片剧集聚焦拉丁美洲伤亡最为惨重的空难事故,调查其背后不为人知的故事和人为悲剧。
Based on the novel by Karel Capek, the prominent Czech writer of the early 20th century who coined the word robot for his play R.U.R., the story revolves around a discovery of Krakatit - a powerful explosive - by Prokop, an experimental scientist who, following an accidental explosion in his lab, slips in and out of delirium. When he realises that, in a delirious period, he has given the formula for making Krakatit to one of his colleagues, he tries to find the man, who does not realize how dangerous a thing Krakatit is. In the process, he nearly gives his discovery away again to foreign interests, a group of anarchists, and even greater forces of darkness...