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2016 ⭐ 6.8 4 Seasons 52 Eps English Web Series

Genre: Documentary

Director: Pierre Lergenmüller, Jean Mach

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Butterfly Effect — Storyline

Our History is no more than a series of incredible events. From the birth of a thousand-year-old empire to the death of a flourishing civilization, from the creative genius of a handful of men to a worldwide cultural revolution, the most infinitesimal of our decisions can influence the future of humanity. Every episode guides us to revisit a key event, a crossroads in our History where the world swings one way or the other. With spectacular reconstructions created by 3D modeling specialists, every story is told in sequences, which gives new perspective for today.

Cast & Crew

  • Created by: Pierre Lergenmüller, Jean Mach

Butterfly Effect — Series Details

First Air Date 2016-10-02
Seasons 4
Episodes 52
Genre Documentary
Language English
Network ARTE
Status Ended
Rating 6.8/10 (8 votes)

Butterfly Effect — Episode Guide

Season 1

  • E1: Bouvines, France in danger (2016-10-02) — A series of battles in France had an impact on modern day Europe and the fates of three countries down to our modern century. What might have happened if Richard the Lionheart had
  • E2: Genghis Khan: The Empire of the Steppes (2016-10-09) — How did the events of his childhood shape the man who would become Genghis Khan? What impact did the Mongol invasions have on the history of Asia and on the psyche of Europe?
  • E3: Alexander Becomes Great (2016-10-16) — What if Alexander had not died at the age of 32? What if he had listened to advisors and returned to Macedonia instead of going on his worldwide conquest? How does the legacy of id
  • E4: Sekigahara, the battle of Samurai (2016-10-23) — The shape of Japan's internal politics and the country's response to external influences for centuries can be traced back to the choices of two warlords and a decisive battle. What
  • E5: Darwin discovering the world (2016-10-30) — Picture the last two hundred years without the publication of Darwin's "On The Origin of Species" — how might the scientific conversation have developed? What were the influences
  • E6: Chernobyl, a reactor out of control (2016-11-06) — The decisions of only a handful of individuals determined the course of the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl. What transpired over a few hours would have an impact on the local commun
  • E7: A bus for Martin Luther King (2016-11-13) — What would the Civil Rights movement in the USA have been like if Martin Luther King Jr. had not been motivating change? How does the legacy of the American Civil War still affect
  • E8: Confucius and Chinese thought (2016-11-20) — The choices that Kong Qui known in the West as Confucius made during his career as a civil servant and administrator influenced an entire civilization. What if Kong Qui had been as
  • E9: Andrinople, Rome vs Barbarians (2016-11-27) — The untimely death of the Roman Emperor of the Western Empire and the poor decisions of the Roman Emperor of the Eastern Empire change the fortunes of the Roman Army in their battl
  • E10: Einstein and the Manhattan Project (2016-12-04) — A famous scientist wrote the President of the United States and the face of war and our world was changed forever. How and why did humanity develop a weapon capable of almost total
  • E11: Rock, freedom and decibels (2016-12-11) — Elvis Presley paid $4 to record two songs for his mother and the rest as they say is history. But without Elvis would rock and roll have gone the same route? And how have the many
  • E12: Space Conquest, a little trip to the moon (2016-12-18) — What is the future of the human presence in space? How might things be different if there had not been a Cold War and a Space Race? What does humanity gain by venturing into our so
  • E13: The Internet, the origins of the web (2016-12-25) — What if the source codes for the internet had remained with the US military rather than being released to the world? How did our lives of unfettered internet access become a realit

Season 2

  • E1: Dunkirk, resist at all costs (2017-10-08) — The dramatic story of the defense of France against Hitler's invading army in order to enable the desperate evacuation of over 300K men of the British Expeditionary Force and Allie
  • E2: Aral, a sea for cotton (2017-10-15) — The former Soviet Union collectivized many aspects of agricultural and industrial development in the 1950's. While some efforts were successful others like the cotton-growing aroun
  • E3: Cuba, nuclear standoff (2017-10-22) — The Cuban Missile Crisis was one of the defining moments of the mid-twentieth century and of the presidency of John Kennedy. How did the two Cold War powers of the USSR and the USA
  • E4: Constantinople, from an empire to another (2017-10-29) — Constantinople was a part of the Roman Empire then became the seat of the Byzantine Empire and then was the imperial city of the Ottoman Empire. Here is the story of the fabled cit
  • E5: Cortés, in the heart of Aztec empire (2017-11-05) — The encounter between the conquistador and opportunist Hernan Cortés and the indigenous peoples of Central America is one of history's tragic tales of greed conflict imperial weakn
  • E6: The Gold Rush, for a fistful of nuggets (2017-11-12) — Timing is everything just look at what happened in 1848. How did the finding of gold in Sutter's Mill make an impact on the development of California and the history of the United
  • E7: Black Death, the invisible enemy (2017-12-03) — A disease that developed and killed within a few days decimates Europe and changes the course of history.
  • E8: The Fronde (2017-12-17) — In the 17th century a long period of civil war in France and war across Europe rebellious members of the French Parliament dubbed The Fronde defy the monarchy and this defiance doe
  • E9: Al Capone, child of prohibition (2018-01-07) — Unable to bring mob boss Al Capone to justice for many of the crimes ascribed to him the US Federal government took a new tack to end the rule of gangsters in the Depression.
  • E10: The Olympic Games, a mirror to society (2018-02-01) — How did one man succeed in relaunching the Olympic spirit and turn the Games into a global event?
  • E11: Gutenberg, visionary inventor (2018-02-25) — In the 15th century an inventor in a workshop in Strasburg came up with a machine that would eventually change the history of the entire world and shake a religion to its core. The
  • E12: The Suffragettes, battle for the ballot box (2018-03-04) — In late Victorian England women began to organize to gain the right to vote. The fight for women's suffrage lasted well into the early 20th Century.
  • E13: The fall of Quebec, France loses America (2018-04-01) — The battle between the French and English for the French territory of New France hinges on the presence of the British navy. And the Battle on the Plains of Abraham is tipped to Gr

Season 3

  • E1: Gandhi, the force of willpower (2019-02-03) — In May 1893 a man is thrown out of a train on the platforms of the train station of Pietermaritzburg a little city of South Africa for daring to sit in a first-class compartment. T
  • E2: Vikings, assault on the Frankish empire (2019-02-10) — While the Viking raids have come one after another in the Occident for almost a century in November 885 hundreds of Scandinavian boats sailing towards Burgundy present themselves b
  • E3: Champollion, unravelling the mysteries of the stone (2019-03-03) — In July 1799 during the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria the French soldiers of lieutenant Bouchard discover by chance at Rosetta a large black stone. It is in fact the fragment
  • E4: Kursk, the USSR strikes back (2019-03-17) — In the spring of 1943 after the successive failures of Moscow and Stalingrad the armies of the Reich go on the offensive again. Considered the greatest tank battle in History this
  • E5: Lawrence of Arabia, for a fistful of sand (2019-03-31) — 1916 the Great War far away from the trenches in the sand of the Middle East war has a very different face. With a handful of intrepid men Thomas Edward Lawrence leads the revolt o
  • E6: Augustus, emperor of the republic (2019-04-14) — At the end of a succession of civil wars which have weakened the Roman Republic Caesar proclaims himself dictator for life. However on March 14 44 BC he is assassinated by conspira
  • E7: Deepwater, an ocean of oil (2019-04-21) — Rented by the BP oil company to drill an oil well in the Gulf of Mexico the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes on April 20 2010 before sinking into the ocean and causing a gig
  • E8: Apartheid, the spiral of fear (2019-04-28) — August 5 1962 South Africa. After several months on the run the Black leader Nelson Mandela is arrested by the South African police and incarcerated on Robben Island a fortress-lik
  • E9: Cook, in pursuit of the Southern Lands (2019-05-05) — In 1415 the Portuguese launch an era of explorations that will lead to the European discovery of the world. The competition is intense between France and the United Kingdom for the
  • E10: Diên Biên Phu, a losing battle (2019-05-19) — Since the end of the 19th century Indochina has been a flourishing colony the gem of the French Empire. However the Second World War turns everything upside down. At the end of the
  • E11: Miners: Fodder of The Industrial Revolution (2019-05-26) — University of Glasgow Scotland 1763. A young engineer tries in vain to fix a steam engine before finally understanding what is wrong with it. James Watt still doesn’t know it but h
  • E12: Encyclopedia: Dare to Know (2019-06-02) — July 31 1784 Paris. Denis Diderot has just passed away and with him the memory of the biggest editorial epic of the Age of Enlightenment: Encyclopedia or a Systematic Dictionary of
  • E13: Carthage: Rome's Rival (2019-06-09) — In 814 BC the exiled Phoenician queen Dido founds the city of Carthage on the African Coast. The city develops and takes the lead of a maritime empire based on trade. Carthage domi

Season 4

  • E1: Electricity: A Bright Idea! (2021-10-06) — Our distant ancestors were afraid of lightning. For a long time it was thought that lightning was sent by the gods. Nowadays electricity is part of our daily life. Without it we wo
  • E2: Heredity: It's A Family Affair! (2021-10-06) — Early in their history humans realized that they could affect nature. Controlling fire making tools and taming wild animals. What they were not given by nature they harnessed in ot
  • E3: Gravity: It All Falls Into Place! (2021-10-06) — From the mysterious megaliths in prehistory to the first hot air balloons and the construction of the Giza pyramid complex our ancestors have always observed and experimented gaini
  • E4: Viruses And Bacteria: Tiny But Tough (2021-10-06) — Join us now on a journey through the key events that have allowed us to better understand the world of microbe.
  • E5: Plastic: A Toxic Friend? (2021-10-06) — Join us on a journey through the key moments that enabled humanity to discover plastics.
  • E6: Electromagnetic Waves: Do You Copy? (2021-10-06) — Long-distance communication, moving stealthily through the dark without being detected, and observation from afar have all become commonplace. At any moment, you can know exactly w
  • E7: Energy: A Burning Question (2021-10-06) — Today our understanding of energy enables us to send rockets into space. Compared to our ancestors, we have incredible power at our disposal. But what exactly is energy? Where does
  • E8: Fluid Mechanics: A Source Of Inspiration (2021-10-06) — Today we can run climate simulations on a global scale. We have learned to control rivers and protect ourselves from flooding. How did we achieve these feats?
  • E9: Quantum Physics: A Step Into Unknown (2021-10-06) — From the infinitely small to the infinitely large, we have harnessed our expertise to develop incredible technologies. But have we come full circle? Let's go on a journey through t
  • E10: Chaos Theory: Small Causes, Great Effects (2021-10-06) — Today, we know that many natural phenomena are based on the laws of physics. We can forecast the weather several days in advance. But are we really sure it is possible to predict e
  • E11: Algorithms: Following The Recipe! (2021-10-06) — Today, in our daily lives, we use countless machines to do our hard work for us. Each of them obeying a specific program, custom written in a particular language.
  • E12: Mathematics: How To Speak To Robots? (2021-10-06) — We know how to handle numbers so large that all the books in the world would not be enough to contain them. Our societies are profoundly reliant on an increasingly complex equation
  • E13: Plate Tectonics: Great Shakes (2021-10-06) — Today, we are just beginning to understand what happens beneath our feet, in the heart of our planet. Tomorrow, we may be better equipped to predict and prepare for volcanic erupti

Frequently Asked Questions

How many seasons does Butterfly Effect have? 4 season(s) with 52 episodes.

Who created Butterfly Effect? Pierre Lergenmüller, Jean Mach.

Where can I watch Butterfly Effect? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.

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