Also, the German version has narration by the character Dick Sand as an adult, which brings out some of the elements of the story which Ulbrich perceived as class warfare.
Generally, the German versions tend to focus more on action scenes (because they were also intended for prime-time adult audiences) and have more experimental/contemporary-sounding scores than their French counterparts.
[2] On 27 April 1970 Ulbrich founded his own production company, Tele München Gruppe (TMG), which is still active today.
[3] Ulbrich's productions were all done in cooperation with the ZDF public-service television channel and other international partners, especially from France and Romania.
Their success prompted the other German public-service channel ARD to emulate the formula, leading to adventure series such as Huckleberry Finn and His Friends (1979/80) and Captain James Cook (1987).