A Life of Travel - Retracing the Journeys of Max Reisch

21 year old Max Reisch became a household name in 1933 after making an epic journey from Vienna to India; 15,000 kilometres on a motorbike, without supplies or back-up, through dangerous regions like Iraq, Persia and Pakistan. In fact, for over half a century the Austrian was away travelling in Africa, Asia and America. His accounts of his travels fuelled a fascination for foreign places at a time when travel was impossible for most people. The filmed records of his journeys have also become valuable documents of lost cultures. This documentary draws an intimate picture of an early globetrotter, adventurer,film pioneer and cultural commentator.