Night of the Salamander is a documentary about all the miracles and curiosities in the salamander world that, until now, were only known to a few experts in the field but would make good stories at the pub. In technical terms, the team around Manfred Christ and Harald Pokeiser went to some great lengths: Thermal image cameras show that salamanders are as cold as the night they inhabit, night vision cameras allow the viewer to watch them in the dark, magnetic resonance tomography and x-rays show us the inside of their bodies.