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TV Movies 3 x 90’ / 2 x 90’
Facts for your Success
Starring top actors Iris Berben,Benjamin Sadler, Heino Ferch a.m.o.
Outstanding production valuesheighten historical authenticity
Emotionally gripping family dramaembedded in major 20th-century events
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Genre TV Movies
Format 3 x 90’ / 2 x 90’
Director Carlo Rola
Script Christian Schnalke
Producer Oliver Berben
Cast Iris Berben, Benjamin Sadler, Thomas
Thieme, Heino Ferch, Barbara Auer,
Fritz Karl and others
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F ew families have been so intimately connected
with the destiny of their nation as Germany’s
Krupp family. Arms manufacturers since the early
17th century, builders of Germany’s first major
steelworks, the Krupps set up the largest munitions
factory in the world and became known as the
“armorers of the German Reich.” They served the
Kaiser. They served Hitler. And then they served the
Allies. No government could do without this dynasty
built of steel, arms and blood.
This high-gloss event miniseries relates the story of the
Krupps in the 20th century, the period of their greatest power
– and of their downfall. Centered on two of the leading figures
in the Krupp dynasty, Bertha and her son Alfried, the histori-
cal drama unfolds a sweeping panorama of major events,
such as the company’s active involvement in the two world
wars, and its coming to terms with its legacy after 1945.
Above all, however, it is the emotionally moving story of a
family whose children were raised to be first and foremost
Krupps before anything else. In Bertha we find a powerful fig-
urehead, a matriarch who clung to the past and to the fami-
ly’s privileged position. And in Alfried, we find a tormented
administrator who collaborated with evil and realized that the
winds of change had to come...
“Krupp – A Family Between War and Peace” is directed by
Carlo Rola, who reprises his successful collaboration with Iris
Berben in the ZDF three-parter “Die Patriarchin” (2004).
Berben, one of Germany’s leading actresses, portrays Bertha
Krupp; Benjamin Sadler (“Side Effects”) her son Alfried. Also
in the distinguished cast are Heino Ferch, Fritz Karl, Sunnyi
Melles, Marie Zielcke and Barbara Auer. Exceptional produc-
tion values allied with historical authenticity keynote this
drama of a family that fought for power, strove for wealth,
achieved renown – and yet never found
peace.