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.