Margarete Steiff (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Margarete Steiff |
| Country of production | Germany , Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2005 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Xaver Schwarzenberger |
| script |
Susanne Beck Thomas Eifler |
| production |
Arno Ortmair Dieter Pochlatko |
| music | Hans-Jürgen Buchner |
| camera | Xaver Schwarzenberger |
| cut | Helga Borsche |
| occupation | |
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Margarete Steiff is a German-Austrian fictional film from 2005. It deals with the life of Margarete Steiff , the founder of the world-famous Steiff toy factory of the same name .
action
Even as a child, Margarete, child of impoverished parents, fell ill with polio . Even so, she insists on going to school and impresses her teacher with her confidence.
When she was a young woman, treatment by the Viennese doctor Dr. Werner promising. The parents cannot afford the treatment costs, but after persuading them they receive financial support from the community. When the treatment does not produce the desired results, those around you are disappointed; Margarete herself is convinced, however, that she will still be able to lead a reasonably normal life, since she is otherwise healthy.
During the train ride, she meets the sewing machine salesman Julius. After the cure in Vienna, he sold a sewing machine to the Steiff family. Margarete falls in love with Julius over time; this settled in Margarete's hometown.
Despite initial difficulties in operating the machine, Margarete began to manufacture ready-made goods. After initial failures, her sewing talent is noticed in the village, including when she sells toy elephants at the Christmas market. When Julius leaves her to marry Margarete's best friend Charlotte, Margarete becomes all the more obsessed with her work.
Later, company owner Margarete Steiff has been in arrears with the loans for half a year. The bank threatens to take over the company; Sales of toy elephants are also bad. A little toy bear, which has been a sign of solidarity for her and her brother since childhood, gave Margarete the idea of making toy bears with movable arms. When she refuses to agree to the bankers' takeover terms and there is a threat of foreclosure, Margarete's seamstresses set out to make her toy bear. The success of the teddy bears, and thus the company's survival, are finally assured when an American places a large order for toy bears.
Film and historical facts
The figure of Dr. Werner is based on the doctor August Hermann Werner . Margarete Steiff was actually operated on by him and temporarily lived in his household. However, he did not have his sanatoriums in Vienna, as shown in the film, but in Ludwigsburg and, among other places, in Bad Wildbad , where Margarete Steiff was also staying for a cure.
Richard Steiff , a nephew of the company's founder, who started his aunt's business in 1897 and developed the prototype 55 PB in 1902, is considered to be the inventor of the teddy bear . The planning and construction of the progressive concrete and steel factory hall shown in the film also go back to him.
Filming
The outdoor shots were shot from mid-May to mid-June 2005 in Bad Wimpfen . The historic train station in Maselheim served on June 21 and 22, 2005 as the backdrop for the scenes that are to show the Giengen train station. Since the filming took place in summer, white plastic mats and artificial snowflakes had to be used for the winter scenes. A large part of the interior shots took place in the Hohenloher open air museum in Wackershofen . The film was produced by the Munich-based Film-Line Productions GmbH , co-producer was the Austrian Epo-Film .
reception
Reviews
“The moving story of an emancipated woman who, despite various setbacks and handicaps, refuses to let herself get down and copes with her life with confidence. Sensitively staged, excellently played in the title role. A film full of emotions, but in the best possible sense. "
Awards
At the Bambi Awards 2006 in Stuttgart, the film received the audience award and Heike Makatsch the award in the “Best Actress National” category . In the same year Heike Makatsch received the Bavarian TV Prize for her role and was nominated for the International Emmy Award for her acting performance . Xaver Schwarzenberger received the Herbert Quandt Media Prize in 2006 .
Web links
- Margarete Steiff in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Margarete Steiff at filmportal.de
- Margarete Steiff at crew united
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Margarete Steiff . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , October 2006 (PDF; test number: 107 623 V / DVD).
- ↑ Shooting for the film Margarete Steiff in Bad Wimpfen. Tourist-Information Bad Wimpfen, March 15, 2013, accessed on December 27, 2018 .
- ↑ Small gallery about the shooting in Maselheim. Maselheim mayor's office, archived from the original on January 29, 2016 ; accessed on December 27, 2018 : "The Öchslebahnhof in Maselheim was converted into the Giengener Bahnhof on June 21 and 22, 2005."
- ↑ Margarete Steiff. In: filmportal.de . German Film Institute , accessed December 27, 2018 .
- ↑ Margarete Steiff. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .