The last patriarch
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The last patriarch |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| length | 180 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Michael Steinke |
| script | Brigitte Blobel |
| music |
Jens Langbein Robert Schulte-Hemming |
| camera | Heinz Dieter Sasse |
| occupation | |
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The Last Patriarch is a two-part television film by director Michael Steinke from 2010 , which was produced for Das Erste . The title role is played by Mario Adorf .
action
Businessman Konrad Hansen travels to Shanghai with his wife Ruth, where he meets the young musician Mei Jing. Jing lived a few years ago with the Hansens in Lübeck, where Konrad had a brief affair with her before he sent her back to Asia. When he finds out that he has a child with her, he falls from the clouds. At the same time, Hansen continues to work on his business idea of selling marzipan in China, which is also working well. But when plagiarism began to appear whose taste was confusingly similar to Hansen's Lübeck marzipan, he ran into problems.
background
The last Patriarch was filmed from August 25, 2009 to November 13, 2009 in locations in Hamburg , Lübeck , Shanghai and Singapore . The two-part series was produced by UFA Fiction .
criticism
The critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm rated the film negatively with a thumbs down: "Oh dear, the rich don't have it easy either ...".
Web links
- The last Patriarch in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The last patriarch at crew united