The wooden baroness

Movie
Original title	The wooden baroness
Country of production	Germany Austria
original language	German
Publishing year	2012
length	178 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Marcus O. Rosenmüller
script	Annette Hess
production	Regina Ziegler Wolfgang Hantke Klaus Graf
music	Martin Stock
camera	Jan Fehse
cut	Raimund Vienken
occupation
Christine Neubauer : Elly Brauer 1938–1953 Henriette Confurius : Elly Seitz / Brauer 1918–1930 Andy Gätjen : Ernst Seitz Felix Vörtler : Heinrich Seitz Simon Schwarz : Commissioner Fröbe Dirk Borchardt : Alfred Brauer Julika Jenkins : Patricia Seitz Harald Schrott : Gustav Seitz Ben Braun : Josef Meder Sophia Münster : Elly Seitz 1913/1914 Lotte Hanné : Hetty Seitz 1913/1914 Andreas Warmbrunn : Ernst Seitz 1913/1914 Jens Amschlinger : Josef Meder 1913/1914 Damian Hardung : Alfred Brauer 1913/1914 Kyra Sophia Kahre : Hetty Seitz 1918–1930 Florian Bartholomäi : Hans Brauer Bennet Meyer : Hans Brauer 1938–1943 Kai Oliver Böhne : Hans Brauer 1944 Nicole Heesters : Margareta Seitz Michael Mendl : Anton Seitz Catherine Flemming : Hetty Seitz 1938–1944 Klaus Stiglmeier : Otto Meder Lisa Karlström : Eva Sjöld Lara Mandoki : Herta Levin Monika Reithofer : Monika Tiller Thea Schnering : Ellen Kiwitt Christian Pätzold : Dean Rennberger

Die Holzbaronin is a German-Austrian television film from 2012. Christine Neubauer and Henriette Confurius play the leading role of a Black Forest timber industrialist who has to assert itself in the first half of the 20th century against the domination of men and economic difficulties. Annette Hess wrote the screenplay based on motifs from the novel Die Holzbarone by Casimir Katz . Marcus O. Rosenmüller directed. After a screening at the Filmschau Baden-Württemberg on December 1, 2012, the film, originally planned as a two-parter, was first broadcast in one piece on February 26, 2013 on ZDF .

action

When Elly Brauer, née Seitz, was about to be appointed CEO of the Gernsbach timber company Seitz AG in 1953 , Commissioner Fröbe arrested her. Her son Hans had accused her of shooting her husband Alfred, who allegedly died in a bombing raid during World War II. During the interrogation at the Karlsruhe police headquarters, Elly tells the story of her difficult and difficult ascent. It turns out that the violent Alfred, whom she married for economic reasons, died in a tussle with Josef Meder, Elly's childhood sweetheart and Hans' actual father.

Outside of the shooting, a shot of the location Monhardter Wasserstube an der Nagold in Altensteig

background

The crime story framework does not exist in the novel by the Gernsbach timber industrialist and publisher Casimir Katz. The shooting took place from March to June 2012 in Vienna , Baden-Baden , Gernsbach , Seewald and Altensteig among others .

reception

The first broadcast on ZDF on February 26, 2013 was followed by 7.35 million viewers. With a market share of 24.6 percent, Die Holzbaronin was by far the most watched program of the day on German television. 1.10 million 14 to 49 year old viewers saw the film, which corresponds to a market share in the age group of 9.8 percent.

Awards

At the Banff World Media Festival 2014, Die Holzbaronin won the Rockie Award for best film in the “Made for TV-Movie” category. At the Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo 2013, the film was nominated in the categories of “Best Multipart” and “Best Actress” ( Christine Neubauer ).

Web links

• The wooden Baroness in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The wood baroness at ZDF

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Release certificate for Die Holzbaronin . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , November 2012 (PDF; test number: 135 867 V).
2. ↑ Die Holzbaronin ( Memento of the original from March 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at the Filmschau Baden-Württemberg, accessed on February 28, 2013  
3. ↑ Christine Neubauer plays “Die Holzbaronin” wooden. In: derwesten.de from February 25, 2013
4. ↑ Ziegler Film shoots “Die Holzbaronin” with ZDF. ( Memento of the original from November 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 1, 2013  
5. ↑ Neubauer and a touch of Hollywood In: Schwarzwälder Bote from May 24, 2012
6. ↑ "Holzbaronin" Neubauer doesn't give kickers a chance. In: DWDL.de of February 27, 2013
7. ↑ "Holzbaronin" wins the most complicated TV award in the world. In: DWDL.de of June 11, 2014
8. ↑ Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo: Nominees 2013 ( Memento of the original from May 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 861 kB), accessed on June 9, 2013