From loom to world power
| Television series | |
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| Original title | From loom to world power |
| Country of production | Germany , Czechoslovakia |
| original language | German |
| Year (s) | 1983 |
| length | 60 minutes |
| Episodes | 6 in 1 season |
| genre | Drama , German history |
| music | Hans Posegga |
| First broadcast | July 25, 1983 on German television |
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From Loom to World Power is a six-part television series that was created in 1983 on behalf of Bavarian Radio in Germany and Czechoslovakia. It shows the rise and fall of the Fugger family between the 14th and 16th centuries.
The screenplay, which is based on the original book Buy yourself an emperor of Günter Ogger based, gave Leopold Ahlsen , directed by Heinz Shirk . The film was shot in Prague , among others . Günther Sauer served as chronicler , Jaroslav Kucera was in charge of the camera, and Karel Vacek was responsible for the production design.
On the occasion of Jakob Fugger's 550th birthday, the TV station BR-alpha repeated the series in July 2009.
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In the elaborate production the period from the rise to the fall of the Fugger family was traced. The starting point is Hans Fugger , who went to Augsburg as a simple farmer, learned the weaving trade there and went from journeyman to master. The high point of the Fugger era was the reign of Jakob Fugger, known as the Rich, who turned the company into a power institution in the empire and was considered to be one of the wealthiest men of his era. With his death, however, the family began to slowly decline into insignificance.
The series describes the structure of that epoch, the influence of the Church and the Pope, the troubled times of the Reformation and peasant wars as well as the class society . Likewise the time of the plague , the persecution of the Jews and the intrigues and power-political intrigues of the countless princes and other nobles. The age of the Fugger is characterized by change, the transition from the late Middle Ages to a new era. This also includes long-distance trade to America, the recently discovered continent.
The private life is also portrayed, the person who was behind the person of Jakob Fugger . His personal fate and work has a broad framework in the series. He himself had recognized that the company that he made big and powerful could hardly continue to exist in the framework after his death, especially since he did not believe in his relatives. With his successor, Antoni Fugger, the company's gradual decline began. Fittingly, the name of the last episode, with the title “Nothing under the sun endures” (Latin: Nihil sub sole perpetuum ). This saying has come down to us from Antoni Fugger.
Episode list
| episode | title |
|---|---|
| 1 (1-01) | City air makes you free |
| 2 (1-02) | The treasure in the mountains |
| 3 (1-03) | Jacob the Rich |
| 4 (1-04) | An emperor is made |
| 5 (1-05) | Ruler of the market |
| 6 (1-06) | Nothing under the sun lasts |
literature
- Leopold Ahlsen: From loom to world power . Special edition for the television series. Bayerland Publishing House, Dachau 1983, ISBN 3-922394-26-4 .
Web links
- From the loom to world power in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Further information on the series at www.fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on the series at www.steffi-line.de , accessed on October 2, 2017
- ↑ Michael Reufsteck , Stefan Niggemeier : Das Fernsehlexikon . Goldmann, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-442-30124-6 , pp. 1306 .
- ↑ According to a statement by actress Gassen on www.fernsehserien.de , accessed on October 2, 2017
- ↑ Information on the series at www.fernsehserien.de , accessed on October 2, 2017