Die Holzbaronin

Feb 26, 2013

★ 7.0

Overview

A Black Forest timber industrialist has to assert herself against male supremacy and economic difficulties in the first half of the 20th century.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

ZDF

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Cast

Elly Brauer 1938–1953

Christine Neubauer

Elly Seitz/Brauer 1918–1930

Henriette Confurius

Kommissar Fröbe

Simon Schwarz

Margareta Seitz

Nicole Heesters

Anton Seitz

Michael Mendl

Hans Brauer

Florian Bartholomäi

Alfred Brauer

Dirk Borchardt

Patricia Seitz

Julika Jenkins

Gustav Seitz

Harald Schrott

Hetty Seitz (1938-1944)

Catherine Flemming

Herta Levin

Lara Mandoki

Dekan Rennberger

Christian Pätzold

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