Head of the famous pencil corporation tries to make his 16 year old granddaughter ready to take his place.
Production
Meticulous 19th century Nuremberg pencil factory recreation
Acting
Kristin Suckow's restrained defiance against Martin Wuttke's domineering patriarch
Director
Claudia Garde
Kristin Suckow
Ottilie von Faber-Castell
Martin Wuttke
Lothar von Faber
Johannes Zirner
Alexander Graf zu Castell-Rüdenhausen
Hannes Wegener
Philipp von Brand zu Neidstein
Eleonore Weisgerber
Ottilie von Faber senior
Maren Eggert
Bertha von Faber
Jasmin Schwiers
Clarissa von Straaten
Lena Klenke
Anna Vasbender
Pit Bukowski
Johann Bürger
Franziska Wulf
Diana von Hirsch
Butz Ulrich Buse
Konrad von Brand
Leslie Malton
Elise Cramer-Klett
Lukáš Bech
Pfarrer Eisen
Patrik Böhm
Carl
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Faber-Castell company still exists and is the world's largest pencil manufacturer, still family-owned after 257 years.
This ARD television film was part of a wave of German 'Unternehmerdramen' celebrating industrial family sagas, though critics found it too sanitized compared to the actual cutthroat reality.
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