Christian Schwochow / Fiction/Drama, Period drama
German [OV],English [ST]
03h00h00h00 min
London, mid-19th Century. Orphaned by his father, young banker's son Hugh Pilaster finds himself at the mercy of his beautiful, power-hungry aunt Augusta. As they venture into London's underworld, Hugh and his best friend Solly, also a rich banker's son, both fall in love with working-class beauty Maisie. When Solly takes the unthinkable step of proposing to Maisie, Hugh escapes to America. Six years later he returns rich and successful, only to find his feelings for Maisie are unchanged...  Based on Ken Follett's world-wide bestselling novel (more than 7 million copies), A DANGEROUS FORTUNE is a fascinating story full of love, unfulfilled passion, greed, power, political and amorous intrigues, set in Victorian London, where the poor and rich class clashes and the first budding women's movement  starts to open new doors to empowerment. Directed by Christian Schwochow ("West", "Open The Wall", "The Tower"), the opulent drama stars Dominic Thorburn, Laura de Boer, Jeanette Hain ("The Reader"), Maria Dragus ("The White Ribbon"), Luca Marinelli ("The Great Beauty"), David Bennent ("Tin Drum") and many more.
Duration: 2 x 90 min
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Key Information
| Original Title | Die Pfeiler der Macht | 
| Genre | Fiction/Drama Period drama | 
| Produced by: | Constantin Television and Network Movie in coproduction with ZDF | 
| Year Of Production | 2016 | 
| Duration | 03h00h00h00 min | 
| Country Of Origin | Germany | 
| Language Versions | German [OV],English [ST] | 
Cast & Crew
| Director/s | Christian Schwochow | 
| Cast | Dominic Thorburn  Jeanette Hain  Laura de Boer  Thorsten Merten  Axel Milberg  Yvonne Catterfeld  a.o. | 
| Producer/s | Kerstin Schmidbauer  Robin von der Leyen  Wolfgang Cimera | 
| Writer/s | Annette Simon based on the novel by Ken Follett | 
