60-year-old Meredith considers herself happily married to André. So it comes as a shock when she's diagnosed as HIV-positive and her husband is the only one who could have transmitted the disease.

Clara and Hans are left-wing terrorists who have been sought by police for almost fifteen years. Their increasingly rebellious daughter Jeanne begins to pose a threat to their security when she falls in love with a boy she meets on the beach.

本片是德国电视二台(ZDF)于2009年春季推出的历史剧，共分3部分，片长总计270分钟。本片以写实的手法描写了著名的克虏伯家族上百年的奋斗史。克虏伯家族一手建立了世界500强之一的蒂森克虏伯股份公司(ThyssenKrupp AG)。
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克虏伯（Krupp）是19到20世纪德国工业界的一个显赫的家族，其家族企业克虏伯公司是德国最大的以钢铁业为主的重工业公司。在二战以前，克虏伯兵工厂是全世界最重要的军火生产商之一，二战后以机械生产为主，约有20万雇员和380亿欧元的年营业额。