House of Harmony
House of Harmony | |
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Written by | Barbara Wood |
Directed by | |
Starring | Fann Wong Philippe Brenninkmeyer Maggie Q Cheng Pei-pei |
Theme music composer | Richard Blackford |
Country of origin | Singapore, Germany |
Original languages | Mandarin, Spanish, German, English |
Production | |
Producers | , Jason Lai |
Cinematography | |
Running time | 90 minutes (2 episodes each) |
Distributor | (Germany), (Singapore), 艺煌文化 (China) |
Budget | SGD 7 million |
Release | |
Original release |
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House of Harmony (German: Das Haus der Harmonie) is a 2005 S$7 million German-Singaporean telemovie. Jointly produced by 4 parties - Germany's FFP Media and ZDF Pictures, together with Singapore's Oak 3 Films and Media Development Authority (MDA), the telemovie was shot in four languages - Spanish, English, German, and Mandarin.
It is based on the 1998 novel Perfect Harmony by Barbara Wood.
Plot summary[]
Singapore in the 1920s sets the stage for the dramatic romance between a young Asian woman (Fann Wong) and a married American industrialist (Philippe Brenninkmeyer). It is a love doomed by laws and tradition, but which yields a child, Harmony (Maggie Q).
After finishing her studies, she goes to America and becomes a successful maker and distributor of herbal medicines. She also falls in love with her father's adopted son (), but is reviled by the young man's racially and socially bigoted mother. The story revolves around whether the two lovers could overcome all barriers and be together.
Cast[]
- Fann Wong - Mei Ling
- Philippe Brenninkmeyer - Richard Barclay
- Maggie Q - Harmony
- - Gideon Barclay
- - Fiona Barclay
- Zhu Houren - Chang Suyin
- Cheng Pei-pei - Amah
- Claudine Wilde - Olivia Wilson
- - Marie Larousse
- Jason Chan - Michael Lee
- Amy Cheng - Mrs. Wah
Viewership[]
House of Harmony has been telecast in Germany, Austria, France and Belgium to a combined prime-time viewership of over 80 million.[1]
Awards[]
House of Harmony won a Silver Award in the 2005 Queensland Awards for Cinematography, by the Australian Cinematographers Society.[2]
References[]
- ^ "范文芳, Maggie Q 主演 《融之堂》即将引进内地". 电影宝库. SINA.com. Retrieved 2006-11-26.
- ^ http://www.cinematographer.org.au/awards/state/qld/11564[permanent dead link]
External links[]
- 2005 television films
- 2005 films
- German films
- German television films
- German-language films
- German-language television shows
- English-language films
- English-language German films
- Mandarin-language films
- Singaporean films
- Films set in Singapore
- Films set in the United States
- Television shows based on American novels
- ZDF original programming