Margarete Steiff

TV Movie
2005
1h 35m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

446

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Based on the life of German toymaker Margarete Steiff, the movie shows her long way from a 10-year-old girl, confined to a wheelchair, to one of the first and most successful creators of toy... Read allBased on the life of German toymaker Margarete Steiff, the movie shows her long way from a 10-year-old girl, confined to a wheelchair, to one of the first and most successful creators of toy stuffed animals.Based on the life of German toymaker Margarete Steiff, the movie shows her long way from a 10-year-old girl, confined to a wheelchair, to one of the first and most successful creators of toy stuffed animals.

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Awards
- 3 wins & 4 nominations

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Trivia
Heike Makatsch had to learn the Swabian dialect to portray Margarete Steiff.

Goofs
During her time in the sanatorium Margarete is sitting in a wheelchair. She spent her time in the sanatorium in 1856 but the wheel chair the way it was shown in the movie was presented in 1873 at the Paris World Fair.

Quotes
Margarete Steiff: My life might be not normal but it can be good.

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Scenes of Margarete are shown during the closing credits.

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9/10

A hopeful and inspiring true story

Margarete was born physically-challenged. Yet that did not deter her from making the most out of her life. With the support of her brother, Fritz who always stood by her side, she overcame all odds that life threw at her. From her childhood days, she was full of optimism and faith.

Her strength and creativity made it possible to achieve things that were otherwise impossible in those days of mid-18th century. Her achievements and determination proved her skeptics wrong, as a woman and a person who was physically-challenged. The meeting with the possible man of her life brought more changes to her and those around her.

One thing led to another, her invention of stuffed toys have since then became an ageless passion for the young and those young-at-heart.