House of Harmony

*House of Harmony*
House of Harmony
Written by	Barbara Wood
Directed by	Marco Serafini [de]
Starring	Fann Wong; Philippe Brenninkmeyer; Maggie Q; Daniel Morgenroth [de]; Cheng Pei-pei
Theme music composer	Richard Blackford
Country of origin	Singapore; Germany
Original languages	Mandarin; Spanish; German; English
Production
Producers	Lim Suat Yen, Jason Lai
Cinematography	Martinetti Gaetano
Running time	90 minutes; (2 episodes each)
Budget	SGD 7 million
Original release
Release	30 October 2005

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[edit]

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 (Daniel Morgenroth), 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[edit]

Fann Wong - Mei Ling
Philippe Brenninkmeyer - Richard Barclay
Maggie Q - Harmony
Daniel Morgenroth [de] - Gideon Barclay
Monika Peitsch [de] - Fiona Barclay
Zhu Houren - Chang Suyin
Cheng Pei-pei - Amah
Claudine Wilde - Olivia Wilson
Andrea Jonasson [de] - Marie Larousse
Jason Chan - Michael Lee
Amy Cheng - Mrs. Wah

Viewership[edit]

House of Harmony has been telecast in Germany, Austria, France and Belgium to a combined prime-time viewership of over 80 million.^[1]

Awards[edit]

House of Harmony won a Silver Award in the 2005 Queensland Awards for Cinematography, by the Australian Cinematographers Society.^[2]

References[edit]

^ "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.
^ "Singapore Media Celebrates International Accolades". Infocomm Media Development Authority. Retrieved 2021-12-22.

External links[edit]

House of Harmony at IMDb

[viewership-1] "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.

[2] "Singapore Media Celebrates International Accolades". Infocomm Media Development Authority. Retrieved 2021-12-22.

[1]

[2]