Otto von Bismarck and Johanna von Puttkamer

Otto von Bismarck and Johanna von Puttkamer - a union that began for political reasons evolved into a love story that lasted nearly fifty years. Gabriele Hoffmann highlights the milestones of this extraordinary marriage. When Otto von Bismarck, in his early thirties, plans his political career, he only lacks the right woman. He finds her in the landowner's daughter Johanna von Puttkamer. Through his connection with her, Bismarck hopes to gain support for his rise through her family ties. Although outwardly rather unremarkable, nine years younger than Bismarck and very devout, Johanna becomes Germany's first chancellor's wife. And although their life together already exhibits all the tensions of a modern political marriage, despite long separations, jealousy, overwork, and illness, the pact they made with their love grows stronger.