Der Millionenbauer

{{Expand German|topic=culture|date=September 2011|Der Millionenbauer}} {{Infobox television | image = Der Millionenbauer.jpg | caption = | camera = | runtime = 45 minutes | creator = Georg Tressler | starring = Walter Sedlmayr | country = Germany | network = Bayerischer Rundfunk, ARD | first_aired = {{start date|1979}} | last_aired = {{end date|1987}} | num_seasons = 2 | num_episodes = 13 | list_episodes = }}

'''''Der Millionenbauer''''' (The Millionaire) is a German television series.

==Plot summary== The German economic boom of the late 1970s led to an increase of land speculation; taking advantage of this, farmer Josef Hartinger makes a fortune selling his land, and gives up farming, living on the millions he'd earned. Deciding to help his children, he buys out their livelihoods: younger son Martin becomes a beverage distributor, whilst daughter Monica becomes a hairdresser with her own salon. His oldest son, Andreas, however, is a farmer, through and through, and, without any land to farm, he emigrates to Canada. Without Andreas's knowledge, however, his father buys him a farm.

Series two primarily concerns Josef Hartinger becoming a local politician, and running for the office of mayor.

==Production== Series one was shot on a farm in Anzing, in 1979; the second series was produced in 1986, and broadcast two years later on ARD. Though the cast remained the same, the filming location changed.

==Release== Pixis Medien released a DVD, containing all the episodes, on October 12, 2007.

==See also== *List of German television series

==External links== * {{IMDb title|id =|title =Der Millionenbauer }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Millionenbauer, der}} Category:1979 German television series debuts Category:1987 German television series endings Category:Television shows set in Bavaria Category:German-language television shows Category:Das Erste original programming