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Die Firma Hesselbach is a German television series.
Storyline
The television series revolves around the trivial aspects of everyday life as experienced by the Hesselbach family - providing a glimpse into the petit bourgeois milieu of the nascent Federal Republic of Germany.
Karl "Babba" Hesselbach (portrayed by Wolf Schmidt) is the proprietor of a small printing company and the publisher of the weekly newspaper called Weltschau am Sonntag. He is married to "Mamma" Hesselbach (Liesel Christ). Initially, the narrative unfolds in an undisclosed location in Hesse but transitions to the fictional town of Steintal in the concluding season.
Throughout the first season, the plot revolves around the day-to-day operations of the publishing house, which assumes center stage. Alongside this, other events within the personal lives of the characters primarily surrounding challenges stemming from the era's economic times. These challenges include scarcities of both raw materials and labor force. As the season draws to a close, Heidi (Rose-Marie Kirstein) and Peter (Dieter Henkel), the Hesselbachs' offspring, conclude their studies at a boarding school and follow in their family's entrepreneurial footsteps, joining the printing and publishing business.
