Story
Once celebrated, then threatened: biopic of a courageous woman. Berlin 1943 – 85-year old Martha Liebermann (Thekla Carola Wied) stands before the most difficult decision of her life: Should the Jewish widow of painter Max Liebermann (Rüdiger Vogler) continue to hope for an exit permit from the Nazi authorities or flee to Switzerland with the help of Hanna Solf (Fritzi Haberlandt) and her resistance group? Martha decides on the latter to avoid deportation to a concentration camp. But the plan fails. Martha takes a brave decision. An impressive drama about Liebermann’s widow, whom neither her age, nor money, nor her husband’s international fame could protect from persecution.
Director
STEFAN BÜHLING (*1972 in Hamburg). After studying at the London Film School, made numerous commercials, image and short films, from 2014 full-length TV films, including Rübezahls Schatz, Rosamunde Pilcher, Toni & Julia. In 2021, the series Legal Affairs, made by Bühling and Randa Chahout, was shown at FILMFEST HAMBURG.Trailer
Info
Martha Liebermann - Ein gestohlenes Leben
Fiction Feature
German
Televisionen | FF2022
Germany
2022
90 min
OV
Stefan Bühling
Marco Rossi, nach der Romanvorlage „Dem Paradies so fern. Martha Liebermann“ von Sophia Mott
Thekla Carola Wied, Lana Cooper, Franz Hartwig, Arnd Klawitter, Fritzi Haberlandt, Wanja Mues, Daniel Noël Fleischmann
Regina Ziegler (Produzentin), Tillman Geithe (Producer)
Jan Prahl
Tomáš Bělohradský
Jens Müller
Leonard Petersen
Jörg Baumgarten
Aenne Plaumann
Ana Dávila, Miroslava Hyžíková
Claudia Luzius, Carolin Haasis, Christoph Pellander (ARD Degeto)
Ziegler Film GmbH & Co. KG für ARD Degeto
Mia Film, ARD Degeto
Ziegler Film GmbH & Co. KG, Thomas Petersen: petersen@ziegler-film.com
Tags
AgeingLonelinessMemoriesWomenHistoryViolenceHumourJewish CultureWarArtistsLiteratureMigration and OriginsPolitics and PowerBiopicDeath and Loss