Die Mittagsfrau

Young Helene arrives in the vibrant Berlin of the Roaring Twenties with her sister Martha. While Martha loses herself in a haze of parties and drugs, Helene dreams of studying medicine and becoming a doctor. She finds the love of her life in Karl, and the doors of the world seem wide open to her. But a cruel twist of fate and the social upheaval brought about by the rise of National Socialism change Helene’s life forever.

Barbara Albert adapts Julia Franck’s bestselling novel into a subjective chronicle of German history, spanning from the Weimar Republic through Nazi Germany and into the post-war era. In the lead role, Mala Emde delivers a powerful performance as a woman forced to deny her own identity.