Press conference by ZDF and teamWorx Television & Film GmbH
“Vom Glück nur ein Schatten” (“Only a shadow of happiness”) Working title

On Wednesday, November 18th a trailer of the film adaptation of the drama by Uwe-Karsten Heye starring Maria Furtwängler and directed by Miguel Alexandre was presented on a press conference at the Funkhaus Berlin. Parts of the film were shot in the historic rooms of the Funkhaus.
It is the story of his mother Ursula Heye, who, just like numerous other women of that time, was mulcted of the love of her live and the profession she would have chosen by the Second World War. With ingenuity, endless exertion, and at the cost of great privations she manages to support her family. The film narrates the day-to-day life of Ursula Heye and her family over two decades and with this gives a new biographic direction to this genre.
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