An epic family saga told by the women around the famous architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. | dG1fTGJXMFBXUHdNOVU
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00:00Wait a minute, what is this supposed to be? A typical woman's fate?
00:05Always standing in the shadow of a man who wasn't really interested in her.
00:13In the golden twenties, my father, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, belonged to the elite of the modern.
00:20He called me Muck because he actually wished for a son.
00:30Muck
00:38I throw often things out. I like very much.
00:43But when I have a clear idea, then I follow the clear idea.
00:49My mother was so brave.
00:57She always said to our daughters, Mies is a great artist and he needs his freedom.
01:03Our father never took my mother or one of our daughters to parties.
01:12The public knew nothing of our existence.
01:16Our father emigrated to America.
01:23We stayed behind and continued to be family members of an hostile foreigner.
01:30I wanted to be able to give my mother money to live.
01:36I tried to do my stage exam as an actress.
01:40But to get an engagement at a Berlin theater with my name, that was impossible.
01:49Did you make any accusations to him?
01:51Yes, but he was a genius.
01:56And my mother gave me the love for freedom and the courage to live.
02:10And I really did not have a typical woman's fate.