In the dramatic first half of the 20th century, when dream and trauma are so close together, almost all the possibilities of modern existence are played out. How to live, how to love? For women, these questions are posed differently. The women around the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe – his wife Ada, his three daughters Georgia, Marianne and Waltraut and his partner Lilly Reich – seize the opportunities of the new age, but also experience the restrictions of old patterns. When Mies emigrates to the USA in 1938, they struggle on their own through the barbarism of the Nazi era and the war. Their lives remain dominated by their absent husband, father and lover. This is told by the eldest daughter, Georgia van der Rohe, dancer and actress. The film brings her to life in fictional interviews based exclusively on authentic statements. „THE MIES VAN DER ROHES“ is a stirring family history and creates a moral portrait of the modern age with private, unpublished and long forgotten films, pictures and documents – from a female perspective.
“Master of Art” Film Festival 2025
- Sofia, Cinema Odeon, 18 February 2025, 19:00 h.
- Sofia, Cinema Lumiere, 20 February 2025, 19:00 h.