LEONARD PETERSEN

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MARTHA LIEBERMANN

Director: Stefan Bühling

Music: Leonard Petersen

In early 1943, Martha Liebermann (85), widow of great impressionist painter Max Lieberman, has all but lost hope in fleeing Nazi-occupied Germany. Her fear of deportation grows by the day. Rescue finally arrives in the form of the resistance fighters “The Solf circle”, led by the charismatic ambassador’s widow Hanna Solf (55) and her courageous daughter Lagi von Ballestrem (29). The money needed for the rescue would be raised through the smuggling and sale of two legendary portraits by the Swedish painter Anders Zorn. Edgar Baron von Uexküll (59) agrees to embark on the dangerous journey to Sweden, fully aware of the value and importance of these registered paintings, with the Gestapo in hot pursuit…. Gestapo Detective Inspector Rudolf Teubner (34) is, however, not only concerned with the arrest of the individual members of the “Solf circle”, but to expose and destroy the entire resistance network. He is convinced that Martha Liebermann holds the key and is willing to go to any lengths for his success ….

Best Film at Monte-Carlo Television Festival 2022