Heinrich Breloer has shaped our image of Thomas Mann like no one else with his TV miniseries "Die Manns." Marcel Reich-Ranicki described the films as a "masterpiece" and "the pinnacle of German cinema." In "Ein tadelloses Glück," Breloer now tells the eventful backstory: the rise of Thomas Mann, his love for men, his courtship of Katia Pringsheim, and the German-Jewish alliance of their families in the crucial years leading up to the First World War. With his uniquely scenic storytelling style, Heinrich Breloer portrays Katia and Thomas in their struggle for art, love, and survival more vividly and directly than ever before. Millions of people have enthusiastically watched "Die Manns" – now Heinrich Breloer writes the gripping prelude to this story with "Ein tadelloses Glück."

Unabridged reading with Nico Holonics
1 mp3-CD.