Lydia prince biography movie

The Danish woman who became a mother in Israel

“I’m not free to commit myself just now.

Lydia prince biography movie

There’s something I have to settle first. I know this must sound foolish, but I keep asking myself, is there something more to life than just a career and an apartment, and nice furniture and a pension at the end of it all?”

This was Lydia’s spontaneous reply to the moment she had been waiting years for; her “ideal match” had just romantically proposed,  and marriage would complete the picture of her successful life so far.

Her reply surprised them both.

At 36, Lydia was the director of domestic science in one of Denmark’s modern schools, had a generous salary, lived in a beautiful apartment in Korsor with her own maid, and enjoyed the luxury of fine dining and fashion, along with the pleasures of the dance halls and theatres.

However, the recent death of her father had put the question of eternity in her mind, and she wanted answers to the sudden sense of futility she felt ove