Because we had the luxury of having filmed the series before so we knew each other, we knew the place and most of the crew were the same. You couldn’t corset yourself or button yourself up so it’s a whole window into that kind of life a life with servants and that hierarchical structure.įilming in 2020 in Vienna in Covid times was an incredible treat. The clothes that Rachel Lieberman wears, because of her social class, are clothes you need help to get into. What do Rachel’s clothes say about her world? Although Liebermann dinners have an apparent formality they eat together, talk together, bicker together - and I certainly identify with that. Every mother would say this but I think I’m mad about my children. Rachel loves clothes and it’s been really good fun wearing her clothes, some of which are original and that’s quite something. It’s an amazing time to set a story.ĭo you share any character traits with Rachel? The older Liebermans are just trying to keep everything just as it is, and Max is following the scent of that change and is interested in it. It was amazing to see the collision of architecture, art, ideas, social change, political change, change in thinking and that’s what the Liebermanns are perched on.
I watched a great documentary about Vienna set exactly at the time the Liebermann films are set. Max is up to things that she doesn’t really approve of but I think she’s fascinated and maybe even a little bit proud of his unusualness: it’s part of his intelligence. She adores Max, and even though he gives her problems, basically she’ll go with it if it’s Max, because she’s got a massive soft spot for him.
How is Rachel’s relationship with her son Max? And, of course, they have an important Jewish identity and go to worship at synagogue, but they really want to fit in. It’s a very big deal for them to be accepted by Viennese society - the whole of society. Rachel really cares about reputation and she cares about their social standing, which Mendel does as well. How do the Liebermanns fit into Viennese society? And Rachel, as every good mother should, has sorted out the curtains! The Liebermanns have chucked some money at it and set him up in his private psychoanalytical business with these rather deluxe offices. In this series, her main preoccupation is getting new curtains up in Max’s offices. The Liebermanns run a textile emporium that is doing pretty well, so she’s all about the drapes. I think the domestic realm is her thing, not surprisingly given the time she lived in. Rachel Liebermann is a very devoted mother. And there’s Matt who is from the north of England. The actors playing the Liebermanns are actually two Irish people - Charlene who plays Leah, and Conleth who plays Mendel. The real Liebermanns are an English, Jewish family who’ve gone to Vienna. But the people who play the Liebermanns are not particularly formal or conservative or bourgeois. The Liebermanns are very traditional, conservative and bourgeoise - apart from Max who is pushing the envelope, questioning all kinds of things. The real Liebermanns and the people playing the Liebermanns are actually quite a different bunch.
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