The story of an impossible love During the famine winter of 1946/47, Hedi, a heavily pregnant young refugee from Pomerania, meets Alfons Müller-Wipperfürth, one of the most flamboyant figures in postwar Germany. The future trouser king's world revolves around fabrics, patterns, and sewing machines. Hedi becomes Müller's personal assistant, and a story of rise and fall in the still-young Federal Republic of Germany unfolds. New product