Why is Mrs B Happy

The story of a miners wife in the Ruhr area and the story of 40 years of a workers life in Germany The biographical film acknowledges the proletarian tradition and is considered to be one of the most important documentary films of the late 60s that tried to combine the private sphere with the reality of society The films fascination lies above all in the personal charisma of the miners widow from Duisburg She knows how to tell the story in a vivacious and exciting way