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Fatherland
12A

Fri 23 Oct – Thu 29 Oct

The new offering from Oscar-winner Pawel Pawlikowski takes place in 1949, just as the novelist Thomas Mann returns to Germany from exile, having opposed Hitler’s regime.

Historical • Drama • Biography • Insightful

Fatherland centers on the relationship between the Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller) – actress, writer and rally driver. In the summer of 1949, at the height of the Cold War, father and daughter embark on a challenging and emotional road trip in a black Buick taking them across a Germany in ruins, from US-dominated Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled Weimar.

Returning home after sixteen years of exile in the US, Thomas Mann has to face not only a divided fatherland, but also a deep fracture within his own family. Pawlikowski picks up where he left off with his award-winning Ida and Cold War, exploring – in his elliptic, distilled style – the themes of identity, family, love and guilt amid the turmoil and confusion of post-war Europe.

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Duration

1hr 22mins

Director

Paweł Pawlikowski

Distributor

MUBI

Featuring

Sandra Hüller • Hanns Zischler • August Diehl

Year

2026

Country of origin

Poland; Germany; Italy; France

Language

English • German • French • Russian

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“Fatherland is an elegant, engrossing film; chilly at times, but also poignant as repressed feelings finally bubble to the surface. This is another expansive, enriching work from a modern master.”
Time Out