Fatherland

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From Pawel Pawilkowski, Oscar and Bafta winning filmaker of Ida and Cold War . Nobel-winning author Thomas Mann and his grown up daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller – The Zone of Interest, Anatomy of a Fall ) – actress, writer and rally driver, return to post-war Germany and find themselves adrift as they navigate family, love and guilt amid the turmoil and confusion of post-war Europe. 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. With Fatherland , 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. Director: Pawel Pawlikowski Starring: Sandra Hüller, Hanns Zischler & August Diehl Year: 2026 Language: In German with English subtitles Country: Italy / Poland Running time: 1hr 22mins Guardian ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Times ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Time Out ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Telegraph ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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