74SSIFF - 18/26 September 2026
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Fatherland

Paweł Pawlikowski
Poland - Germany - Italy - France      82 m.
50 years of freedom
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Fatherland centres on the relationship between the Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika - 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.

Director
Paweł Pawlikowski (Poland)
Screenplay
Paweł Pawlikowski, Henk Handloegten
Production
Our Films (Italy)
Valentina Cheng
Extreme Emotions (Poland)
Ewa Puszczyńska
Nine Hours GMBH (Germany)
Jeanne Tremsal
Chapter 2 (France)
Camille Dauty Vera
Sales
The Match Factory (Germany)
Distribution
Mubi (United Kingdom)
Photography
Łukasz Żal
Editing
Paweł Pawlikowski, Piotr Wójcik
Sound
Lars Ginzel, Tarn Willers
Cast
Sandra Hüller, Hanns Zischler, August Diehl, Devid Striesow, Anna Madeley
Format
DCP
Run time
82 m.
Original language of the film
English , French , German , Russian
Country
Poland - Germany - Italy - France
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