The movie
Fatherland (EN)
In 1949, writer and Nobel Prize winner Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika, an actress and journalist, set off on a road trip through a devastated Germany. At the same time, tensions between father and daughter increasingly come to the surface.
Length: 82 min
Country: Germany
Language spoken: German
Language subtitles: English
Cast: Sandra Hüller, August Diehl, Hanns Zischler
Director: Paweł Pawlikowski
Release date: 21/10/2026
Description
In 1949, writer and Nobel Prize winner Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika, an actress and journalist, set off on a road trip through a devastated Germany: from US-dominated Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled Weimar. Thomas Mann encounters a Germany he barely recognises. At the same time, tensions between father and daughter increasingly come to the surface. Germany’s political and moral fault lines prove to run through the Mann family as well.
Director Paweł Pawlikowski won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2015 with Ida. In 2018, he won the Best Director award at Cannes, and in 2026 he received the same award again for Fatherland.
“An impossibly elegant, poised historical vignette.” – The Guardian
Director Paweł Pawlikowski won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2015 with Ida. In 2018, he won the Best Director award at Cannes, and in 2026 he received the same award again for Fatherland.
“An impossibly elegant, poised historical vignette.” – The Guardian
