In 1949, German writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika embark on a road trip across a Germany in ruins, from US-dominated Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled Weimar.
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Fatherland
In 1949, German writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika embark on a road trip across a Germany in ruins, from US-dominated Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled Weimar.
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‘Fatherland’ Review: Thomas Mann and His Daughter Travel Across Germany in 1949 in Pawel Pawlikowski’s Meticulous Time Machine of a Drama
The matter-of-fact seduction of Pawlikowski’s filmmaking lies in how he stages everything with a coolly objective authenticity. In "Fatherland," he lends this historical moment a time-machine quality, so that we feel we’re right there, in Germany in 1949, seeing the sands of history shift. Pawlikowski is ruminating on moral choice, and he’s also ruminating on God.
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‘Fatherland’ Review: Sandra Hüller Plays Daughter of ‘Death in Venice’ Author Thomas Mann in Pawel Pawlikowski’s Exquisitely Nuanced Road Movie
Hanns Zischler costars as the Nobel prize-winning German writer in this latest Cannes competitor from the director of 'Ida' and 'Cold War.'
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Paweł Pawlikowski Returns To Feature Filmmaking With Thomas Mann Drama ‘Fatherland’
EXCLUSIVE: After a long, eight-year hiatus, Polish filmmaker Paweł Pawlikowski has finally returned to feature filmmaking with Fatherland, which debuts this evening at the Cannes Film Festival. We can share a first-look clip from the film above. Pawlikowski directed the film from a screenplay he co-wrote with Hendrik Handloegten. Pawlikowski also co-edited the project with […]