The Actress
1988 · 87 min
Drama
★ 7.0The year 1933: Successful actress Maria Rheine is in love with her Jewish colleague Mark Löwenthal. When the Nazis implement the racist Nuremberg Laws, their relationship is severely endangered. Defiant Maria decides to stay together with Mark and ends her promising career: She assumes a Jewish identity and continues to work under the name Manja Löwenthal. She and Mark perform at the Jewish Theatre in Berlin, until they become victims of an intrigue: Their colleague Judith, who has a crush on Mark, denounces them to the secret police.
Crew
- Director Siegfried Kühn
- Screenplay Regine Kühn
- Screenplay Siegfried Kühn
- Director of Photography Peter Ziesche
Cast
Corinna Harfouch
Maria Rheine
André Hennicke
Mark Löwenthal
Michael Gwisdek
Mario Montegasso
Blanche Kommerell
Judith Baumann
- J
Jürgen Watzke
Stengele
- M
Martin Brandt
Jaldas Großvater
- G
Gesine Laatz
Jalda
Falk Rockstroh
Jupp
- E
Edda Schwarzkopf
Marks Mutter
Christian Steyer
Ernst Freund
Ute Lubosch
Rosa
Steffie Spira
Resolute Alte
Crew
- Director — Siegfried Kühn
- Screenplay — Regine Kühn
- Screenplay — Siegfried Kühn
- Director of Photography — Peter Ziesche
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