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Fatherland

Fatherland

original title:

Fatherland

directed by:

Pawel Pawlikowski

cast:

Hanns Zischler, Sandra Huller, August Diehl, Anna Madeley, Devid Striesow, Joanna Kulig

screenplay:

Pawel Pawlikowski

cinematography:

Lukasz Zal

editing:

Piotr Wojcik

set design:

Katarzyna Sobasska, Marcel Slawinski

costume design:

Ola Staszko

music:

Marcin Marsecki

producer:

Mario Gianani, Lorenzo Mieli, Ewa Puszczynska, Edward Berger, Jeanne Tremsal, Edward Berger, Dimitri Rassam, Lorenzo Gangarossa

production:

Our Films, Extreme Emotions, Nine Hours, Chapter 2, Mubi, Arte, Pathé Pictures, supported by Ministero della Cultura

distribution:

Mubi [Italy], Mcf Megacom Film [Albania], Mubi [Argentina], Mubi [Australia], Madman Entertainment [Australia], Mubi [Austria], Polyfilm Verleih [Austria], Gulf Film [Bahrain], Mubi [Belgium], Mubi [Bolivia], Mcf Megacom Film [Bosnia and Herzegovina], Mubi [Brazil], Cinelibri [Bulgaria], Mubi [Canada], Mubi [Chile], Mubi [Colombia], Mubi [Costa Rica], Mcf Megacom Film [Croatia], NonStop [Denmark], Mubi [Dominican Republic], Mubi [Ecuador], Mubi [El Salvador], Kino Pavasaris [Estonia], NonStop [Finland], Pathé Distribution [France], Mubi [Germany], Neue Visionen Filmverleih [Germany], Spentzos Film [Greece], Mubi [Guatemala], Mubi [Honduras], Edko Films [Hong Kong], Vertigo Media [Hungary], NonStop [Iceland], Mubi [India], Gulf Film [Iraq], Mubi [Ireland], Lev Cinema [Israel], Gaga Corporation [Japan], Gulf Film [Jordan], Gulf Film [Kuwait], Kino Pavasaris [Latvia], Kino Pavasaris [Lithuania], Mubi [Mexico], Mcf Megacom Film [Montenegro], Mubi [Netherlands], Mubi [New Zealand], Madman Entertainment [New Zealand], Mubi [Nicaragua], Mcf Megacom Film [North Macedonia], NonStop [Norway], Gulf Film [Oman], Mubi [Panama], Mubi [Paraguay], Mubi [Peru], Kino Swiat [Poland], Nitrato Filmes [Portugal], Mubi [Puerto Rico], Gulf Film [Qatar], Transilvania Film [Romania], Gulf Film [Saudi Arabia], Mcf Megacom Film [Serbia], Mcf Megacom Film [Slovenia], Challan [South Korea], Mubi [Spain], NonStop [Sweden], Pathé Films [Switzerland], Andrews Film [Taiwan], Mubi [Turkey], Arthouse Traffic [Ukraine], Gulf Film [United Arab Emirates], Mubi [United Kingdom], Mubi [United States], Mubi [Uruguay], Mubi [Venezuela]

world sales:

The Match Factory [Germany]

country:

Poland/Germany/Italy/France

year:

2026

film run:

82'

format:

colour

status:

Ready (09/04/2026)

festivals & awards:

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 deep fracture within his own family.