The Actress (1988)
Die Schauspielerin
The 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.
- Date of release
- 1988-10-12
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Siegfried Kühn
Casting
- Corinna Harfouch — Maria Rheine
- André Hennicke — Mark Löwenthal
- Michael Gwisdek — Mario Montegasso
- Blanche Kommerell — Judith Baumann
- Jürgen Watzke — Stengele
- Martin Brandt — Jaldas Großvater
- Gesine Laatz — Jalda
- Falk Rockstroh — Jupp
- Edda Schwarzkopf — Marks Mutter
- Christian Steyer — Ernst Freund
- Ute Lubosch — Rosa
- Steffie Spira — Resolute Alte
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