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The Actress (1988)

1h 27m · 12 Oct 1988
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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.

Movie ID23088
GenreDrama
DirectorSiegfried Kühn
Main castCorinna Harfouch, André Hennicke, Michael Gwisdek, Blanche Kommerell, Jürgen Watzke, Martin Brandt, Gesine Laatz, Falk Rockstroh
Release date12 October 1988
Release year1988
LanguageGerman
Duration87 min (1h 27m)
Rating7.0 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseDEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Director: Siegfried Kühn
Writers: Regine Kühn, Siegfried Kühn

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Corinna HarfouchMaria Rheine André HennickeMark Löwenthal Michael GwisdekMario Montegasso Blanche KommerellJudith Baumann
Jürgen WatzkeStengele
Martin BrandtJaldas Großvater
Gesine LaatzJalda
Falk RockstrohJupp
Edda SchwarzkopfMarks Mutter
Christian SteyerErnst Freund Ute LuboschRosa Steffie SpiraResolute Alte
Klaus PönitzIntendant
Günter Rügerblinder Mann
Thea Schmidt-Keune

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