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Fatherland

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Raphael Abraham Financial Times 18m
4/5
Fatherland may form a postwar trilogy of sorts with Ida and Cold War, but the contemporary parallels are all too easy to see in this requiem for lost ideals and lost loved ones. Go to Full Review Philip De Semlyen Time Out 23h
5/5
Fatherland is an elegant, engrossing film; chilly at times, but also poignant as repressed feelings finally bubble to the surface. This is another expansive, enriching work from a modern master. Go to Full Review Owen Gleiberman Variety 1d
The film has been made in a spirit of nearly fetishistic meticulousness; it’s as subtle as a fine wine. Yet Fatherland, as an experience, is so steeped in ideas that in the end it’s more heady than haunting. Go to Full Review Philip Bagnall Loud and Clear Reviews 1h
4.5/5
The formal rigor of Fatherland entices, but the emotional depth is what stays with you. Go to Full Review Àngel Quintana Caimán Cuadernos de Cine 1h
Pawlikowski films the end of a world based on humanist faith in culture as a moral refuge from barbarism. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Carlos F. Heredero Caimán Cuadernos de Cine 1h
Its meticulous formal stylization constructs a delicate and elegant weaving of ascetic images in which literature, cinema, and the history of a continent converge. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Paweł Pawlikowski

Director

Hanns Zischler

Thomas Mann

Sandra Hüller

Erika Mann

August Diehl

Actor

Anna Madeley

Actor

Devid Striesow

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Movie Info

Director
Paweł Pawlikowski
Producer
Mario Gianani, Lorenzo Mieli, Ewa Puszczyńska, Jeanne Tremsal, Edward Berger, Dimitri Rassam, Lorenzo Gangarossa
Screenwriter
Paweł Pawlikowski, Hendrik Handloegten
Production Co
Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej, Extreme Emotions, MUBI
Genre
Drama, Biography
Original Language
German
Runtime
1h 22m