The Actress(1988)

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.

Genre: Drama

Director: Siegfried Kühn

Actors: Corinna Harfouch, André Hennicke, Michael Gwisdek, Blanche Kommerell, Christian Steyer, Edda Schwarzkopf, Jürgen Watzke, Klaus Bieligk, Gerd Staiger, Falk Rockstroh

Release date: 1988-10-12

Country of origin: XG, Germany

Length: 1h 27m

Ratings:

• 7.3/10