Arts· Film
Fatherland
Paweł Pawlikowski's drama about Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika, played by Sandra Hüller, on a road trip across a divided, ruined Germany in 1949 after his sixteen years of exile in America.
Key information
- When
- Sat 12 Dec – Thu 17 DecSat 12 Dec 14:30, Thu 17 Dec 14:30 and Thu 17 Dec 19:30
- Where
- King Street CinemaThe Corn Exchange, King Street, IP1 1DHMore at this venueMap
- Price
- Not listed: check the ticket page
Trailer
FATHERLAND | Official Trailer #2 | In Theaters NowWatch on YouTube ↗
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About this event
FATHERLAND centres on the relationship between the Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller) - 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 a deep fracture within his own family. With FATHERLAND, Pawlikowski picks up where he left off with his award-winning Ida and Cold War, exploring – in his elliptic, distilled style - the themes of identity, family, love and guilt amid the turmoil and confusion of post-war Europe.
Sources
- Original listing: kingstreetcinema.co.uk/programmes/fatherland
