The Actress

Oct 12, 1988

1h 27m

★ 0.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

DEFA

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Cast

Maria Rheine

Corinna Harfouch

Mark Löwenthal

André Hennicke

Mario Montegasso

Michael Gwisdek

Judith Baumann

Blanche Kommerell

Stengele

Jürgen Watzke

Jaldas Großvater

Martin Brandt

Jalda

Gesine Laatz

Jupp

Falk Rockstroh

Marks Mutter

Edda Schwarzkopf

Ernst Freund

Christian Steyer

Rosa

Ute Lubosch

Resolute Alte

Steffie Spira

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