The read
It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Siegfried KühnDirector
- Regine KühnScreenplay
- Siegfried KühnScreenplay
Cast
- 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
Themes
new lovejew persecutionjewish life