The Actress
1988•1h 27m•7.0•Released
Drama
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.
Director
Siegfried Kühn
Writer
Regine Kühn, Siegfried Kühn
Languages
German
Studio
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Cast
Corinna Harfouch
Maria Rheine
André Hennicke
Mark Löwenthal
Michael Gwisdek
Mario Montegasso
Blanche Kommerell
Judith Baumann
Jürgen Watzke
Stengele
Martin Brandt
Jaldas Großvater
Gesine Laatz
Jalda
Falk Rockstroh
Jupp
Edda Schwarzkopf
Marks Mutter
Christian Steyer
Ernst Freund
Ute Lubosch
Rosa
Steffie Spira
Resolute Alte
Klaus Pönitz
Intendant
Günter Rüger
blinder Mann
Thea Schmidt-Keune
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