The Guardian Australia ·general ·1 hour ago

Polish director Pawlikowski explores Mann's fraught return to postwar Germany at Cannes

Polish director Paweł Pawlikowski's "Fatherland" premiered at Cannes, following Nobel laureate Thomas Mann's 1949 return to Germany. Hanns Zischler stars as Mann navigating political tensions between East and West zones while Sandra Hüller delivers an exceptional performance as his daughter Erika, who grieves her brother Klaus's deteriorating mental health. The austere monochrome film explores exile, artistic compromise, and impossible homecomings.

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