"A story about the difficulty and necessity of reckoning with yesterday to forge a worthier tomorrow, it’s a gorgeous, gripping drama whose resonance transcends its chosen post-WWII period."
Fatherland
Fatherland
FATHERLAND centers on the relationship between the Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann (Hans Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Oscar-nominee Sandra Hüller, ANATOMY OF A FALL ) — 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 in 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, acclaimed filmmaker Pawel 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.
Winner, Palm d’Or Best Director, Cannes Film Festival 2026
Opens at the Park Theatre on Friday, October 30
Complete showtimes, info and tickets on sale Monday, October 12.
FATHERLAND (Pawel Pawlikowski, 2026 / 82 mins / PG / Polish & German w. EST) At the height of the Cold War, ‘Fatherland’ centers on the relationship between the writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika—actress, writer and rally driver—as they embark on a road trip in a black Buick cruiser across a Germany in ruins.
