(Die Schauspielerin)

Content: 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.

Countries:

East Germany,

Germany

Genres:

Drama

Runtime:

87 minutes

Year:

1988

Directors:

Siegfried Kühn

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Production companies:

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Actors:

Maria Rheine

Mark Löwenthal

Mario Montegasso

Judith Baumann

Stengele

Crews:

Director

Screenplay

Screenplay

Director of Photography

Set Designer