The Actress

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.

Country:

East Germany,

Germany

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

87 minutes

Year:

1988

Director:

Siegfried Kühn

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Company:

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Cast:

Maria Rheine

Mark Löwenthal

Mario Montegasso

Judith Baumann

Stengele

Crew:

Director

Screenplay

Screenplay

Director of Photography

Set Designer