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The Actress

7.0(1)19881h 27m1

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.

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Language
German
  • new love
  • jew persecution
  • jewish life

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East Germany, Germany

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  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical12 Oct 1988
  • XCXC

    • Premiere9 Jul 1988

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The Actress was released on 12 October 1988.

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