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Release date:Oct 12, 1988
Runtime:1h 27m

The Actress

★ 5.7

"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."

Drama
German
Corinna Harfouch ... as Maria Rheine
André Hennicke ... as Mark Löwenthal
Michael Gwisdek ... as Mario Montegasso
Blanche Kommerell ... as Judith Baumann
Jürgen Watzke ... as Stengele
Martin Brandt ... as Jaldas Großvater
Gesine Laatz ... as Jalda
Falk Rockstroh ... as Jupp
Edda Schwarzkopf ... as Marks Mutter
Christian Steyer ... as Ernst Freund
Ute Lubosch ... as Rosa
Steffie Spira ... as Resolute Alte
Klaus Pönitz ... as Intendant
Günter Rüger ... as blinder Mann
Stefan Carow... (Music)
Brigitte Krex... (Editor)
Peter Ziesche... (Director of Photography)
Regine Kühn... (Screenplay)
Hans Poppe... (Set Designer)
Siegfried Kühn... (Screenplay)
Hedda Zinner... (Novel)
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