The Actress

The Actress (1988)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1988-10-12
  • Runtime: 1h 27min
  • Language: Deutsch
  • Production Company: DEFA
  • Production Country: East Germany, Germany
  • Director: Siegfried Kühn

Trailer

Summary

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.

Is The Actress on Disney Plus?

Unfortunately the movie The Actress is not yet available on Disney Plus.

  • 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
  • Thea Schmidt-Keune

    as
Sound Stefan Carow Music
Directing Siegfried Kühn Director
Editing Brigitte Krex Editor
Camera Peter Ziesche Director of Photography
Writing Regine Kühn Screenplay
Art Hans Poppe Set Designer
Writing Siegfried Kühn Screenplay
Writing Hedda Zinner Novel