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Fatherland

Best Director (Ex-aequo), Cannes 2026

Original language: German, English, French, Russian Subtitles: Romanian, English

Directed by: Paweł Pawlikowski Country: Poland, Germany, Italy, France Year of production: 2026 Length: 82 minutes Genre: Drama

Fatherland centres on the relationship between the Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika, actress, writer and rally driver. In the summer of 1949, at the height of the Cold War, father and daughter embark on a challenging and emotional road trip in a black Buick taking them across a Germany in ruins - from US-dominated Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled Weimar. Returning home after sixteen years of exile in the US, Thomas Mann has to face not only a divided fatherland, but also deep fractures within his own family.

Credits: Paweł Pawlikowski – Director Paweł Pawlikowski, Henk Handloegten – Script

Casting: Sandra Hüller Hanns Zischler August Diehl Devid Striesow Anna Madeley

FATHERLAND | Official Trailer | Only in Theaters October 23 - YouTube

Location: Muzeul Național de Artă - Sala Auditorium, București

Date: 17:00 - Monday, 26 October 2026

Price: 30 lei