The Actress
Original title: Die Schauspielerin
IMDb7.30
19881h 27m
Overview
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.
Top-billed cast
- EEdda Schwarzkopf
- MMichael Gwisdek
- GGünter Rüger
- AAndré Hennicke
- FFalk Rockstroh
- MMartin Brandt
- TThea Schmidt-Keune
- GGesine Laatz
- CChristian Steyer
- SSteffie Spira
Crew
- Director
- Siegfried Kühn
- Writers
- Hedda Zinner, Regine Kühn, Siegfried Kühn
- Production
- DEFA
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Who directed The Actress?
The Actress was directed by Siegfried Kühn.
When was The Actress released?
The Actress was released in 1988.
