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The Actress

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Calorie Rating: 122
Released: 1988-10-12
Running Time: 87 Minutes
Studios: DEFA,


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.

Director / Directors



Cast

Corinna Harfouch
Character: Maria Rheine
André Hennicke
Character: Mark Löwenthal
Michael Gwisdek
Character: Mario Montegasso

Blanche Kommerell
Character: Judith Baumann
Jürgen Watzke
Character: Stengele
Martin Brandt
Character: Jaldas Großvater

Gesine Laatz
Character: Jalda
Falk Rockstroh
Character: Jupp
Edda Schwarzkopf
Character: Marks Mutter

Christian Steyer
Character: Ernst Freund
Ute Lubosch
Character: Rosa
Steffie Spira
Character: Resolute Alte

Klaus Pönitz
Character: Intendant
Günter Rüger
Character: blinder Mann


Production and Crew

Peter Ziesche
Director of Photography

Hans Poppe
Set Designer
Regine Kühn
Screenplay