The Actress
movie
Released October 12, 1988
Genres:
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.
Cast
Corinna Harfouch
as
Maria Rheine
André Hennicke
as
Mark Löwenthal
Michael Gwisdek
as
Mario Montegasso
Blanche Kommerell
as
Judith Baumann
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Jürgen Watzke
as
Stengele
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Martin Brandt
as
Jaldas Großvater
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Gesine Laatz
as
Jalda
Falk Rockstroh
as
Jupp
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Edda Schwarzkopf
as
Marks Mutter
Christian Steyer
as
Ernst Freund
Ute Lubosch
as
Rosa
Steffie Spira
as
Resolute Alte