Fatherland (2026)
Director: Paweł Pawlikowski Run Time: 82 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2026
Starring: Anna Madeley, August Diehl, Devid Striesow, Hanns Zischler, Sandra Hüller
Country: Poland, Germany, Italy, France
Language: German, English, French, Russian
About the film:
At the height of the Cold War, the writer Thomas Mann and his daughter—actress, writer, and rally driver—Erika embark on a road trip in a black Buick cruiser across a divided Germany in ruins, traveling from the Allied-occupied city of Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled Weimar.
Fatherland (2026) had its world premiere at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, where Pawlikowski won Best Director. The film is Poland’s official entry for Best International Feature at the upcoming 99th Academy Awards.
About the filmmaker:
Paweł Pawlikowski is a Polish filmmaker whose work deals with the turmoils of history, with exile, and with the transcendental need for home and belonging. He began his career directing award-winning documentaries before moving into narrative features with the BAFTA-winning film Last Resort (2000). He established himself as one of Europe’s most distinctive cinematic voices with My Summer of Love (2004), Ida (2013), and Cold War (2018). Ida was the first Polish film to win the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, while Cold War earned Pawlikowski the Best Director prize at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival and later received three Academy Award nominations. He continued his exploration of Europe’s troubled history with Fatherland (2026).
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