The Actress (1988)

7.0/10 87 min Drama

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

Maria Rheine

André Hennicke

Mark Löwenthal

Michael Gwisdek

Mario Montegasso

Blanche Kommerell

Judith Baumann

Falk Rockstroh

Jupp

Christian Steyer

Ernst Freund

Ute Lubosch

Rosa

Steffie Spira

Resolute Alte

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