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Fatherland

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Critics Reviews

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Justin Chang The New Yorker 5d
Sombreness has seldom looked more suave or felt more disciplined; the storytelling is astounding in its concision, sometimes to a fault, as the characters’ rich personal histories are elided. Go to Full Review Kevin Maher The Times (UK) 5d
5/5
It’s a moving film, too, and builds swiftly and assuredly to an emotionally devastating climax. Go to Full Review Donald Clarke Irish Times May 15
5/5
Fatherland also becomes, as the car moves eastwards, increasingly taken up with the ravages of grief and the responsibility of the artist. Those themes come together in a beautiful, sad epiphany that closes out a terse film with divine economy. Go to Full Review Nataliia Serebriakova FILMINK (Australia) 6d
16/20
Fatherland is not only about the past. It is a warning about the cyclical nature of history and the dangers of forgetting. Go to Full Review Sonya Vseliubska In Review Online 6d
Fatherland finds its greatest strength in laconism, allowing the film’s hints, parallels, and historical echoes to reverberate without overstatement. Go to Full Review Rubén Téllez Brotons El antepenúltimo mohicano May 18
2.5/5
The frivolity that defines Fatherland's treatment of History can only exist from a retrospective perspective: it looks at the past without relating it to the present in order to make superficial value judgments. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Paweł Pawlikowski

Director

Hanns Zischler

Thomas Mann

Sandra Hüller

Erika Mann

August Diehl

Actor

Anna Madeley

Actor

Devid Striesow

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Movie Info

Director
Paweł Pawlikowski
Producer
Mario Gianani, Lorenzo Mieli, Ewa Puszczyńska, Jeanne Tremsal, Edward Berger, Dimitri Rassam, Lorenzo Gangarossa
Screenwriter
Paweł Pawlikowski, Hendrik Handloegten
Production Co
Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej, Extreme Emotions, MUBI
Genre
Drama, Biography
Original Language
German
Runtime
1h 22m