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Fatherland centres on the relationship between Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller), an actress, writer and rally driver. In the summer of 1949, at the height of the Cold War, they embark on a challenging and emotional road trip in a black Buick, travelling across a Germany in ruins—from US-dominated Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled Weimar. Returning home after sixteen years of exile in the US, Thomas Mann faces a divided fatherland and a deep fracture within his own family.
With Fatherland, Pawlikowski picks up where he left off with his award-winning Ida and Cold War, exploring themes of identity, family, love and guilt amid the turmoil and confusion of post-war Europe in his elliptic, distilled style.
Winner of Best Director at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. Poland’s entry for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.