The Actress
12/10/1988
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.
Movie Information
Corinna Harfouch
as Maria Rheine
André Hennicke
as Mark Löwenthal
Michael Gwisdek
as Mario Montegasso
Blanche Kommerell
as Judith Baumann
Jürgen Watzke
as Stengele
Martin Brandt
as Jaldas Großvater
Gesine Laatz
as Jalda
Falk Rockstroh
as Jupp
Edda Schwarzkopf
as Marks Mutter
Christian Steyer
as Ernst Freund
Ute Lubosch
as Rosa
Steffie Spira
as Resolute Alte
Klaus Pönitz
as Intendant
Günter Rüger
as blinder Mann
Thea Schmidt-Keune
as
