The Actress

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Corinna Harfouch

Maria Rheine

Age : 69 | Popularity : 6%

André Hennicke

Mark Löwenthal

Age : 64 | Popularity : 12%

Michael Gwisdek

Mario Montegasso

Age : 78 | Popularity : 9%

Blanche Kommerell

Judith Baumann

Age : 74 | Popularity : 3%

Jürgen Watzke

Stengele

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Martin Brandt

Jaldas Großvater

Age : 86 | Popularity : 3%

Gesine Laatz

Jalda

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Falk Rockstroh

Jupp

Age : 66 | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Siegfried Kühn
Sound	Music	Stefan Carow
Camera	Director of Photography	Peter Ziesche
Editing	Editor	Brigitte Krex
Art	Set Designer	Hans Poppe
Writing	Screenplay	Regine Kühn Siegfried Kühn
	Novel	Hedda Zinner
Department	Role	Name

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