The Actress

1988
The Actress
7.3| 1h27m| en| Drama
Storyline

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.

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  • The Actress Cast
Corinna Harfouch as Maria Rheine
André Hennicke as Mark Löwenthal
Michael Gwisdek as Mario Montegasso
Blanche Kommerell as Judith Baumann
Christian Steyer as Ernst Freund
Ute Lubosch as Rosa
Steffie Spira as Resolute Alte