Fatherland
Wednesday, October 28, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
screening
FATHERLAND centers on the relationship between the Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika - actress, writer and rally driver. In the summer of 1949, at the height of the Cold War, father and daughter embark on a challenging and emotional road trip in a black Buick, taking them across a Germany in ruins - from US-dominated Frankfurt to Soviet controlled Weimar. Returning home after 16 years of exile in the US, Thomas Mann has to face not only a divided fatherland, but also 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 – in his elliptic, distilled style - the themes of identity, family, love, and guilt amid the turmoil and confusion of post-war Europe. 82 min, Drama, in German, English and French with English subtitles.
Showtimes: Wed, Oct 28, 5:00 PM; Wed, Oct 28, 7:30 PM