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The Actress
1988
1h 27m
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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Cast
Corinna HarfouchMaria Rheine
André HennickeMark Löwenthal
Michael GwisdekMario Montegasso
Blanche KommerellJudith Baumann
Jürgen WatzkeStengele
Martin BrandtJaldas Großvater
Gesine LaatzJalda
Falk RockstrohJupp
Edda SchwarzkopfMarks Mutter
Christian SteyerErnst Freund
Ute LuboschRosa
Steffie SpiraResolute Alte
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