Fatherland

Year 2026
Runtime 1h 22min
Rating NC16 (Some Mature Content)
Language German
Subtitles English
Director Paweł Pawlikowski
Producer Mario Gianani, Lorenzo Mieli, Ewa Puszczyńska, Jeanne Tremsal, Edward Berger, Dimitri Rassam, Lorenzo Gangarossa
Screenwriter Paweł Pawlikowsk, Henk Handloegten
Cinematographer Lukasz Zal
Cast Sandra Hüller, Hanns Zischler, August Diehl

Fatherland centres 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 sixteen years of exile in the US, Thomas Mann has to face not only a divided fatherland, but also deep fracture within his own family.

This film is co-presented with the Embassy of Italy in Singapore and the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Singapore.

AWARDS
Cannes Film Festival 2026
- Award for Best Director
- Palme d'Or (nominated)

Sydney Film Festival 2026
- Sydney Film Prize