In 1949, as the Cold War takes hold, Erika Mann travels with her father, the Nobel Prize-winning novelist Thomas Mann, on a literary tour through both West and East Germany. Mann believes the divided country needs to heal, but when tragedy hits the family, that belief turns inward and starts to test the two of them. Paweł Pawlikowski, director of Ida and Cold War, returns to the questions of identity, family, love and guilt in post-war Europe.

Reviews

‘Fatherland is an elegant, engrossing film; chilly at times, but also poignant as repressed feelings finally bubble to the surface. This is another expansive, enriching work from a modern master.’
★★★★★
Philip De Semlyen, Time Out

‘Here is an impossibly elegant, poised historical vignette whose brevity and control can hardly contain its characters’ personal and historical pain.’
★★★★★
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian