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THE ACTRESS
© DEFA-Stiftung Norbert Kuhröber
Mark and Maria act in a provincial theatre. They love each other and yet have no future in Germany of the 1930s: while Mark, a Jew, is dismissed, Maria celebrates one success after the other. Any contact would endanger her career. Still Maria chooses Mark. She fakes her own suicide and follows her lover to a Jewish theatre under a pseudonym in this harrowing tale, far removed from any sense of melodrama.
Credits
original title DIE SCHAUSPIELERIN
international title THE ACTRESS
german title DIE SCHAUSPIELERIN
JFBB section A Journey Through Time
country/countries DDR
year 1988
duration 86 Min
screenplay Siegfried Kühn
director of photography Peter Ziesche
sound Klaus Heidemann
music Stefan Carow, Jimmie Cox
editing Brigitte Krex
production company DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
actor/s Corinna Harfouch, André Hennicke, Michael Gwisdek, Blanche Kommerell, Jürgen Watzke, Martin Brandt, Edda Schwarzkop, Christian Steyer, Klaus Pönitz, Gerhard Meyer, Falk Rockstroh, Klaus Bieligk, Eckhard Becker, Gesine Laatz, Ute Lubosch, Susanne Lüning, Elfi Gäbel, Harald Warmbrunn, Werner Ehrlicher, Rolf Colditz, Steffie Spira