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Thomas and Erika Mann biopic has an oddly twisted premise

dw.com·Elizabeth Grenier·24 days ago
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Pawel Pawlikowski's "Fatherland" is one of the most anticipated films among the 21 titles vying for the prestigious Palme d'Or this year.  The Polish filmmaker returns to Cannes after winning the festival's best director award in 2018 with " Cold War ." The historical romantic drama set between Communist Poland and Paris went on to win the top European Film Awards and earn multiple Oscar nominations. Pawel Pawlikowski's 'Cold War' also won the People's Choice Award for Best European Film Image: Britta Pedersen/dpa/picture alliance Pawlikowski's new film is another exploration of the early Cold War period. It's framed as a road movie undertaken by Thomas Mann (played by Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika ( Sandra Hüller ), as they travel in a Buick from Frankfurt in West Germany to Weimar in East Germany , in 1949.…

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