
Original title
Die Schauspielerin
Released
10/12/1988
Origin country
DE
Genre
Drama
Production companies
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Runtime
1hr 27min
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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