The Actress

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Corinna Harfouch Maria Rheine

André Hennicke Mark Löwenthal

Michael Gwisdek Mario Montegasso

Blanche Kommerell Judith Baumann

Jürgen Watzke Stengele