PAWEŁ PAWLIKOWSKI'S AWARD-WINNING NEW DRAMA “FATHERLAND”

Distributor Cinéart and MUBI proudly announce that the award-winning new film FATHERLAND by Paweł Pawlikowski ( Ida, Cold War) will be in Dutch cinemas from November 19. The announcement follows the film's successful and critically acclaimed world premiere in the official competition of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, where Pawlikowski was awarded the Best Director prize jointly.

The screenplay was written by Pawlikowski and Henk Handloegten, starring Oscar®-nominated actress Sandra Hüller ( Zone of Interest, Anatomy of a Fall ), Hanns Zischler ( Munich , Allemagne année 90 neuf zéro , Im Lauf der Zeit ), August Diehl ( A Hidden Life, Inglourious Basterds ), Devid Striesow ( All Quiet on The Western Front ), and Anna Madeley ( Patrick Melrose, All Creatures Great And Small ).

FATHERLAND revolves around the relationship between Nobel Prize winner Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller) – actress, writer, and rally driver. In the summer of 1949, at the height of the Cold War, father and daughter embark on a challenging and emotional road trip in a black Buick through a Germany in ruins – from US-dominated Frankfurt to Soviet-occupied Weimar. After sixteen years of exile in the United States, Thomas Mann returns home and is confronted not only with a divided homeland but also with a deep rift within his own family.

With FATHERLAND, Pawlikowski builds upon the themes of his award-winning films Ida and Cold War and explores – in his characteristic elliptical, understated style – identity, family, love, and guilt in a disrupted post-war Europe. The film is a production of MUBI, OUR Films (a Mediawan Company, Italy), Extreme Emotions (Poland), Nine Hours (Germany), and Chapter 2 (a Mediawan Company, France), in collaboration with Circle One (Italy) and Apocalypso Pictures, with the participation of Arte and Pathé. The film is produced by Mario Gianani and Lorenzo Mieli (OUR Films), Ewa Puszczyńska (Extreme Emotions), Jeanne Tremsal and Edward Berger (Nine Hours), Dimitri Rassam (Chapter 2), and Lorenzo Gangarossa (Circle One).

Pawlikowski is once again collaborating with his regular creative team, including Oscar®-nominated cinematographer Łukasz Żal , costume designer Aleksandra Staszko , and production designers Katarzyna Sobańska and Marcel Sławiński .