Fatherland
About
Fatherland is a feature film about German writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika, who in 1949 embark on a road trip across a Germany in ruins, from US-dominated Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled Weimar. It is directed by Paweł Pawlikowski, the director of Ida and Cold War, and stars Sandra Hüller and Hanns Zischler. The film won a prize at Cannes 2026 and has earned five-star reviews from the Guardian, The Times, the Irish Times and Time Out. It runs 82 minutes and is rated 12A.
Written by a model, sources: actonecinema.co.uk
Critics
7.3Very good
Critics praise the lead performances, elegant black-and-white cinematography and the evocative postwar atmosphere. They fault the sparse, elliptical storytelling and historical gaps that leave the film hard to follow without background knowledge.
Reviews: Kino-Zeit, artechock, radio3, Filmstarts, Filmdienst, TMDb
Trailer
Showtimes
Thu 29 Oct
Riverside StudiosQueen Caroline Street 101, W6 9BN London
Act One CinemaHigh Street 119 - 121, W3 6NA London
Institute of Contemporary ArtsThe Mall, London
Rio CinemaKingsland High Street 107, E8 2PB London
Phoenix Cinema52 High Rd, London N2 9PJ, UK
Castle CinemaBrooksby's Walk 64-66, E9 6DA London
Fri 30 Oct
ArtHouse Crouch EndTottenham Lane 159A, N8 9BT London
Castle CinemaBrooksby's Walk 64-66, E9 6DA London
Institute of Contemporary ArtsThe Mall, London
Phoenix Cinema52 High Rd, London N2 9PJ, UK
Rio CinemaKingsland High Street 107, E8 2PB London
Sat 31 Oct
ArtHouse Crouch EndTottenham Lane 159A, N8 9BT London
Institute of Contemporary ArtsThe Mall, London
Castle CinemaBrooksby's Walk 64-66, E9 6DA London
Genesis CinemaMile End Road 93-95, E1 4UJ London
Sun 1 Nov
ArtHouse Crouch EndTottenham Lane 159A, N8 9BT London
Castle CinemaBrooksby's Walk 64-66, E9 6DA London
Rio CinemaKingsland High Street 107, E8 2PB London
Genesis CinemaMile End Road 93-95, E1 4UJ London
Mon 2 Nov
ArtHouse Crouch EndTottenham Lane 159A, N8 9BT London
Rio CinemaKingsland High Street 107, E8 2PB London
Phoenix Cinema52 High Rd, London N2 9PJ, UK
Genesis CinemaMile End Road 93-95, E1 4UJ London
Tue 3 Nov
ArtHouse Crouch EndTottenham Lane 159A, N8 9BT London
Institute of Contemporary ArtsThe Mall, London
Genesis CinemaMile End Road 93-95, E1 4UJ London
Rio CinemaKingsland High Street 107, E8 2PB London
Wed 4 Nov
ArtHouse Crouch EndTottenham Lane 159A, N8 9BT London
Institute of Contemporary ArtsThe Mall, London
The Garden CinemaParker Street 39-41, WC2B 5PQ London
Phoenix Cinema52 High Rd, London N2 9PJ, UK
Rio CinemaKingsland High Street 107, E8 2PB London
and 6 more showtimes until 5 November
- Director
- Paweł Pawlikowski
- Year
- 2026
- Runtime
- 82 min
