Fatherland (2026 film)

Fatherland
Polish theatrical release poster
Directed byPaweł Pawlikowski
Screenplay by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyŁukasz Żal
Edited by
  • Paweł Pawlikowski
  • Piotr Wójcik
Production
companies
  • Our Films
  • Extreme Emotions
  • Nine Hours
  • Chapter2
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 14 May 2026 (2026-05-14) (Cannes)
  • 19 June 2026 (2026-06-19) (Poland)
  • 3 September 2026 (2026-09-03) (Germany)
  • 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16) (Italy)
  • 2 December 2026 (2026-12-02) (France)
Running time
82 minutes[1]
Countries
  • Poland
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • France
Languages
  • German
  • English
  • French
Budget€10 million[2]
Box office$10,565[3]

Fatherland is a 2026 biographical film directed by Paweł Pawlikowski, who co-wrote the screenplay with Hendrik Handloegten. The film stars Sandra Hüller and Hanns Zischler as Erika and Thomas Mann, respectively, as they embark on a road trip across Germany during the Cold War. It's the third entry in Pawlikowski's trilogy of historical films, following Ida (2013) and Cold War (2018).

The film had its world premiere in the main competition of the 79th Cannes Film Festival on 14 May 2026, where Pawlikowski won the Best Director award. The film received widespread critical acclaim, with special praise for its direction, cinematography, and acting. It received a theatrical release in Poland by Kino Świat on 19 June.

Plot

In summer 1949, Klaus Mann calls his sister Erika from an apartment in Cannes, where he shares his dissatisfaction with his writing and contemporary art as a whole. Erika invites him to join her and their father, Thomas Mann, a famed German writer, on a trip to Frankfurt, where Thomas will receive a Goethe Prize. Klaus declines Erika's invitation.

Erika and Thomas arrive in West Germany to a press gallery session, with Erika serving as Thomas's translator. It is revealed that Thomas will receive a second Goethe Prize in Weimar. Journalists argue that Thomas will likely be persecuted upon his return to the United States, where he has been living for the past thirteen years, should he visit East Germany. Thomas replies that Goethe's work and German literature predates the country's separation, and that art does not recognize borders.

At a reception following the ceremony, Thomas is met by the grandsons of Richard Wagner, who ask if he can help rehabilitate the composer's image, which he refuses. At the reception's bar, Erika encounters her ex-husband Gustaf Gründgens, a German actor who became closely affiliated with Joseph Goebbels, the chief propagandist for the Nazi party. The two have a brief altercation that ends with Erika slapping him in front of other patrons. Erika returns to her father's hotel room to discover that her brother Klaus has committed suicide.

The next morning, Erika and Thomas depart for Weimar. The two receive a welcome procession by Johannes R. Becher and Sergei Tiulpanov, two high-ranking members of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. At their hotel room, a dissident arrives at their door begging Thomas to speak about censorship in East Germany, only for him to be taken away by two members of the Stasi. Erika explores the grounds surrounding their accommodation on her own, leaving Thomas to attend several events by himself. Thomas returns to the hotel to find Erika crying and mourning Klaus.

The next day, Erika and Thomas drive past a bombed-out mansion, which the two decide to investigate on their own. Walking into the ruins, they find two men tuning an organ. As they sit and listen to the music, Thomas begins to weep as Erika holds his hand.

Cast

Sandra Hüller (left) and Hanns Zischler (right) portray Erika and Thomas Mann, respectively.

Production

Development

Director Paweł Pawlikowski (left) co-wrote the screenplay with Hendrik Handloegten (right).

Director Paweł Pawlikowski was sent The Magician, Colm Tóibín's biographical novel about Thomas Mann, by Mario Gianani and Lorenzo Mieli of Our Films, but he turned down the opportunity to adapt the book into a film. Instead, inspired by one particular episode — Mann's return to Germany in 1949 — he proceeded to re-imagine the event, co-writing the screenplay with Hendrik Handloegten.[4] Pawlikowski, who titled the film Ojczyzna (Fatherland), sees the film as the final part of his trilogy of historical films, following Ida (2013) and Cold War (2018), although, unlike the other two, lacking in emotional content and focusing on his purely intellectual interpretation.[5] He later noted the film as "the quickest thing that [he] ever developed".[6]

The film marks the first project under a three-year co-production, financing, and distribution agreement between Mubi and Our Films.[7][8] In June 2025, Arte France Cinéma was announced as a co-producer of the film.[9] Canal+ Poland also served as a co-producer.[10] The producers are listed as Mario Gianani, Lorenzo Mieli, Ewa Puszczyńska, Jeanne Tremsal, Edward Berger, Lorenzo Gangarossa, and Dimitri Rassam.[11]

In February 2025, the film was awarded a grant of €200,000 by the Hessen Film Fund.[12] Later that year, it was awarded a grant of €1.42 million by the Polish Film Institute and €150,000 from Eurimages.[13][14] It also received funding from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, and the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung.[2][15]

Casting

Sandra Hüller, Hanns Zischler, August Diehl, Anna Madeley, Devid Striesow, and Theo Trebs were announced as cast members on 19 August 2025.[16][17][18] In November 2025, Joanna Kulig announced that she had taken part in the film, marking her fourth collaboration with Pawlikowski.[19]

Filming

The film was shot primarily in Poland. Filming locations included Legnica (top), Bielsko-Biała (middle), and the Church of the Saviour in Wałbrzych (bottom).

Łukasz Żal served as the film's cinematographer, having previously shot Pawlikowski's films Ida (2013) and Cold War (2018).[20][21] Like Ida and Cold War, the film was shot in black-and-white.[20][22] It was also shot mostly chronologically, as producer Ewa Puszczyńska stated that "it was very important [for the] cast to get into the performance, into the journey, into the trip."[2]

Although the film is set in Germany, the production team opted to film primarily in Poland due to budget constraints. As Pawlikowski prefers not to film on stages, he scouted locations extensively throughout the country, and sets were built to match the surrounding areas. Puszczyńska stated, "There was no location which [was just] getting in and shooting. We were building the set on the street to match the existing buildings."[2]

Principal photography began in the Kartuzy district of Legnica on 13 August 2025.[23] Later that month, filming moved to Bielsko-Biała and Cieszyn.[24][25][26][27] In early September, filming briefly took place in Warsaw before returning to Legnica.[28][29][30][31] On 30 September, filming took place in Weimar, specifically at the Deutsches Nationaltheater und Staatskapelle Weimar and Goethes Gartenhaus in Park an der Ilm.[32][33] In early October, filming began at the Feature Film Studio in Wrocław.[22][34][35] Later that month, filming took place at the Church of the Saviour in Wałbrzych.[36][37] Filming locations also included Pieńsk, Goszcz, Bielawa, and Kliczków Castle.[38] Filming was completed by mid-December 2025, after 38 days of shooting.[39]

To recreate the Thomas Mann House, production designers Marcel Sławiński and Katarzyna Sobańska visited the site itself and studied blueprints, photos, and video footage of the home.[38] Furniture and props were sourced from Germany for authenticity. Pawlikowski also wanted the villa to be filled with books and art to emphasize "the quintessence of [Mann's] world: culture, literature, music."[34][35]

Costume designer Aleksandra Staszko, who had worked with Pawlikowski on Ida and Cold War, recreated 1940s fashion for the film, which required her to emphasize the style differences between West and East Germany, as well as the United States. While the costumes for the main characters were custom-made, costumes for extras were sourced from warehouses in Berlin, Łódź, and Warsaw.[34][35]

Post-production

The film was edited by Piotr Wójcik and the score was by Marcin Masecki.[11]

Release

The Match Factory owns the international sales rights to the film, which was presented at the European Film Market in February 2026.[40][41][42] Kino Świat will distribute the film in Poland, while Mubi will distribute the film in North America, Latin America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Austria, the Benelux, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Australia, New Zealand, and India.[10][40] It will also be released by Pathé in France, Neue Visionen in Germany, and Polyfilm in Austria.[43] Mubi signed an agreement for Madman Entertainment to distribute the film in Australia and New Zealand.[44][11]

The film had its world premiere in the main competition of the 79th Cannes Film Festival on 14 May 2026, where it competed for the Palme d'Or.[45][46][47] Ahead of its premiere, Mubi released a first-look clip from the film.[48]

In late May 2026, following its Cannes premiere, the film was acquired for distribution by Nonstop Entertainment in Scandinavia, Spentzos Film in Greece, GAGA in Japan, Challan in South Korea, Andrews Film in Taiwan, Lev Cinemas in Israel, Cinelibri in Bulgaria, MegaCom Film in former Yugoslavia, Vertigo Média in Hungary, Zero Gravity in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Arthouse Traffic in Ukraine, Gulf Film in the Middle East and North Africa, Nitrato in Portugal, Edko Films in Hong Kong, Transilvania Film in Romania, and Kino Pavasaris in the Baltics.[43]

A trailer was released on 28 May 2026.[49][50] On 15 June 2026, the film had its premiere screening at the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw.[51] It received a theatrical release in Poland on 19 June 2026.[52] The film will then release in Germany on 3 September,[53] in Italy on 16 October,[54] and in France on 2 December.[55]

The film was screened at the 73rd Sydney Film Festival in June 2026, where it played in the Official Competition.[56][57] It opened the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival on 14 August 2026,[58] and was selected for screenings at the 74th San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 2026,[59] and the Adelaide Film Festival on 18 October 2026.[11] It will screen in Australian cinemas from 12 November 2026.[60]

Reception

Paweł Pawlikowski received the Award for Best Director at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 96% of 45 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.0/10.[61] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 90 out of 100, based on 19 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[62]

In his five-star review, Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian deemed the film "an impossibly elegant, poised historical vignette".[63] Kevin Maher of The Times also gave the film a five-star rating, describing it as "small but perfectly formed and packed with more ideas and infused with more heartbreak than most overlong arthouse epics".[64] Robbie Collin of The Daily Telegraph gave the film a rating of four stars out of five, calling it "sharp, exacting, trenchant, and fascinating". He specifically commended Pawlikowski's craftsmanship and Żal's cinematography as "impeccable".[65]

Giving the film a B-grade, Ryan Lattanzio of IndieWire wrote, "What exactly the endgame of this road trip is doesn't quite crystallize onscreen, leaving gaps and missing bookends that might encourage you to brush up on your European postwar history."[66] Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com echoed this sentiment, noting, "There are no easy answers in Fatherland, which makes it a bit less satisfying narratively, but I think also means it will have the freedom to bounce around in the minds of viewers more than a film concerned with tighter conclusions."[67]

Critics praised the cast's performances, including Leslie Felperin of The Hollywood Reporter, who believed Hüller and Zischler's roles were "immaculately performed", and Owen Gleiberman of Variety, who deemed them "pitch-perfect".[68][69] Critics also praised the film's artistic direction, with Stephanie Bunbury of Deadline calling the film "a masterclass in artistic discipline" and Marc van de Klashorst of the International Cinephile Society writing that "[Pawlikowski's] compositional work is nothing short of brilliant, especially in the crisp imagery created by his regular cinematographer Łukasz Żal".[70][71]

Accolades

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Cannes Film Festival 23 May 2026 Palme d'Or Paweł Pawlikowski Nominated [72]
Best Director Won[a] [73]
Sydney Film Festival 14 June 2026 Sydney Film Prize Nominated [57]

Notes

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