The Actress
87 mins
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.
Jürgen Watzke
Stengele
Martin Brandt
Jaldas Großvater
Gesine Laatz
Jalda
Edda Schwarzkopf
Marks Mutter
Klaus Pönitz
Intendant
Günter Rüger
blinder Mann
Regine Kühn
Screenplay
Hans Poppe
Set Designer
Peter Ziesche
Director of Photography
Siegfried Kühn
Director
Brigitte Krex
Editor
Siegfried Kühn
Screenplay
Stefan Carow
Music
Hedda Zinner
Novel