
The Actress
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 Billed Cast

Corinna Harfouch
Maria Rheine

André Hennicke
Mark Löwenthal

Michael Gwisdek
Mario Montegasso

Blanche Kommerell
Judith Baumann
Jürgen Watzke
Stengele
Featured Crew
Stefan Carow
Music
Siegfried Kühn
Director
Brigitte Krex
Editor
Peter Ziesche
Director of Photography
Regine Kühn
Screenplay
Hans Poppe
Set Designer
Siegfried Kühn
Screenplay
Hedda Zinner
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