Fatherland at Speed Cinema

Fatherland

Directed by Paweł Pawlikoski

Friday, November 6, 6 pm | BUY TICKETS

$12 | $8 Speed members | Free for students with valid I.D.

“[A] perfectly cut jewel of a movie,”—Manohla Dargis, New York Times

Fatherland centers on the relationship between the Nobel Prize-winning writer 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 taking them across a Germany in ruins—from U.S.-dominated Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled Weimar. Returning home after sixteen years of exile in the U.S., Thomas Mann must face not only a divided fatherland, but also a deep fracture within his own family.

With Fatherland, Pawlikowski picks up where he left off with his award-winning Ida and Cold War, exploring—in his elliptic, distilled style—the themes of identity, family, love and guilt amid the turmoil and confusion of post-war Europe. Poland’s selection for consideration for the Best International Film Oscar. 2026, Poland/Germany/Italy/France, DCP, in German, English, French, and Russian with English subtitles, 82 minutes. Recommended for 15+