Watch Powerful Trailer For Paweł Pawlikowski’s Fatherland

Pawel Pawlikowski‘s Fatherland has created such a buzz since it’s Cannes Premiere. MUBI kick-off it’s marketing with the film’s powerful and emotional Trailer.

We’ve been hearing a lots about Anne Hathaway and busy year she has had in 2026. Sandra Hüller‘s 2026 has been equally busy, a year that included Project Hail Mary, Rose and this one.

Fatherland also stars Hanns Zischler (Munich, Germany Year 90 Nine Zero, Kings of the Road), August Diehl (A Hidden Life, Inglourious Basterds), Devid Striesow (All Quiet On The Western Front), and Anna Madeley (Patrick Melrose, All Creatures Great And Small).

The film is described as a story about control and power. A story of post-war Germany following a father daughter (Zischler and Hüller) on a road trip, a trip that is dominated by personal ghosts.

We reviewed Fatherland at Cannes Film Festival. Megan Hilborne reviewed it and described  “Fatherland is a visually stunning and emotionally layered drama, elevated by remarkable performances and masterful craftsmanship“. You can read Megan’s full review here.

Synopsis | Fatherland centres 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 US dominated Frankfurt to Soviet controlled Weimar. Returning home after sixteen years of exile in the US, Thomas Mann has to 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.

Fatherland will be released in UK and Irish cinemas from 23rd October. The film is also set for it’s UK Premiere at BFI London Film Festival on 14th October.

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