This third film in Pawel Pawilkowski’s historical trilogy – after Ida and Cold War – won him Best Director at Cannes.

In 1949, Nobel laureate Thomas Mann (Death in Venice, The Magic Mountain), having fled the Nazis 17 years earlier, returned to his homeland to receive the Goethe Prize. Fatherland is reimagines Mann’s ten-day sojourn in a divided, post-war Germany.

Rotten Tomatoes: 96% Metacritic: 90%, Must See

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“an impossibly elegant, poised historical vignette whose brevity and control can hardly contain its characters’ personal and historical pain” - The Guardian

“packed with more ideas and infused with more heartbreak than most....builds swiftly and assuredly to an emotionally devastating climax” - The Times of London

“monumental and poetic” - The Observer

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Please note that registration for this event closes at noon on the day before the film.

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4:45 MOVIE at Cinematheque/Cleveland Institute of Art, 11610 Euclid Ave, Cleveland

Free parking in the lots with "Cinematheque" signs on E 117th Street (accessible only from Euclid).

AFTER THE MOVIE: EATS/DISCUSSION at L’Albatros, 11401 Bellflower Road, a ten minute walk from the Cinematheque. On exiting the Cleveland Institute of Art, walk north on 116th Street to Euclid. Cross Euclid, walk a few steps to the left and then turn right to continue northward on 115th Street. At the corner of Bellflower there’s a stop sign. Take a sharp left onto Bellflower. After a few steps, you’ll find a parking lot on the right. The restaurant is at the back of that parking lot. Click here for the menu

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