Sandra Hüller Delivers a Quiet Masterclass in Fatherland at Cannes
At Cannes 2026, Pawlikowski’s Fatherland arrives in lustrous black-and-white to follow Erika Mann on a 1949 journey with her father Thomas Mann across a fractured postwar Germany, using a tightly scoped arc to explore memory, power, and national rebuilding. Sandra Hüller anchors the film with a quietly monumental performance, carrying the emotional weight of recent decades as the movie reconsiders history from both East and West. It caps a standout year for her, complementing her other high-profile roles in Rose and Project Hail Mary.
