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Pawel Pawlikowski’s new black‑and‑white drama Fatherland premiered at Cannes to a four-and-a-half‑minute standing ovation; the film, led by Sandra Hüller and August Diehl, follows a postwar journey of Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika through West and East Germany, marking the director’s return after Ida and Cold War and signaling strong award-season prospects.
IndieWire’s Cannes review praises Pawlikowski’s austere, elegiac Fatherland, a 1949 road trip starring Sandra Hüller as Erika Mann alongside Thomas Mann, filmed in black-and-white with minimal dialogue. The mood is chilly and restrained, anchored by Hüller’s performance; it’s visually striking and emotionally understated, runs 82 minutes, premiered at Cannes 2026, and is slated for a later MUBI release, earning a solid Grade B.
Morten Høi Jensen's book offers an accessible overview of Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain, highlighting Mann's contradictions and the novel's significance in modernist literature, while also exploring how the author's personal and political shifts influenced the work.