Fatherland (12A) | Tuesday Night Film Club
Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre, Dumfries, DG2 7BE
Tuesday 24th November 2026 7:00PM
Fatherland
Paweł Pawlikowski | Poland, Italy, Gremany, France | 2026 | 82m | 12A | In German, French, English and Russian with English subtitles | In Black and White
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.
Contains suicide references, drug references.
It’s like a book group … but with films… It’s a Film + Discussion + Coffee evening and everyone is welcome to attend. No membership required.
An audience or staff member will give a short introduction, and afterwards you are warmly invited to stay on for an informal post-film discussion over a cuppa. However, there is no obligation to join the discussion; you can leave when the film ends if you would rather.
Paweł Pawlikowski | Poland, Italy, Gremany, France | 2026 | 82m | 12A | In German, French, English and Russian with English subtitles | In Black and White
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.
Contains suicide references, drug references.
It’s like a book group … but with films… It’s a Film + Discussion + Coffee evening and everyone is welcome to attend. No membership required.
An audience or staff member will give a short introduction, and afterwards you are warmly invited to stay on for an informal post-film discussion over a cuppa. However, there is no obligation to join the discussion; you can leave when the film ends if you would rather.
Event Details
Doors Open at 6:30PM
Starts at 7:00PM
