Pawel Pawlikowski’s Historical Stunner ‘Fatherland’ Is About Far More Than Thomas Mann — It’s About Today’s Own Fissures

Tamara Ceaikovski

The Polish filmmaker, working in German with exquisite actors Sandra Hüller and August Diehl, tells IndieWire about finding resonant conflicts in his moving post-war Cannes hit that completes his black-and-white period trilogy. Pawel Pawlikowski ‘s seventh feature “Fatherland” came into the Cannes Competition with high expectations, and judging from audience and critical reaction, it should win a prize or two. Sandra Hüller is a frontrunner for Best Actress, having just won that award in Berlin