Free screening of Paweł Pawlikowski's film 'Fatherland', about German writer Thomas Mann and his daughter in post-war Germany.
MK Gallery is screening Fatherland, the new film from Paweł Pawlikowski, starting on Saturday 14 November. It's a 2026 release, 82 minutes long, in English, and it runs across four different dates over the next week, so you can pick the one that fits your schedule best.
The film follows German writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika on a road trip across a Germany in ruins. They travel from US-dominated Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled Weimar, and the story is built around that journey through a country split in two. It's a relatively short film — just under an hour and a half — and it's in English.
Pawlikowski is the director behind Ida and Cold War, and Fatherland is his latest. If you've seen those, you'll recognise the kind of stark, precise imagery he works with; if you haven't, this is a good place to start. The focus here is on the relationship between father and daughter set against the backdrop of a divided Germany, with the road trip providing the structure.
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There are four screenings to choose from: Saturday 14 November at 7.40pm; Tuesday 17 November at 3.10pm, which is a captioned screening; Wednesday 18 November at 1.20pm; and Thursday 19 November at 10.30am, part of the Silver Screenings. Entry is free, so you just need to pick your slot. All four are at MK Gallery in Milton Keynes.
