homeland

country, year: France, Germany, Poland, Italy, 2026 Director: Paweł Pawlikowski Cast: Sandra Hüller, Hanns Zischler, August Diehl, Anna Madeley, Devid Striesov, special participation Joanna Kulig Genre: drama Language: German, subtitles Polish age category: 15+ Duration: 82'

“Homeland” is the latest, long-awaited film by Oscar® winner Paweł Pawlikowski, creator of “Ida” and “Cold War”, who will fight for one of the most important film awards in the world - the Palme d'Or at this year's 79th Cannes International Film Festival. Pawlikowski's previous film, “Cold War”, also distributed in Poland by Kino Świat, in addition to its spectacular international success (52 awards and 126 nominations, including an Oscar® for Best Foreign Language Film, for Best Director and Best Cinematography) won the hearts of Polish audiences, attracting more than 1 million viewers to the cinemas. In his latest work, as in “Goes” and “The Cold War”, the director tackles themes of identity, guilt, family and love against the backdrop of the chaos and moral confusion of post-war Europe. Starring Oscar® nominee Sandra Hüller (“Zone of Interest”, “Anatomy of the Fall”, “The Hail Mary Project”) and Hanns Zischler (“Munich”). The script was written by Paweł Pawlikowski and Henk Handloegten. The director once again invited his long-time creative team — Oscar-nominated cinematographer Łukasz Żal (“Hamnet”), costume designer Aleksandra Staszko (“Ministranci”) and scenographers Katarzyna Sobańska and Marcel Sławiński (“Doll”) to make the film. Homeland tells the story of the relationship between Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler), a Nobel Prize winner in literature, and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller), an actress and writer. The action takes place at the height of the Cold War. A father and daughter embark on a difficult, emotional journey in a black Buick through ruined Germany — from American-controlled Frankfurt to Soviet-influenced Weimar. For the first time since the end of the war, Mann returns to his homeland, having previously made the difficult decision to emigrate to the United States.