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Joanna Kulig Reunites with Pawlikowski for '1949/Vaterland'

11/28/2025

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Polish actress Joanna Kulig will reunite with director Pawel Pawlikowski for the film 1949/Vaterland, about Thomas and Erika Mann in post-war Germany.
Kulig gained fame from the film Cold War and now balances her career with family life.
She also stars in Nora Jaenicke's psychological thriller Isola, playing a younger wife in a complex relationship with a caretaker.
Jaenicke describes Isola as noir, with psychological violence, ambiguous morality, and a feminist undertone.

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Polish actress Joanna Kulig will reunite with director Pawel Pawlikowski for the film 1949/Vaterland, about Thomas and Erika Mann in post-war Germany.
Kulig gained fame from the film Cold War and now balances her career with family life.
She also stars in Nora Jaenicke's psychological thriller Isola, playing a younger wife in a complex relationship with a caretaker.
Jaenicke describes Isola as noir, with psychological violence, ambiguous morality, and a feminist undertone.