Dietrich in Four Acts: Agnieszka Holland Longs for ‘Berlinweh – Yearning for a Home’

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Showing no signs of slowing down with the output of Charlatan (2020), Green Border (2023), and Franz (2025) this decade, Agnieszka Holland is entering the sewing circle following film history’s most iconic actress in Marlene Dietrich. The trades announce that the Polish filmmaker will direct Berlinweh – Yearning for a Home – a biopic in four time periods. The big question is who’ll take on the role — and will this be a solo performance or filled in by several actresses? X Filme Creative Pool’s Uwe Schott and Josephine Blume, Mike Downey, and Marlene Film Production’s Šárka Cimbalová are producing. No word yet on when this moves into production but we guess the timeline would be for a 2028 drop.

Written by Ingo Rasper, this follows Dietrich across four decisive days in four different decades, portraying her in shifting cultural and political contexts: Paris in 1937, Bergen-Belsen in 1945, Tel Aviv in 1960, and once again Paris in 1983.

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society), FIPRESCI and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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