Vaterland (1986): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 1986, Vaterland is a drama film directed by Ken Loach, running about 111 minutes.

What it’s about. Persona Non Grata in his homeland, protest singer Klaus Drittemann must leave East Berlin, his wife and child and emigrate to West Berlin, where the representatives of an American record company are eagerly waiting for him. They plan to exploit his defection from communism both ideologically and financially. But Klaus, as ill-at-ease in the West as he was in the East, is reluctant to be used as an expendable commodity. Leaving his contract unsigned (or signed in his manner), he leaves for Cambridge to meet his father, a concert player, who -just like him - left East Berlin thirty years ago as Klaus was a little boy. He is accompanied by a young French journalist, Emma, who knows where his father has been living since he disappeared for more than a decade. The young lady is cooperative but might hide things from him...

Who’s in it. Vaterland stars Gerulf Pannach as Klaus Dittemann, Fabienne Babe as Emma de Baen, Cristine Rose as Lucy Bernstein and Sigfrit Steiner as Dritteman/James Dryden, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.1/10, Vaterland has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In Vereinigtes Königreich you can rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Google Play Movies and YouTube. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Vaterland page.

If you liked it. Fans of Vaterland tend to enjoy Die Verurteilten, Der Pate, Schindlers Liste and Der Pate - Teil II.