
The German Lesson(2019)
In a small North German village a drama played out during and shortly after the Second World War about duty versus individual conscience and morality.


Painting is an unacceptable vocation for a woman in provincial Germany in the year 1900, but budding artist Paula Becker is determined to make her own rules.

Carla Juri
Paula

Albrecht Schuch
Otto Modersohn

Roxane Duran
Clara Westhoff

Joel Basman
Rainer Maria Rilke

Stanley Weber
George

Nicki von Tempelhoff
Fritz Mackensen
Jonas Leonhardi
Heinrich Vogeler
Nadja Zwanziger
Schwangere Hilke

Klara Deutschmann
Martha Vogeler

Dominik Weber
Fritz Overbeck
Paula is a drama film released in 2016. Directed by Christian Schwochow, it stars Carla Juri, Albrecht Schuch, Roxane Duran. Painting is an unacceptable vocation for a woman in provincial Germany in the year 1900, but budding artist Paula Becker is determined to make her own rules.
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