The film, which won the best director award at this year's Cannes Film Festival, centres on key episodes in the life of Nobel Prize-winning German writer Thomas Mann.
The story explores Mann’s relationship with his daughter Erika—an actress, journalist and rally driver—as they embark on a road trip across postwar Germany at the height of the Cold War, travelling from US-dominated Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled Weimar.
Pawlikowski co-wrote the script with Hendrik Handloegten.
The film stars Hanns Zischler as Mann and Sandra Hüller as Erika.
The cinematography is by Poland's Łukasz Żal, and the creative team also includes Polish costume designer Aleksandra Staszko, editor Piotr Wójcik, production designers Katarzyna Sobańska and Marcel Sławiński.
The film's songs, performed by Joanna Kulig—who also starred in Pawlikowski's Cold War—were arranged by composer Marcin Masecki.
Fatherland is the third Pawlikowski feature to be submitted as Poland's Oscar entry.
He won the Academy Award for best foreign language film in 2015 for Ida, and picked up nominations in both the foreign language film and directing categories in 2019 for Cold War.
Poland's submission is due to be filed by the end of September.
A shortlist of 15 films will be announced on December 15, with the final five nominees revealed on January 21.
The Academy Awards ceremony is scheduled for March 14.
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Source: PAP, yahoo.com