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Margarethe von Trotta

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Margarethe von Trotta at an event for Rosenstrasse (2003)
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Margarethe von Trotta was born in Berlin in 1942. In the 1960s she moved to Paris where she worked for film collectives, collaborating on scripts and co-directing short films. She also pursued an acclaimed acting career, starring in films by well known German directors such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and Volker Schlöndorff. In 1971, von Trotta divorced her first husband Juergen Moeller (with whom she had a child) and married Schlöndorff. She co-wrote many of the scripts for his films, and in 1975 the two of them co-directed The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975). In 1977, von Trotta directed her first solo feature The Second Awakening of Christa Klages (1978). With her third film, Marianne & Juliane (1981), von Trotta's position as New German Cinema's most prominent and successful female filmmaker was fully secured.

Her films feature strong female protagonists, and are usually set against an important political background. Themes in her work include the effect of the political on the personal, and vice versa, as well as the relationships between female characters, often sisters.
BornFebruary 21, 1942
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Margarethe von Trotta in Baal (1970)
Margarethe von Trotta in Das Versprechen (1994)
Margarethe von Trotta at an event for Rosenstrasse (2003)
Katja Riemann, Maria Schrader, and Margarethe von Trotta at an event for Rosenstrasse (2003)
Margarethe von Trotta in A Free Woman (1972)

Known for

Hannah Arendt (2012)
Hannah Arendt
7.1
  • Director
  • 2012
Rosenstrasse (2003)
Rosenstrasse
6.7
  • Director
  • 2003
Jutta Lampe, Barbara Sukowa, and Rüdiger Vogler in Marianne & Juliane (1981)
Marianne & Juliane
7.3
  • Director
  • 1981
Sheer Madness (1983)
Sheer Madness
6.6
  • Studentin(uncredited)
  • 1983

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Actress

  • Blaubart
  • Sheer Madness (1983)
    Sheer Madness
    • (uncredited)
  • Rece do góry (1981)
    Rece do góry
  • Bierkampf (1977)
    Bierkampf
  • Unter einem Dach (1974)
    Unter einem Dach
  • Coup de Grâce (1976)
    Coup de Grâce
  • Die Atlantikschwimmer (1976)
    Die Atlantikschwimmer
  • The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975)
    The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
    • (uncredited)
  • Nouvelles d'Henry James (1974)
    Nouvelles d'Henry James
  • Das Andechser Gefühl (1975)
    Das Andechser Gefühl
  • Gert Fröbe and Juliet Berto in Histoires insolites (1974)
    Histoires insolites
  • Stayover in Tirol
  • Motiv Liebe
  • Ein Fall für Männdli (1973)
    Ein Fall für Männdli
  • Der Kommissar (1969)
    Der Kommissar

Director

  • Ingeborg Bachmann - Journey into the Desert
    • Post-production
  • Searching for Ingmar Bergman (2018)
    Searching for Ingmar Bergman
  • Haluk Bilginer, Katja Riemann, and Ingrid Bolsø Berdal in Forget About Nick (2017)
    Forget About Nick
  • Die abhandene Welt (2015)
    Die abhandene Welt
  • Hannah Arendt (2012)
    Hannah Arendt
  • Never for Love (2012)
    Never for Love
  • Cornelia Froboess, Rosemarie Fendel, and Matthias Habich in Die Schwester (2010)
    Die Schwester
  • Barbara Sukowa in Vision - Aus dem Leben der Hildegard von Bingen (2009)
    Vision - Aus dem Leben der Hildegard von Bingen
  • Tatort (1970)
    Tatort
  • I Am the Other Woman (2006)
    I Am the Other Woman
  • Die andere Frau
  • Rosenstrasse (2003)
    Rosenstrasse
  • Jahrestage (2000)
    Jahrestage
  • Dunkle Tage (1999)
    Dunkle Tage
  • Mit fünfzig küssen Männer anders (1999)
    Mit fünfzig küssen Männer anders
  • Winterkind

Writer

  • Ingeborg Bachmann - Journey into the Desert
    • Post-production
  • Searching for Ingmar Bergman (2018)
    Searching for Ingmar Bergman
  • Die abhandene Welt (2015)
    Die abhandene Welt
  • Hannah Arendt (2012)
    Hannah Arendt
  • Barbara Sukowa in Vision - Aus dem Leben der Hildegard von Bingen (2009)
    Vision - Aus dem Leben der Hildegard von Bingen
  • Rosenstrasse (2003)
    Rosenstrasse
  • Dunkle Tage (1999)
    Dunkle Tage
  • Winterkind
  • Das Versprechen (1994)
    Das Versprechen
  • Stefania Sandrelli and Barbara Sukowa in L'africana (1990)
    L'africana
  • Three Sisters (1988)
    Three Sisters
  • Felix (1988)
    Felix
    • (segment Eva)
  • Rosa Luxemburg (1986)
    Rosa Luxemburg
  • Unerreichbare Nähe
  • Sheer Madness (1983)
    Sheer Madness
  • Circle of Deceit (1981)
    Circle of Deceit

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    • February 21, 1942
    • Berlin, Germany
    • Volker SchlöndorffFebruary 6, 1971 - 1991 (divorced)
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    Has a son, Felix, with Jürgen Moeller.

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