Margarethe von Trotta
Margarethe von Trotta (German: [maʁɡaˈʁeːtə fɔn ˈtʁɔta]; born 21 February 1942; Berlin) is a German film director, screenwriter, and actress. She has been referred to as a "leading force" of the New German Cinema movement. Von Trotta's extensive body of work has won awards internationally. She was married to and collaborated with director Volker Schlöndorff. Although they made a successful team, von Trotta felt she was seen as secondary to Schlöndorff. Subsequently, she established a solo career for herself and became "Germany's foremost female film director, who has offered the most sustained and successful female variant of Autorenkino in postwar German film history". Certain aspects of von Trotta's work have been compared to Ingmar Bergman's features from the 1960s and 1970s. The predominant aim of her films is to create new representations of women. Her films are concerned with relationships between and among women (sisters, best friends, etc.), as well as with relationships between women and men, and include political settings. Nevertheless, she rejects the suggestion that she makes "women's films". She is a recipient of one Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival, 2 David di Donatello Awards, Gold Hugo Award at Chicago International Film Festival, Lifetime Achievement Award at European Film Award, Lifetime Achievement Award at German Film Awards, 2 Palme d'Or nominations at Cannes Film Festival, and numerous other awards and nominations.
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
as uncreditedAfter a chance encounter with a wanted man, a woman is harassed by the police and press until...
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Searching for Ingmar Bergman
as Herself - FilmmakerA meaningful account of the personal and professional life of the great Swedish filmmaker Ingmar...
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Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
as uncreditedThe life of a married Munich technical draftsman with a son.
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Sheer Madness
as uncreditedOlga and Ruth become friends. Olga is independent, separated from her husband, living with an...
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Baal
as SophieBaal explores the cult of the genius, an anti-heroic figure who chooses to be a social outcast...
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Beware of a Holy Whore
as BabsTensions between members of a film crew build while they wait for the arrival of the director...
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Germany in Autumn
as Self (uncredited)Germany in Autumn does not have a plot per se; it mixes documentary footage, along with standard...
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The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach
as SophieAn intriguing Hans Christian Anderson-style fairy tale aesthetic and voice over narration....
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Coup de Grâce
as Sophie de RevalA countess loves her brother's Prussian-officer friend in the 1919 Baltic area.
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Gods of the Plague
as MargaretheA man is released from prison and finds the society on the outside less than appealing. With...
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Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
as SelfUsing rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all over the globe, "Reel...
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The American Soldier
as MaidRicky returns to Munich from Vietnam and is promptly hired as a contract killer.
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Hands Up!
as Self (1981 footage) (uncredited)The reunion of a group of former medical students results in a flood of bitter memories.
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Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
as SelfA complete and never-before-seen portrait of the life of a young girl from Pula (Istria) who...
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Forbidden Films
as HerselfBetween 1933 and 1945 roughly 1200 films were made in Germany, of which 300 were banned by the...
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The Night of the Filmmakers
as SelfA meditation on the first 100 years of German cinema, featuring an assembly of German filmmakers.
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Nuits transparentes
as uncreditedStrolling through France (Roanne, Nice and Carcassonne) with some excursions abroad (Munich,...
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A Free Woman
as Elisabeth JunkerA divorced woman in her thirties fights a losing battle in Munich to attain belated...
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Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
as Margarethe von TrottaFrom the 1950s onwards, Erika and Ulrich Gregor brought countless film historical milestones to...
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The Atlantic Swimmers
as SchwimmlehrerinMunich Heinz and Herbert wants to escape the torturous confines of their home by swimming across...
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Beer Chase
as Frau mit KindA man who is dissatisfied with his senseless existence in his family-life and social status...
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Calling the Shots
as SelfDocumentary about women in the film industry. Numerous notable actresses and female directors...
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Une invitation à la chasse
as PauletteClaude Chabrol film for TV based on the short story An Invitation to the Hunt by Georges...
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Sympathisanten - Unser deutscher Herbst
as SelfWest Germany in the 1970s. Many artists, journalists and intellectuals were branded as...
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Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses
as SelfRight at the heart of the debates on the discrimination of women in the film industry, this...
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Das Andechser Gefühl
as uncreditedAn anxious teacher (played, as is the lead role in all his films, by the director) sits in a...
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It Could Have Been Worse - Mario Adorf
as HerselfPortrays the film star Mario Adorf and his passion for acting, the stage, the cinema, singing...
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Screenwriters on Screenwriting
as uncreditedThis documentary premiered at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Explore the challenging...
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Foreign Directors on Directing
as uncreditedNon-US directors speak about the idiosyncrasies of filmmaking in their respective countries....
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Margarethe von Trotta: A Women's Director
as Self - FilmmakerMargarethe von Trotta, one of the few icons of German directing, internationally revered as a...
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Brandstifter
as AnkaA drama set in Cologne’s revolutionary circles of the late 1960s.
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Der Kommissar
as Irma KlenzeDer Kommissar is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide...
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Der Kommissar
as Amanda GruberDer Kommissar is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide...
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Der Kommissar
as Ute HinzDer Kommissar is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide...
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Unter einem Dach
as uncreditedUnter einem Dach is a German television series.
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Motiv Liebe
as uncreditedMotiv Liebe is a German television series.
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