A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Маргарета фон Тротта
Birthplace:
Berlin, Germany
Born:
February 21, 1942
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.
Art Direction:
2009 Vision – From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen
Assistant Director:
1972 The Morals of Ruth Halbfass
2009 Vision – From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen
Director:
1972 The Morals of Ruth Halbfass
1975 The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
1978 The Second Awakening of Christa Klages
1979 Sisters, or The Balance of Happiness
1981 Marianne and Juliane
1983 Sheer Madness
1986 Rosa Luxemburg
1988 Felix
1988 Love and Fear
1990 The African Woman
1993 The Long Silence
1995 The Promise
1997 Winter Child
1999 At Fifty, Men Kiss Differently
1999 Dark Days
2003 Rosenstrasse
2004 The Other Woman
2006 I Am the Other Woman
2009 Vision – From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen
2010 Sister
2012 Hannah Arendt
2015 The Misplaced World
2017 Forget About Nick
2018 Searching for Ingmar Bergman
2023 Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert
Screenplay:
1972 The Morals of Ruth Halbfass
1975 The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
1978 The Second Awakening of Christa Klages
1979 Sisters, or The Balance of Happiness
1981 Marianne and Juliane
1983 Sheer Madness
1986 Rosa Luxemburg
1988 Felix
1988 Love and Fear
1990 The African Woman
1993 The Long Silence
1995 The Promise
1997 Winter Child
1999 At Fifty, Men Kiss Differently
1999 Dark Days
2003 Rosenstrasse
2004 The Other Woman
2006 I Am the Other Woman
2009 Vision – From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen
2010 Sister
2012 Hannah Arendt
2015 The Misplaced World
2017 Forget About Nick
2018 Searching for Ingmar Bergman
2023 Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert
Writer:
1971 The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach
1972 A Free Woman
1972 The Morals of Ruth Halbfass
1975 The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
1976 Coup de Grâce
1978 The Second Awakening of Christa Klages
1979 Sisters, or The Balance of Happiness
1981 Circle of Deceit
1981 Marianne and Juliane
1983 Sheer Madness
1984 Unerreichbare Nähe
1986 Rosa Luxemburg
1988 Felix
1988 Love and Fear
1990 The African Woman
1993 The Long Silence
1995 The Promise
1997 Winter Child
1999 At Fifty, Men Kiss Differently
1999 Dark Days
2003 Rosenstrasse
2004 The Other Woman
2006 I Am the Other Woman
2009 Vision – From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen
2010 Sister
2012 Hannah Arendt
2015 The Misplaced World
2017 Forget About Nick
2018 Searching for Ingmar Bergman
2023 Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert
Director:
1970 Scene of the Crime
2000 Jahrestage
2012 Never for Love
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