Margarethe von Trotta
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Margarethe von Trotta (born 21 February 1942, Berlin) is a German film director and a member of the New German Cinema movement.
The illegitimate child of Elisabeth von Trotta and painter Alfred Roloff, she relocated to Paris in the 1960s, where she worked for film collectives, collaborating on scripts and co-directing short films.
In her early career, von Trotta was an actress, appearing in notable films of directors Fassbinder and Volker Schlöndorff. In 1971, she divorced her first husband to marry Schlöndorff. A few years later she presented her first feature film.
Von Trotta, often featuring prominent female characters, has become the foremost female director working in Germany. Von Trotta and Schlöndorff split in 1991. She remains an important personality of German cinema.
Filmography
- The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (Die Verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum oder: Wie Gewalt entstehen und wohin sie führen kann) 1975
- Coup de Grâce 1976
- Das Zweite Erwachen der Christa Klages 1978
- Schwestern oder die Balance des Glücks 1979
- Marianne and Juliane (Die Bleierne Zeit) 1981
- Heller Wahn 1983
- Rosa Luxemburg 1986
- Felix 1987
- Fürchten und Lieben 1988
- Paura e amore 1988
- L'Africana/Die Rückkehr 1990
- Il Lungo silenzio/Zeit des Zorns 1993
- Das Versprechen (The Promise) 1995
- Winterkind 1997 (TV)
- Mit fünfzig küssen Männer anders 1998 (TV)
- Dunkle Tage 1999 (TV)
- Jahrestage/Aus dem Leben von Gesine Cressphal 2000 (mini) TV Series
- Rosenstrasse 2003
- Die Andere Frau 2004 (TV)
- Ich bin die Andere 2006
