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Margarethe von Trotta

Margarethe von Trotta

Director · Born February 21, 1942 · Berlin, Germany

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Biography

Margarethe von Trotta (born 21 February 1942) is a German film director, screenwriter, and actress. She has been referred to as a "leading force" of the New German Cinema movement. Description above from the Wikipedia article Margarethe von Trotta, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed 28

2010s

  1. 2018

    Searching for Ingmar Bergman

    Director

  2. 2017

    Forget About Nick

    Director

  3. 2015

    The Misplaced World

    Director

  4. 2012

    Hannah Arendt

    Director

  5. Never for Love

    Director

  6. Mai per amore

    Director

  7. 2010

2000s

  1. 2009

    Vision - From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen

    Director

  2. 2006

    I Am the Other Woman

    Director

  3. 2004

    The Other Woman

    Director

  4. 2003
  5. 2000

    Jahrestage

    Director

1990s

  1. 1999

    Dark Days

    Director

  2. At Fifty, Men Kiss Differently

    Director

  3. 1995

    The Promise

    Director

  4. 1993

    The Long Silence

    Director

  5. 1990

    The African Woman

    Director

1980s

  1. 1988

    Love and Fear

    Director

  2. Felix

    Director

  3. 1986

    Rosa Luxemburg

    Director

  4. 1983
  5. 1981

    Marianne and Juliane

    Director

1970s

  1. 1979
  2. 1978

    The Second Awakening of Christa Klages

    Director

  3. 1975
  4. 1972

    The Morals of Ruth Halbfass

    Assistant Director

  5. 1970

Acted in 25

2020s

  1. 2024

    Sukowa - Playful Like A Child

    Movie

2010s

  1. 2011

    Nuits transparentes

    Movie

2000s

  1. 2008

    Screenwriters on Screenwriting

    Movie

  2. Foreign Directors on Directing

    Movie

1970s

  1. 1978

    Cinématon

    N°576

  2. 1977
  3. 1976

    Coup de Grâce

    Sophie de Reval

  4. The American Soldier

    Maid

  5. The Atlantic Swimmers

    Schwimmlehrerin

  6. 1975

    Das Andechser Gefühl

    Movie

  7. 1974

    An Invitation to the Hunt

    Paulette

  8. Motiv Liebe

    TV

  9. Unter einem Dach

    TV

  10. 1973

    Ein Fall für Männdli

    Gerlinde Furtner · 1 episode

  11. 1972
  12. The Morals of Ruth Halbfass

    Doris Vogelsang

  13. 1971

    Beware of a Holy Whore

    Babs

  14. The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach

    Sophie

  15. 1970

    Gods of the Plague

    Margarethe

  16. Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?

    Movie

  17. Baal

    Sophie

Wrote 21

2010s

  1. 2018

    Searching for Ingmar Bergman

    Writer

  2. 2015

    The Misplaced World

    Writer

  3. 2012

    Hannah Arendt

    Screenplay

2000s

  1. 2009

    Vision - From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen

    Screenplay

  2. 2003

1990s

  1. 1999

    Dark Days

    Writer

  2. 1995

    The Promise

    Writer

  3. 1990

    The African Woman

    Writer, Story

1980s

  1. 1988

    Love and Fear

    Screenplay

  2. Felix

    Writer

  3. 1986

    Rosa Luxemburg

    Writer

  4. 1983
  5. 1981
  6. Marianne and Juliane

    Writer

1970s

  1. 1979
  2. 1978

    The Second Awakening of Christa Klages

    Writer

  3. 1976

    Coup de Grâce

    Writer

  4. 1975
  5. 1972
  6. 1971

    The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach

    Writer

Art department 1

2000s

  1. 2009

    Vision - From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen

    Art Direction

Appearances22

2020s

  1. 2024

    Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces

    Self

  2. 2022

    Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors

    Self

  3. Margarethe von Trotta: A Women's Director

    Self - Filmmaker

  4. 2021

    Alida Valli: In Her Own Words

    Self

2010s

  1. 2019

    It Could Have Been Worse - Mario Adorf

    Self

  2. Rosa Luxemburg: Der Preis der Freiheit

    herself

  3. 2018

    Searching for Ingmar Bergman

    Self - Filmmaker

  4. Sympathisanten - Unser deutscher Herbst

    Self

  5. 2016

    Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses

    Self

  6. 2014

    Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione

    Self

  7. Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

    Self

  8. Forbidden Films

    Herself

  9. 2012

1990s

  1. 1995
  2. The Night of the Filmmakers

    Self

1980s

  1. 1988

    Calling the Shots

    Self

  2. 1985

    Hands Up!

    Self (1981 footage) (uncredited)

Thanked in the credits1

1980s

  1. 1986

    The Rose King

    Thanks