Margarethe von Trotta
Birthday: 1942-02-21
Place of Birth: Berlin, Germany
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.
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Gods of the Plague
A man is released from prison and finds society on the outside less than appealing. With several wom...
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Beware of a Holy Whore
Tensions between members of a film crew build while they wait for the arrival of the director and st...
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Screenwriters on Screenwriting
This documentary premiered at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Explore the challenging world of...
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Foreign Directors on Directing
Non-US directors speak about the idiosyncrasies of filmmaking in their respective countries. Because...
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The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
After a chance encounter with a wanted man, a woman is harassed by the police and press until she ta...
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Sheer Madness
Two women–a literature professor and a painter–start to rely upon their friendship as an alternative...
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Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
The life of a married Munich technical draftsman with a son....
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Coup de Grâce
A countess loves her brother's Prussian-officer friend in the 1919 Baltic area....
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Germany in Autumn
The film does not have a plot per se; it mixes documentary footage, along with standard movie scenes...
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The American Soldier
Ricky returns to Munich from Vietnam and is promptly hired as a contract killer....
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Margarethe von Trotta: A Women's Director
Margarethe von Trotta, one of the few icons of German directing, internationally revered as a star d...
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Beer Chase
A man who is dissatisfied with his senseless existence in his family-life and social status steals t...
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The Night of the Filmmakers
A meditation on the first 100 years of German cinema, featuring an assembly of German filmmakers....
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Baal
An exploration of the cult of the genius, an anti-heroic figure who chooses to be a social outcast a...
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Hands Up!
The reunion of a group of former medical students results in a flood of bitter memories....
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Brandstifter
Anka, a student active in the extra-parliamentary opposition, has had enough of inconsequential disc...
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The Morals of Ruth Halbfass
Ruth is the wife of well-heeled corsetry manufacturer Erich Halbfass. As business booms, Erich lives...
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The Atlantic Swimmers
Munich Heinz and Herbert wants to escape the torturous confines of their home by swimming across the...
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A Free Woman
A divorced thirtysomething woman fights a losing battle in Munich to attain belated self-fulfillment...
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Forbidden Films
Between 1933 and 1945 roughly 1200 films were made in Germany, of which 300 were banned by the Allie...
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Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
From the 1950s onwards, Erika and Ulrich Gregor brought countless film historical milestones to Berl...
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The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach
In an attempt to escape 19th-century poverty, eight farmers and day laborers attack a prince's money...
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Blaubart
An internist is accused of murdering the sixth of his seven wives. During the court hearing, numerou...
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An Invitation to the Hunt
Claude Chabrol film for TV based on the short story An Invitation to the Hunt by Georges Hitchcock. ...
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Das Andechser Gefühl
An anxious teacher (played, as is the lead role in all his films, by the director) sits in a beer ga...
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Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses
Right at the heart of the debates on the discrimination of women in the film industry, this document...
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Desaster
The film addresses the failure of the individual in anonymous urban society. The film begins as men ...
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Stayover in Tirol
An adaptation of the Henry James short story Les raisons de Georgina....
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Searching for Ingmar Bergman
A meaningful account of the personal and professional life of the great Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Ber...
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It Could Have Been Worse - Mario Adorf
Portrays the film star Mario Adorf and his passion for acting, the stage, the cinema, singing and wr...
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Nuits transparentes
Strolling through France (Roanne, Nice and Carcassonne) with some excursions abroad (Munich, Montrea...
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Sympathisanten - Unser deutscher Herbst
West Germany in the 1970s. Many artists, journalists and intellectuals were branded as sympathizers ...
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Cinématon
Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest...
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Rosa Luxemburg: Der Preis der Freiheit
One hundred years after the assassination of German revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919), we loo...
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Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
A complete and never-before-seen portrait of the life of a young girl from Pula (Istria) who quickly...
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Calling the Shots
Documentary about women in the film industry. Numerous notable actresses and female directors share ...
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Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Using rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all over the globe, "Reel Herstory"...
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Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
A documentary exploring the life and legacy of renowned Italian actor Gian Maria Volonté, featuring ...
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Sukowa - Playful Like A Child
“Acting is something anyone can do,” says Barbara Sukowa. “It’s completely intuitive and instinctual...
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