Biography
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.
Filmography
all 90
Movies 71
Director 26
self 25
TV Shows 19
Writer 3
Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert (2023)
Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors (2022)
Margarethe von Trotta: A Women's Director (2022)
Alida Valli: In Her Own Words (2021)
Volker Schlöndorff: The Beat of the Drum (2020)
It Could Have Been Worse - Mario Adorf (2019)
Rosa Luxemburg: Der Preis der Freiheit (2019)
Searching for Ingmar Bergman (2018)
Sympathisanten - Unser deutscher Herbst (2018)
Forget About Nick (2017)
Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses (2016)
The Misplaced World (2015)
Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione (2014)
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women (2014)
Forbidden Films (2014)
Le cinéma fait le Mur (2014)
Hannah Arendt (2012)
Nuits transparentes (2011)
Sister (2010)
Vision – From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen (2009)
Foreign Directors on Directing (2008)
Screenwriters on Screenwriting (2008)
I Am the Other Woman (2006)
Von Sex bis Simmel (2005)
The Other Woman (2004)
Rosenstrasse (2003)
Lesen! Mit Elke Heidenreich (2003)
Gero von Boehm begegnet... (2002)
Jahrestage (2000)
Dark Days (1999)
At Fifty, Men Kiss Differently (1999)
Winter Child (1997)
The Promise (1995)
The Night of the Filmmakers (1995)
The Long Silence (1993)
The African Woman (1990)
The Heart and the Legs (1989)
Calling the Shots (1988)
Love and Fear (1988)
Felix (1988)
Rosa Luxemburg (1986)
Hands Up! (1985)
Unerreichbare Nähe (1984)
Blaubart (1984)
Sheer Madness (1983)
Circle of Deceit (1981)
Marianne and Juliane (1981)
Bayerischer Filmpreis (1979)
Sisters, or The Balance of Happiness (1979)
NDR Talk Show (1979)
Cinématon (1978)
Germany in Autumn (1978)
The Second Awakening of Christa Klages (1978)
Beer Chase (1977)
Coup de Grâce (1976)
Nouvelles d'Henry James (1976)
The Atlantic Swimmers (1976)
Kölner Treff (1976)
Georginas Gründe (1975)
Das Andechser Gefühl (1975)
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975)
III nach neun (1974)
Une invitation à la chasse (1974)
Histoires insolites (1974)
Stayover in Tirol (1974)
Motiv Liebe (1974)
Unter einem Dach (1974)
Desaster (1973)
Ein Fall für Männdli (1973)
A Free Woman (1972)
The Morals of Ruth Halbfass (1972)
Beware of a Holy Whore (1971)
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach (1971)
Paul Esbeck (1971)
Scene of the Crime (1970)
The American Soldier (1970)
Der Fall von nebenan (1970)
Hauptbahnhof München (1970)
Gods of the Plague (1970)
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)
Drücker (1970)
Baal (1970)
Brandstifter (1969)
Spielst Du mit schrägen Vögeln (1969)
Ein Sommer mit Nicole (1969)
Der Kommissar (1969)
Tränen trocknet der Wind (1967)
Das Vergnügen, anständig zu sein (1966)
Goldene Kamera Verleihung (1966)
Deutscher Filmpreis (1951)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderFemale
Birthday1942-02-21 (82 years old)
Birth PlaceBerlin, Germany
RelationshipsVolker Schlöndorff (1971-01-01 - 1991-01-01)
ChildrenFelix Moeller
CitizenshipsGermany
Also Known AsМаргарета фон Тротта
AwardsChevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Leo-Baeck-Medal, Helmut Käutner Prize, Konrad Wolf Prize, European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award, Herbert Strate Award
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