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Margarethe von Trotta

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Gods of the PlagueGods of the Plague (Götter der Pest) (1970)
Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Hanna Schygulla, Margarethe von Trotta, Harry Baer
The second in a loose trilogy of gangster films directed by prolific German iconoclast Rainer Werner Fassbinder early in his career. In this…
American Soldier, TheAmerican Soldier, The (Der Amerikanische Soldat) (1970)
Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Karl Scheydt, Elga Sorbas, Jan George
The third in a loose trilogy of gangster films directed by prolific German iconoclast Rainer Werner Fassbinder early in his career. A…
Second Awakening of Christina Klages, TheSecond Awakening of Christina Klages, The (Das zweite Erwachen der Christa Klages) (1978)
Dir. Margarethe von Trotta
A young woman robs a bank to pay for her daughter’s day–care. On the run, she is pursued by the police along with the cashier she has taken…
Sisters or the Balance of HappinessSisters or the Balance of Happiness (Schwestern oder Die Balance des Glücks) (1979)
Dir. Margarethe von Trotta
1970s West German drama about two sisters whose unusually close relationship negatively impacts their individual personal lives.
Sheer MadnessSheer Madness (Heller Wahn) (1983)
Dir. Margarethe von Trotta
Feat. Hanna Schygulla, Angela Winkler
Two women, one a withdrawn painter and the other a confident professor, start to rely upon their friendship as an alternative to their unhappy…
Promise, ThePromise, The (1995)
Dir. Margarethe von Trotta
Feat. Corinna Harfouch, Meret Becker, August Zirner
Separated while trying to cross the Berlin Wall to the West in 1961, two lovers traverse thirty odd years of German history apart, yet faithful. This…
RosenstrasseRosenstrasse (2003)
Dir. Margarethe von Trotta
Feat. Katja Riemann, Maria Schrader, Martin Feifel
Fact–based drama set around the wartime protest movement of Aryan German women in 1943 Berlin, who were distraught at the forced detention of…
Hannah ArendtHannah Arendt (2012) Recommended
Dir. Margarethe von Trotta
Feat. Barbara Sukowa, Janet McTeer, Julia Jentsch
Barbara Sukowa portrays famed German–American political theorist Hannah Arendt during her response to the 1961 trial of ex–Nazi Adolf…

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