Margarethe von Trotta
Popularity:0.153
Known For:Directing
Birthday:1942-02-21
Place of Birth:Berlin, Germany
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Also Known As:Маргарета фон Тротта

Gods of the Plague (1970)
A man is released from prison and finds the society on the outside less than appealing. With several women as well as the police on his tail, he sets...

Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione (2014)

Beware of a Holy Whore (1971)
Tensions between members of a film crew build while they wait for the arrival of the director and star to arrive on location.

Screenwriters on Screenwriting (2008)
This documentary premiered at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Explore the challenging world of the screenwriter with renowned industry writers.

Foreign Directors on Directing (2008)
Non-US directors speak about the idiosyncrasies of filmmaking in their respective countries. Because of the difficulty of financing, very few...

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975)
After a chance encounter with a wanted man, a woman is harassed by the police and press until she takes violent action.

Sheer Madness (1983)
Olga and Ruth become friends. Olga is independent, separated from her husband, living with an immigrant pianist, and teaching feminist literature....

Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)
The life of a married Munich technical draftsman with a son.

Coup de Grâce (1976)
A countess loves her brother's Prussian-officer friend in the 1919 Baltic area.

Germany in Autumn (1978)
Germany in Autumn does not have a plot per se; it mixes documentary footage, along with standard movie scenes, to give the audience the mood of...

The American Soldier (1970)
Ricky returns to Munich from Vietnam and is promptly hired as a contract killer.

Margarethe von Trotta: A Women's Director (2022)
Margarethe von Trotta, one of the few icons of German directing, internationally revered as a star director, celebrates her 80th birthday: her works...

Beer Chase (1977)
A man who is dissatisfied with his senseless existence in his family-life and social status steals the uniform of a policeman and then enters the...

The Night of the Filmmakers (1995)
A meditation on the first 100 years of German cinema, featuring an assembly of German filmmakers.

Baal (1970)
Baal explores the cult of the genius, an anti-heroic figure who chooses to be a social outcast and live on the fringe of bourgeois morality.

Von Sex bis Simmel (2005)
A documentary by Hans Günther Pflaum and Peter H. Schröder.

Hands Up! (1985)
The reunion of a group of former medical students results in a flood of bitter memories.

Brandstifter (1969)
Anka, a student active in the extra-parliamentary opposition, has had enough of inconsequential discussions. As she no longer believes that she can...

The Atlantic Swimmers (1976)
Munich Heinz and Herbert wants to escape the torturous confines of their home by swimming across the Atlantic.

Drücker (1970)
Drama about the life of a travelling salesman.

A Free Woman (1972)
A divorced woman in her thirties fights a losing battle in Munich to attain belated self-fulfillment. The die is cast in a briskly impersonal society...

Forbidden Films (2014)
Between 1933 and 1945 roughly 1200 films were made in Germany, of which 300 were banned by the Allied forces. Today, around 40 films, called...

Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors (2022)
From the 1950s onwards, Erika and Ulrich Gregor brought countless film historical milestones to Berlin and shaped cinema discourse in post-war...

The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach (1971)
An intriguing Hans Christian Anderson-style fairy tale aesthetic and voice over narration. Sudden Wealth is a despairing chronicle of a group of...

The Heart and the Legs (1989)
The heart of the legs.

Tränen trocknet der Wind (1967)
Melodrama set in Hamburg's red light district.

An Invitation to the Hunt (1974)
Claude Chabrol film for TV based on the short story An Invitation to the Hunt by Georges Hitchcock. Receiving an unexpected invitation to participate...

Das Andechser Gefühl (1975)
An anxious teacher (played, as is the lead role in all his films, by the director) sits in a beer garden on the hill of the Andechs monastery. While...

Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses (2016)
Right at the heart of the debates on the discrimination of women in the film industry, this documentary raises questions, while offering a voice to...

Stayover in Tirol (1974)
An adaptation of the Henry James short story Les raisons de Georgina.

Searching for Ingmar Bergman (2018)
A meaningful account of the personal and professional life of the great Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) that explores his film legacy,...

Georginas Gründe (1975)
Adaptation of a story by Henry James.

It Could Have Been Worse - Mario Adorf (2019)
Portrays the film star Mario Adorf and his passion for acting, the stage, the cinema, singing and writing. Together with the director Dominik...

Nuits transparentes (2011)
Strolling through France (Roanne, Nice and Carcassonne) with some excursions abroad (Munich, Montreal, New York).

Sympathisanten - Unser deutscher Herbst (2018)
West Germany in the 1970s. Many artists, journalists and intellectuals were branded as sympathizers of Baader-Meinhof's left-wing terrorism. The...

Cinématon (1978)
Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011....

Rosa Luxemburg: Der Preis der Freiheit (2019)

Alida Valli: In Her Own Words (2021)
A complete and never-before-seen portrait of the life of a young girl from Pula (Istria) who quickly became one of the most famous and beloved...

Calling the Shots (1988)
Documentary about women in the film industry. Numerous notable actresses and female directors share their thoughts.

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women (2014)
Using rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all over the globe, "Reel Herstory" corrects the historic notion that women behind...

Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces (2024)
A documentary exploring the life and legacy of renowned Italian actor Gian Maria Volonté, featuring insights from his colleagues, family, and...

Sukowa - Playful Like A Child (2024)
“Acting is something anyone can do,” says Barbara Sukowa. “It’s completely intuitive and instinctual, much like a child...

Vision – From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen (2009)

The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach (1971)

The Second Awakening of Christa Klages (1978)

Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert (2023)

Sisters, or The Balance of Happiness (1979)

Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert (2023)

Vision – From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen (2009)

Vision – From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen (2009)

The Second Awakening of Christa Klages (1978)

Sisters, or The Balance of Happiness (1979)

Der Kommissar (1969)
Der Kommissar is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide squad. All 97 episodes, which were shot in...

Der Kommissar (1969)
Der Kommissar is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide squad. All 97 episodes, which were shot in...

Der Kommissar (1969)
Der Kommissar is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide squad. All 97 episodes, which were shot in...

Motiv Liebe (1974)
Motiv Liebe is a German television series.

Unter einem Dach (1974)
Unter einem Dach is a German television series.

Histoires insolites (1974)
The spirit of this series is very unusual but not fantastic. In these stories, the unusual is capricious everyday life, offbeat realism, that is to...

Der Fall von nebenan (1970)
Der Fall von nebenan is a German television series.

Nouvelles d'Henry James (1970)
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the...