Born in Berlin in 1942, Margarethe von Trotta moved to Paris in the 1960s and started acting in the films of Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Volker Schlöndorff. She later co-wrote and co-directed The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum with Schlöndorff, whom she later married. Her films, including several biographies of strong women, have won numerous prizes and in 2022 she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the European Film Awards for her body of work.
Filmography
Ingeborg Bachmann2023
À la recherche d’Ingmar Bergman2018
Forget About Nick2017
Die abhandene Welt2015
Hannah Arendt2012
Mai per amore (TV series)2012
Vision - Aus dem Leben der Hildegard von Bingen2009
