Margarethe von Trotta (February 21, 1942, Berlin -) is a German film director and a member of New German Cinema.

In her early career, she was an actor, notably in films from both Fassbinder and Volker Schlöndorff. In 1971, she divorced her first husband to marry Schlöndorff. A few years later, her first feature followed and after that she came to be the foremost female director working in Germany at the time. Although she and Schlöndorff later split in 1991, she remains an imporant part of German cinema.

Filmography

• "Die Verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum oder: Wie Gewalt entstehen und wohin sie führen kann" 1975
• "Das Zweite Erwachen der Christa Klages" 1978
• "Schwestern oder die Balance des Glücks" 1979
• "Die Bleierne Zeit" 1981
• "Heller Wahn" 1983
• "Rosa Luxemburg" 1986
• "Felix" 1987
• "Fürchten und Lieben" 1988
• "Das Versprechen" 1994
• "Paura e amore" 1988
• "L'Africana/Die Rückkehr" 1990
• "Il Lungo silenzio/Zeit des Zorns" 1993
• "Winterkind" 1997 (TV)
• "Mit fünfzig küssen Männer anders" 1998 (TV)
• "Dunkle Tage" 1999 (TV)
• "Jahrestage/Aus dem Leben von Gesine Cressphal" 2000 (mini) TV Series
• "Rosenstraße" 2001

External link

• IMDb entry.