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Photo of Margarethe von Trotta

Margarethe von Trotta

“I think it was a little bit of destiny or some angel who pushed me, knowing one day I would get my chance.”

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    THE GERMAN SISTERS

    MARGARETHE VON TROTTA West Germany, 1981

    One of Ingmar Bergman’s eleven favorite films, this is a personal portrayal of the relationship between sisters at the forefront of political struggle in severely different ways. Inspired by Baader-Meinhof’s Gudrun Ensslin and her sister Christine, the film won the Golden Lion at Venice in 1981.

    THE PROMISE

    MARGARETHE VON TROTTA Germany, 1995

    Dreams are realized and promises are broken in this monumental film. Marrying the swooning heights of melodrama to a chronicle of European socialism, Margarethe von Trotta’s decades-spanning epic speaks volumes about the families, friends, and lovers who were torn apart by a divided Germany.

    THE SECOND AWAKENING OF CHRISTA KLAGES

    MARGARETHE VON TROTTA West Germany, 1978

    Radicalism is not only an anarchic bank heist—for Margarethe von Trotta, it is hospitality and intimacy too. Inspired by a feminist movement that set up antiauthoritarian childcare centers in West Germany, the director forges a remarkable drama from leftist struggle and unlikely solidarity.

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