Margarethe von Trotta

February 21, 1942 · Berlin, Germany

Margarethe von Trotta (born 21 February 1942) is a German film director, screenwriter, and actress. She has been referred to as a "leading force" of the New German Cinema movement.

Often works with

Hanna Schygulla
5 titles together
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?, Beware of a Holy Whore, Gods of the Plague
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
5 titles together
Beware of a Holy Whore, Gods of the Plague, The American Soldier
Barbara Sukowa
4 titles together
Hannah Arendt, Marianne and Juliane, Rosa Luxemburg
Kurt Raab
3 titles together
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?, Beware of a Holy Whore, The American Soldier
Irm Hermann
3 titles together
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?, Gods of the Plague, The American Soldier
Ingrid Caven
3 titles together
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?, Gods of the Plague, The American Soldier

Full filmography · 62

Sukowa - Playful Like A Child
cast
2024
Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert
Director and Writer
2023
Forget About Nick
Director
20175.4
The Misplaced World
Writer and Director
2015
Hannah Arendt
Director
20126.9
Nuits transparentes
cast
2011
Sister
Director
2010
Vision - From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen
Director
20096
Screenwriters on Screenwriting
cast
2008
Foreign Directors on Directing
cast
2008
I Am the Other Woman
Director
2006
The Other Woman
Director
2004