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 Margarethe
von Trotta was born February 21, 1942. She grew
up in Düsseldorf.
She gained her first experiences with film in Paris. She returned
to Germany in the early 60s and acted in some shorts and started
a degree in Fine Arts. She studied German and Romance languages
in Paris and Munich and attended the drama school in Munich.
Her acting career started in 1965 with an engagement at the Stuttgart
Theatre. Eventaually she became one the most famous actresses
of the New German Film, staring in movies by Herbert Achternbusch,
Rainhard Hauff, and Rainer Werner Fassbinder. In 1969 she met
Volker Schlöndorff and they were married in 1971.
Around the same time, she began writing screenplays. Her first
work as a director was with Volker Schlöndorff (Der plötzliche
Reichtum der armen Leute von Kronbach). In 1975, they co-directed
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum. THe first film she wrote
and directed by herself was The Second Awakening of Christa
Klages (1977). It was followed in 1979 by Sisters or the
Balance of Happiness.
In 1981, she gained international success with Die bleierne
Zeit (The German Sisters or Marianne and Juliane).
In 1985, she made a film about Rosa Luxemburg with Barbara
Sukowa in the title role. In 1989, von Trotta took part in the
co-production Felix (with other renowned German women filmmakers
Helke Sander, Helma Sanders-Brahms, and Christel Buschmann). She
is separated from V. Schlöndorff and lives in Paris.
Her film about the wall-years, The Promise (1994) has been
critically acclaimed. Her most recent feature is Rosenstraße (2003). In 2000, the mini-series Jahrestage was screened on German TV.
MvT
in Victoria
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