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Home/People/Margarethe von Trotta
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Born
Feb 21, 1942
Age 84
Place of Birth
Berlin, Germany
Known For
Directing
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

48
Movies
22
TV Shows
28
Directed
Also Known As
Маргарета фон Тротта
IMDb Profile

Margarethe von Trotta

Directing

Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Margarethe von Trotta, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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as Self
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as Self - Filmmaker
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Searching for Ingmar Bergman

as Self - Filmmaker
2018
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as Self
2018
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2016
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2014
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Forbidden Films

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2014
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Foreign Directors on Directing

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2008
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