Cast: Margarethe von Trotta
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Margarethe von Trotta. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 16
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach (TV)
1971 · Movie · 102 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Volker Schlöndorff
Cast Georg Lehn · Reinhard Hauff · Wolfgang Bächler · Karl-Josef Cramer
Plot In 19th century in Hesse, a group of poor peasants rebel against institutional and economic domination by robbing the tax collection stagecoach. However, the machinery of power implements its countermeasures...
7.0
68 votes
7.0
68 votes
Forbidden Films
2014 · Documentary · 94 min. · Germany
Direction Felix Moeller
Cast Götz Aly · Stefan Drössler · Jörg Jannings · Johanna Liebeneiner
6.8
32 votes
6.8
32 votes
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum, or How Violence Develops and Where It Can Lead
1975 · Movie · 101 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Volker Schlöndorff · Margarethe von Trotta
Cast Angela Winkler · Mario Adorf · Dieter Laser · Jürgen Prochnow
Plot Katharina Blum is a young handsome German maid. She meets Ludwig, and they fall in love at once. They spend the night together. In the morning, the police bursts in...
6.7
411 votes
6.7
411 votes
Coup de grâce
1976 · Movie · 97 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Volker Schlöndorff
Cast Margarethe von Trotta · Matthias Habich · Rüdiger Kirschstein · Marc Eyraud
Plot A countess' unrequited love for an army officer leads to disaster.
6.5
126 votes
6.5
126 votes
Beware of a Holy Whore
1971 · Movie · 106 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast Lou Castel · Eddie Constantine · Marquand Böhm · Hanna Schygulla
Plot On a film set there are two things missing, the film material and the director. So the actors and actresses as well as the crew try to make the best...
6.4
303 votes
6.4
303 votes
The American Soldier
1970 · Movie · 80 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast Karl Scheydt · Elga Sorbas · Jan George · Margarethe von Trotta
Plot After his return from Vietnam war, an American with German origins comes to Germany for a visit - not as a tourist but as a hit-man. Policemen from Munich have...
6.3
293 votes
6.3
293 votes
Gods of the Plague
1970 · Movie · 91 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast Hanna Schygulla · Margarethe von Trotta · Harry Baer · Günther Kaufmann
Plot Franz Walsch, a small-time hood, is released from jail and searches for his old acquaintances. He finds his girlfriend Johanna and visits his mother with his brother Marian. Women are...
6.2
184 votes
6.2
184 votes
Baal (TV)
1970 · Movie · 87 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Volker Schlöndorff
Cast Rainer Werner Fassbinder · Sigi Graue · Margarethe von Trotta · Günther Neutze
Plot The film follows Baal, a young, ingenious, and unstable poet-balladeer with a scandalous zest for life, love, and liquor, through multiple sexual encounters and cruel, shocking personal adventures that end...
6.1
52 votes
6.1
52 votes
Das Andechser Gefühl
1975 · Movie · 68 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Herbert Achternbusch
Cast Herbert Achternbusch · Judit Achternbusch · Heinz Braun · Ella Fießinger
Plot An anxious teacher (played, as is the lead role in all his films, by the director) sits in a beer garden on the hill of the Andechs monastery. While flies...
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Die Atlantikschwimmer
1976 · Movie · 81 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Herbert Achternbusch
Cast Heinz Braun · Herbert Achternbusch · Alois Hitzenbichler · Josef Bierbichler
Plot Two world-worn men from Munich, the mailman Heinz and the lifeguard Herbert, look for an escape from their day-to-day lives and participate in a swimming contest across the Atlantic Ocean...
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Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté
2005 · Documentary · 110 min. · Italy
Direction Ferruccio Marotti
Cast Gian Maria Volonté · Francesco Rosi · Giorgio Albertazzi · Theo Angelopoulos
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Morals of Ruth Halbfass
1972 · Movie · 89 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Volker Schlöndorff
Cast Senta Berger · Peter Ehrlich · Helmut Griem · Margarethe von Trotta
Plot Ruth Halbfass has been married to the industrialist Erich Halbfass for sixteen years in a loveless marriage and they have a fourteen year-old teenage daughter, Aglaia. Ruth has a love...
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Bierkampf
1977 · Movie · 85 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Herbert Achternbusch
Cast Herbert Achternbusch · Annamirl Bierbichler · Heinz Braun · Josef Bierbichler
Plot In a stolen police uniform the drinker Herbert creates unrest at the Oktoberfest in Munich. He is so drunk that he believes he is a real detective inspector.
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Summer Lightning
1972 · Movie · 100 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Volker Schlöndorff
Cast Margarethe von Trotta · Friedhelm Ptok · Martin Lüttge · Ute Ellin
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Volonté: L'uomo dai mille volti
2024 · Documentary · 97 min. · Italy
Direction Francesco Zippel
Cast Gianna Gissi · Valeria Golino · Pierfrancesco Favino · Toni Servillo
Plot A documentary exploring the life and legacy of renowned Italian actor Gian Maria Volonté, featuring insights from his colleagues, family, and never-before-seen footage, highlighting his artistic journey and political activism.
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60: Ieri, Oggi, Domani
2016 · Documentary · 60 min. · Italy
Direction Giorgio Treves
Cast Gian Luigi Rondi · Giuseppe Tornatore · Manuela Pineschi · Enrico Lucherini
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