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.


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

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...

Max

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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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)

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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

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