Margarethe von von Trotta

Margarethe von Trotta was born in 1942 and grew up in Berlin. She studied acting in Munich and Paris. Worked at theatres in Frankfurt and Stuttgart, mongst others.
Since 1978, she acted in front of the camera with directors such as Fassbinder, Lemke, Schlöndorf. She began film script writing in 1970, her debut as a film director was in 19777 with Das zweite Erwachen der Christa Klages.