Margarethe von Trotta: Margarethe von Trotta. Director: Hannah Arendt. Margarethe von Trotta was born in Berlin in 1942. In the 1960s she moved to Paris where she worked for film collectives, collaborating on scripts and co-directing short films. She also pursued an acclaimed acting career, starring in films by well known German directors such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and Volker Schlöndorff. In 1971, von Trotta divorced her first husband Juergen Moeller (with whom...
Known For: Hannah Arendt (Director), Rosenstrasse (Director), Marianne & Juliane (Director), Rosa Luxemburg (Director)