We meet her at the offices of Production Company x. During the Berlin InternationalFilm Festival when the whole city is in film fever. For. The barrel and celebrating its 70th anniversary to start a relay what role does the Film Festival play for you personally and your career. Feel berlin is my city even though i listened born here but ive been living here since before the fall of the wall and i think people also identify with the city and in turn i identify with the festival festival. For 10 days the Film Industry takes over berlin girl and attracts stars and filmmakers hollywood productions and independent movies constructor is in the thick of things she and the festival go way back. In 1906 when she appeared in donnie laybys film silent night which was in the competition its 3 main characters are involved in a messy love triangle and decided to try to unpick the situation on Christmas Eve a different take on the festive season. If many people did and i mean. Lets. Just. Let it was he said you. Just have to do this is a philosophy. Chris. Afghanistan has tons of crime especially a living nice of silent night became Something Like a small part of a new era for 90. 999. 00 but he shot it was one of the promising actors honored at the perelman dollar. Just a year later she was chosen as a member of the Film Festivals jury a big honor for a young actress. And they going to sell them a little bare for the best actor to mr denzil watching the president. But her most personal and moving festival memory has to be when amy and jaguar was in the competition at the bell in our. Place tonight. Is if you knew. At the premiere in 1909 try to accompany the real lilly voiced aka amy down the red carpet the film is based on bushs experience in which she 1st recounted in a book at the age of 80 obvious shot it was awarded the silver bearer for her performance and amy a job for consumers had another she said. Oh no that. I mean jaguar wasnt your typical film about the nazi era what was so news special and so provocative about that film is highgate kind of well not a week goes by that im not asked repeatedly about amy and jack are. And i think its because it was the 1st time at least in the german speaking world that a lesbian love story made it onto the big screen and told of homosexual love that didnt end of its own accord from the sex. And the saves to it and in the in a certain way amy and jaguar celebrates the love between these 2 women which doesnt suffer per se from the fact its a woman loving a woman but rather that the war comes between them and. It could come in that situation. Berlin in 1943 the city is in ruins police are struck and haim is a jew living under an assumed name she doesnt wear yellow star and as a member of the underground though she lives with the constant threat of being caught she retains her dignity and lust for life while the world collapses around her and the last jews in berlin are being rounded up and sent to the death camps. Mox fabrics film also broke a taboo because it depicted the love of a jew for an anti semite that transcended all boundaries. Its just its just. The way. The film is touching love story develops in the most adverse of conditions not that it is time to. Consider new cast because. But their happiness proved short lived bullies a. K. Jaguar is captured and sent to a concentration camp lily is left behind all alone either you or your latest work as a director of the netflix mini Series Unorthodox once again deals with judaism whats it about for good stuff. Says to go see just the story of a very young woman who grows up in an extremely religious environment namely in the Satmar Community in williamsburg in brooklyn he was in williamsburg brooklyn. Endeavor 1st languages english is only the 2nd and. This is and this is a very closed Community Communities effects she grows up without the internet that she enters into an arranged marriage and i know that frees herself from this life on and flies to berlin i was living one feet not building. And that i might. Im 36. This is the 1st time out of earshot a has directed a series s. T. Only gets to meet her future husband once before they marry as part of an ultraorthodox Jewish Community in new york her life is dominated by religious rules. Charter paints a precise picture of this insular world after the euphoria of the wedding as he becomes her husbands property and is expected to be completely subservient to him. Among those in spirit and the fellow in the couple. Will you then see the sun in. The series is based on deborah feldmans International Bestseller on orthodox the scandalous rejection of my house citic roots it tells how she grew up and left he has said except mark root just like her s. T. Begins a challenging new life in berlin. My grandparents lost their whole families in the camps. Shes confronted with the often harsh realities of being a jew in modern day germany. But slowly as tea leaves her own home and its values behind and creates a new identity for herself in germany of all places. And it was interesting how did you research this unique world into which we have little insight macaque yeah naturally we went to new york a few times havana williams we were in williamsburg and got to know these communities as much as it was possible to with our own eyes. And i am glad and we were the guests of different families but of course guys we also had expert advisors. Fuckwit. Since i guess what happened to this woman is really a horror story of all posse art this is to 56 to all that is the biggest and most important goal i set for myself as the director of this project so i do not let it become a story about which you could easily say its a horror story. And the ultimate leigh its about an absolutely basic human need to go on sex just mentioned the. Namely the desire to belong yet retain your individuality. Individual. And in my view thats also the field of tension and which the story in an orthodox takes place. When out docs is this the most boring thing you can do as a director is to patrol a completely predictable characters. Thats unfinished i feel that its my task to explore and depicts people with their complexities. In their pleasantries and unpleasant sides when im going to v. And their desire and their limits. Because then so. Where does your interest in jewish culture and characters and their stories stem from. From that fits in that i went to israel for the 1st time when i was 14 at the moment thats where i 1st encountered theater to that im complex and then of course theres the way i look. And when im in israel everyone speaks to me in hebrew and when i say that i dont speak hebrew they laugh at me and continue to speak hebrew with me here ive been back to israel many times since and ive worked a lot with one jewish person in particular danny levy that he lived in. But it wasnt only a working relationship now he is the director danny levy were a couple for years thank you. Lady explored his own jewish roots in the giraffe shot of plays a German Jewish woman who moves back from new york to germany after her grandfathers factory is set on fire by anti semites then. Imo i really hope that your mother gets what. She died in. The role of a jew is also a type of a label they are all very different individual characters. In darkness you play a jewish woman is nazi occupied poland you have to hide underground or youre in darkness literally what was that experience like. You know he got in my character. Had to spend 14 months in the sewers with 2 small children and her husband. It was claustrophobic and terrible the cast for bush hardly imaginable. And we shot the film in wastewater tunnels and watch. You have it in our case they were clean. It. And her family really survived in the sewers for 14 months he said. And the oscar nominated film was based on a true story about a group of jews who escaped the deportations and massacres during the liquidation of the luvox ghetto by hiding in the sewers. Be a shot of plays a character who refuses to give up hope in the darkest of times. Like. Characters are always strong combative and stubborn what makes you want to play certain roles. Escaped mostly and they probably have a kind of great vitality which has either been buried concealed that there is on the contrary very present or does. This. Is what you guys are focused on yet. If youd like to know if youre. Thinking maybe. You. Can. Give you the most is few years theyve gotten so. This could be there are very few actors in germany because are successful both in front of the camera and behind it and on top of that they are often on the stage why is theatre so important for you to escape. There is nothing that forces an actor to be in the present as much as the stage. Have to be completely there and thats very powerful cossack and inspiring. Just shot should be a house and hamburg is almost like maria hsia has a 2nd home to. Come and welcome to the bowels of the building. She is a long standing member of the ensemble. And this is where i live the our years here heres the wardrobe are these the costumes for tonight. Yes exactly. Yes you know what ive lived here since the beginning since i started on. His 1st big love was the she studied drama at the renowned mox reinhard seminar in vienna the age of 18 here in hamburg shes playing martha and Edward Albees 962. 00 classic about marital strife. Sure. Yeah but dont guess this. Yet its going to theres a glancing. Blow. Jobs find cyanide. I found sad that i didnt close up the got take out that i am i right i. Was. Just in the flash of i met your arch the games he really drunkenly lay into each other is there anything left for us. Yes love. An appetite for life restlessness this is a quest for happiness. Let us finish its even if its theres something on fire inflamed and something producing so many white blood cells. Creating an energy that chafes and ensures they dont give up this man and keep. The room. But its your. Job. And not been hurt in my rear and i play with a great deal of energy. And this contributes to the lively nature of a performance even if something catches on the way as the energy never goes of trying. Its very moving and each performance is a new adventure. Even if it fits. The challenge fieldhouse provides a fixed point in a life full of travel and different roles. These days is also spending a lot of time directing such as the mini Series Adaptation of an orthodox. Most actors dont really find their way behind the camera why did you choose to take this. Leaf and ive always wanted to be shaping things to wish that i started writing screenplays before i started acting in films but. Then i learned how to edit and how to write a treatment. How to get funds. And without that i probably would never have dared to make a feature length film called as id thought. The pings are going to follow how do you integrate your acting experiences into your director. Yeah. So im going on like others starting out with direct and ive got the great advantage of having been on many sets as an actress i cherish and i have observed many other directors men and women at work so couldnt leave us leaving your work tauriel debut i love life it was about a relationship between a young woman and an older man. But its about much more isnt it i can feel me. Yes this is after the yes on the one hand its an obsessive love affair but on the other say its also about a family the book i based it on is a young womans breathless monologue a woman who goes into an unknown space and does things that could be considered extremely unfeminist in nature in one x. One feminist this was probably what made this book so explosive half and powerful women were attracted to the story but also repelled in equal measure and thats what would be up. For her 1st foray into directing shada chose to adapt the controversial bestseller the film it in a foreign country love life is the tale of a young woman tangled up in a very unequal relationship. Minus completion of. This passionate but ill advised affair threatens to destroy our as life the camera follows her fate up close. Though shot or shot her successful debut film in israel the political situation there only plays a peripheral role her focus is on love and dependency strada demonstrated great empathy for the after. She was very elegant and nice or with me is shes the woman too and she knows it and shes an actress doing she knows how much. Fear is involved. Look life is based on. Book of the same name. Mobius trotters adaptation shows a young woman torn between lust breaking taboos and willing submission. Feel your most successful film is probably your 2nd one as a director stefan spike farewell to europe what was it about stefan spikes faith that interested you. For defense like interests and yet. I would describe it more as a film about exile and less as a film about the writer stefan. Stephens high up this isnt at all possible to relocate your homeland. But is home actually how do you deal with language and this kind of cultural uprooting thats the real theme. Is this team. Once hitler rose to power spike fled austria he lived in england in the us before emigrating to brazil in 1943 the writer was also an authority on politics start somebody its profits i own a movie he goes at it but if its only because its only reasons. For the kind of its only what the film delves into the psychology of a man torn apart by inner conflicts a universal theme theres a culture its not just what youre going to rio always does projects that move between worlds but really work internationally and i can see it that way up to production thats what cinematic language is all about today which you dont make films just for germany but for the world and thats her greatest contribution by talking and. Con in video form put it to should be means you want shot. After years in exile spy committed suicide. The film was highly praised for its restrained cinematic language. Right whether shes in front of or behind the camera shot and never takes the easy way out to ignore her work often tackles big historical themes like the events in the 1980 s. Which led to the fall of the berlin wall. Good of the. History plays a major role in almost all of your films in the t. V. Series deutschland 83. 00 covers part of the final decade of communist east germany if you play an east german reconnaissance agent what kind of woman is she provided to. Follow and then you know what i liked about lenore from the beginning was that shes a bit of a shadowy character. She plays with peoples lives exercises her power and a seemingly cold. But in the end in my view shes not simply cold. Rather she actually acts out of political convictions i was in the south. Pacific and i was in church then to to understand department. For her political convictions she goes as far as to sell her own nephews soul to the east German Secret Service hes to serve as an agent in the west but 1st they have to break his will. Dinner well thats fine and you have to keep in mind 50000 person investing so hes really in. Doesnt. Shut his character appears to be ruthless and without scruples. Could be more. Of an issue for me to house it. So. Than one politician. I mean even the sequel deutschland 86. 00 charges character is at the heart of the action which begins in angola. Because of talk his friends and existence to. Keep them in the high position. Faster than i have to do i think i can invest and time is how much i didnt ask to be indeed the cias mc of the hand incident when he went back to its own devices and the friends and i did. The Popular Series was seen around the world the next season on dating 9 is now in production was try to reprising her role as lenore out. As it has released us prison as an actor the nicest thing about getting to play a character like this for 3 seasons is that you grow close to the people who write the character. And you contribute your own ideas. I think here we complemented one another quite nicely of should advise against your father into our shot of the you perform on the theatrical stage of the common film youre in front of and behind the camera your artistic range is is there anything left for you to do for me except this thats writing is the thing im most afraid of. Angst where id say i have the fewest tools of the trade to get me through and i see some facts so i have a view hes look at that. This week thats probably why i have the greatest respect for writers was the the spectrum outof for me the writers who can come up with their own stories are really the crime delacroix going to classify me either so that could be your next challenge and that the maybe in my next life. Thanks for the talk. My pleasure. To meet. The floor. Culture. Hair. Superman. Superfood stylish tall call and. Let oh see. Lifestyle during. The 77 percent this time from uganda we are going to be discussing im giving 5 topics here gender carry on like their old time seeing these men behaving exhale trying. To make sure. 2 days ok but if it comes too quickly i think some people may have come down to the small changes do you think uganda who ever be egalitarian something similar. If the same 60 minutes on t. W. Beethoven is for me. Is for you. Beethoven as for hell. Beethoven is for. Me tough is for. Beethoven is for. Me tough it is for. Beethoven 202250th anniversary here on you. Where you come to your marks on the law because thats what you say here in kelowna examinee during kano love its been celebrated here and you leave the highlights of yes that one for those of you have not recognized me yet underneath this week its me mike a cook and were dedicating the whole show today to cottle of across europe well