Shes a real powerhouse prize winning film director and well known actress whos equally at home in film and television yet still regularly tears up the stage. We meet her at the offices of Production Company x. During the Berlin InternationalFilm Festival when the whole city is in a film fever. Shot to the barrel and allah is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year star is a really what role does the Film Festival play for you personally and your career. Then and finishing. I feel berlin is my city even though i wasnt born here but ive been living here since before the fall of the wall and i think people also identify me at the city and in turn i identify with the festival make them festival. For 10 days the Film Industry takes over berlin the berlin l. A. Attracts stars and filmmakers hollywood productions and independent movies and schroder is in the thick of things she and the festival go way back. In 1960 she appeared in donnie levys 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 anything and i mean. Lets. Just. Clear that it was he said. Its tough to do this is also because of a pretty constant quest. For justice and that kind of special show in my living nice of silent night became Something Like a small part of a new era from 9. To 999. 00 but he shot it was one of the promising actors honored at the berlin dollar. Just a year later she was chosen as a member of the Film Festivals jury a big honor for a young actress. Basically the still the villain bearer for the best actor for mr Denzel Washington is. Better most personal and moving festival memory has to be one amy and jaguar was in the competition at the berlin our. The list in the. Bank is if you need. The premier in 1999 try to accompany the real lilly voiced aka amy down the red carpet the film was based on bushs experience of which she 1st recounted in a book at the age of 80. Be shot it was awarded the silver bearer for her performance in a man job war continues had another shooting. War that. Wasnt your typical film about the nazi era what was so news special and so provocative about that film as fugate kind of well not a week goes by that im not asked repeatedly about amy and jack otter. 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 to have the most sex. And he said it to me in a certain way amy and jack you are celebrates the love between these 2 women which doesnt suffer her say from the fact its a woman loving a woman but rather that the war comes between them and if. They could come in thats wish and. Thirdly and in 1943 the city is in ruins police are shocking heim is a jew living under an assumed name she doesnt wear a 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 a temptation thats just. The way. The films touching love story develops in the most adverse of conditions. That its a time people consider to cast the gun but their happiness proved short lived bullies aka jaguar is captured in central concentration camp the lily is left behind all alone if you know you and your latest work as a director of the netflix mini series of unorthodox once again deals with judaism whats it about its the. Sister 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 ocean would fight to this is and this is a very closed Community Communities effect she grows up without the internet that she enters into an arranged marriage and i know that phrase herself from this life on and flies to berlin i was living one feet not believing. It and that i might. And. This is the 1st time of year shada has directed a series estie 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. Was shot at 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. When youve been in these the sun in. The series is based on deborah feldmans International Bestseller an 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 for all 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. You know as a ghost and how did you research this unique world into which we have little insight and cut yeah naturally we went to new york a few times that havana williams we were in williamsburg and got to know these communities as much as it was possible to with our own eyes. And the land we were the guests of different families of course guys we also had expert advisors. Fuckwit. Since i guess what happened to this woman is really up. Horror story or fall person yard this is the victim 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 lee its about an absolutely basic human need to go on sexless mentioned the. Namely the desire to belong yet retain your individuality. Individuality. And in my view thats also the field of tension in which the story in an orthodox takes place. You can shift it one out talks is this the most boring thing you can do as a director is to protect a completely predictable characters so its. His. 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 name and their desires and their limits. Because then so. Where does your interest in jewish culture and characters and their stories stem from. From it fits into i went to israel for the 1st time when i was 14 and at the moment thats where i 1st encountered theater to the uncomplimentary 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 ive been back to israel many times since and ive worked a lot with one jewish person in particular don a lady that lived in. That it wasnt only a working relationship now he shot her in 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 if your mother gets well. She died. The role of the jew is also a type of label they are all very different individual characters. In darkness you play a jewish woman is nazi occupied poland you have to hide underground in darkness literally what was that experience like. And. 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 thats. When you actually go hollands 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 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. Your 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 carried concealed that there is on the contrary very present or does. This. You know you guys are misunderstanding yeah. Yeah right so if youre. Not going. To get from here. I mean you know last few years theyve gotten so. Its good because there are very few actors in germany like are successful both in front of the camera and behind it and on top of that they are often on the stage. Or so important for you to escape. There is nothing that forces an actor to be in the present as much as the stage. One. You have to be completely there at and thats very powerful and inspiring. But dont just shout should be a house in hamburg is it almost like maria hsia has a 2nd home. Coming welcome to the bowels of the building. She is a long standing member of the ensemble. And this is where i live the out years here heres the wardrobe are these the costumes for tonight. Yes exactly. You know what ive lived here since the beginning since i started on. His 1st big love was the house she studied drama at the renowned moxie seminar in vienna the age of 18 thats here in hamburg shes playing martha in Edward Albees 962 classic about marital strife. Should. Be outside you guessed it. Yet its going to theres a glancing. Blow. Jobs find sides i found sad that i didnt go to war i still got take out as. I. Was. Just in the flash of idea charts they 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. Im guessing that its can even if its theres something on fire sin flame to something producing so many white blood cells. Creating an energy that chafes in it and ensures they dont give up this man and keep. Its. Job. In the 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 off track. Its very moving and each performance is a new adventure. Even if it hits. The real house provides a fixed point in a life full of travel and different roles. These days its also spending a lot of time directing such as the mini Series Adaptation of an orthodox. Most doctors dont really find their way behind the camera why did you choose to take this. Season of. The fun ive always wanted to be shaping things to. 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 it called as ive told him. He brings it in the fall how do you integrate your acting experiences into your director. Yeah. So im the one 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 even leave us leaving iraq tauriel debut i love life it was about and its just 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 s. S. 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 and one x. One from in this this was probably what made this book so explosive and powerful women were attracted to the story but also repelled in equal measure. For her 1st foray into directing shada chose to adapt a 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 complex in the house. This passionate but ill advised affair threatens to destroy our as life from 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 things war with me is shes a woman too and she knows and shes an actress do and she knows how much. Fear is involved. Love life is based on. Book of the same name. Not be a shot as adaptation shows a young woman torn between lust breaking taboos and willing submission. The food you are most successful film is probably your 2nd one as a director stefan spike farewell to europe what was it about stefan spikes that interested you. For a difference like interests and. I would describe it more as a film about exile and less as a film about the writer stefan. High up this is that all possible to relocate your homeland. But is home actually how do you deal with language in this kind of cultural uprooting thats the real thing and whats annoying is this i dont like your team. Once hitler rose to power its mike fled austria he lived in england in the us before emigrating to brazil in 1945 the writer was also an authority on politics. Its. All movie edition goes at it over its only because feel injured some movies and. As for the kind of. The film delves into the psychology of a man torn apart by inner conflicts a universal theme is a cancer its not just what mario always does projects that move between worlds but really work internationally and are conceived that way. And 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. And. Kind and very important the should be means. That then as it was. After years in exile spike committed suicide. The film was highly praised for its restrained cinematic language. Whether shes in front of or behind the camera shot and never takes the easy way out or her work often tackles big historical themes like the events in the 1980 s. Which led to the fall of the berlin wall. Good evening. Fast history plays a major role in almost all of your films in a t. V. Series deutschland 83. 00 covers part of the final decade of communist east germany you play an east german reconnaissance agent and what kind of woman is she provided to. Follow and then you know what i liked about from the beginning was that shes a bit of a shadowy character. She plays with peoples lives exercises her power and is seemingly cold. But in the end in my view shes not simply cold i thought the horse kind of rather she actually acts out of political convictions i was in the south. You know as a challenge to try to understand. Money. For her political convictions she goes as far as to sell her own nephew soul to the east German Secret Service hes to serve as an agent in the west but 1st they have to break his will. You know what i know that you have. The key to my marriage because im personally invested so its really in. The. Best. Shot his character appears to be ruthless and without scruples. Could be wrong. When he. Meets a house of mourning. And im putting. Him in even the sequel dots land 86. 00 trotters character is at the heart of the action which begins in angola. Is ill talk to friends and access to tell. People. About it. That has didnt have to do i think i can invest in and thomas i didnt ask to be indeed the cias mc of the hundreds that have hit upon him to. Divide to understand this and i didnt. Get the Popular Series was seen around the world the next season deutschland 89 is now in production with try to reprising her role as lenore out. As thats really not 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 your shot after you perform on the theatrical stage of the cullen film youre in front of and behind the camera your artistic branches is there anything left for you to do for me except as thats writing is the thing im most afraid of. Where i say i have the fewest tools of the trade to get me through when i see the facts so i have a view hes look at that. This week thats probably why i have the greatest respect for writers of the spectrum out for me writers who can come up with their own stories are really the crammed going to classify me either so that could be your next challenge and that the maybe in my next life. Feeling thanks for the talk but my pleasure. Moshtarak camacho. 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