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. For. 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 you. And finish i feel berlin is my city one but 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 in festival. For 10 days the Film Industry takes over berlin girl and attracts stars and filmmakers hollywood productions and independent movies and straw dogs is in the thick of things she in 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. And i mean. Lets. Just. Let it was just the. Start of this is also of course a place just before christmas. The most hostile. Kind of special show and it would be nice of silent night became Something Like a small part of a new era for 9. 999. 00 but he is right it was one of the promising actors on or got the bella nala. Just a year later she was chosen as a member of the Film Festivals jury a big honor for a young actress. Feet. Are they going to get the silver then bear for the best actor to miss that Denzel Washington isnt. Better most personal and moving festival memory has to be when amy and jaguar was in the competition at the berlin our. The list in the. Bank is if you name. The premier in 1909 try to accompany the real lilly voiced aka amy down the red carpet and the film is based on bushs experience which she 1st recounted in a book at the age of 80 and copy a shot it was awarded the silver bearer for her performance in amy a job for consumers how did not she should. Know that it. Wasnt your typical film about the nazi era what was so new 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 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 that they screen and told of homosexual love that didnt and of its own accord to have the most sex. And he said it and in a certain way amy and jack you are 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 how i know. It could come in thats wishing. For lynn in 1943 the city is in ruins the police are shocking heim is a jew living under an assumed name she doesnt wear yellow star and is 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 hamish thats just. The of. The films touching love story develops in the most adverse of conditions. That its time. Consuming you can just pick on but their happiness proved short lived by these a k jaguar is captured and sent to a concentration camp lilly is left behind all alone in your latest work as a director of the netflix mini series of unorthodox once again deals with judaism whats it about the good stuff. Sister say 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 lives in Williamsburg Brooklyn endeavor 1st languages english is only the 2nd and additional deeds 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 that frees herself from this life one and flies to berlin. Leaving one few. Might. And. This is the 1st time out of earshot a 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. Qatada 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 the spirit and the flow in the cup. When he didnt even see 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 margaret just like her brother all estie 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 estie leaves her own home and its values behind and creates a new identity for herself in germany of all places. And i was interested how did you research this its a unique world into which we have little insight we cut yeah naturally we went to new york a few times but 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 of course so 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 the victory 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 ultimately its about an absolutely basic human need to go on sexless mentioned. 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 or not this is the most boring thing you can do as a director is to patrol a completely predictable characters. So. This. Is. Thats and i feel that its my task to explore and depicts people with their complexities. In their pleasantries and unpleasant sides when im in the movie and their desires and their limits. Because then so. Does your interest in jewish culture and characters and their stories stem from. From it fits in this estimate and i went to israel for the 1st time when i was 14 of them im attached where i 1st encountered theater to the 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 ive been back to israel many times since and ive worked a lot with one jewish person in particular danny levy that would be. That it wasnt only a working relationship. During the director danny levy were a couple for years thank you. Lanky 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 and i will go. 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 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 so. On we shot the film and 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 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. Your characters are always strong combative and stubborn what makes you want to play certain roles i mean. Mostly they probably have a kind of great vitality which has either been buried and concealed or is on the contrary very present. And this. Is what you guys are not focused on yet. You might still. Feel youre. Not getting maybe. Its not from here. I mean you know she hears theyve got. There are very few actors in germany a car 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. Woman. You have to be completely there at and thats very powerful and inspiring. Shall should be a house and hamburg is almost like maria hsia 2nd home. Come into the bowels of the building. She is a long standing member of the ensemble. And this is where i live the car is here heres the wardrobe are these the costumes for tonight. Yes exactly. Yes ive lived here since the beginning since i started on. His 1st big love was the she studied drama at the renowned mox seminar in vienna at the age of 18 thats here in hamburg shes playing martha and Edward Albees 962. 00 classic about marital strife. And. Yes i guess this yes its going to theres a glancing. Blow. Jobs find god. I found sad that i didnt close up i still got day was. I i. Was. Just in the flash of my live i charge 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. Im guessing that its given if its theres something on fire in flames and something producing so many white blood cells. Creating an energy that chafes and ensures they dont give up this man and keep. The. Gene he. Has just. Been helpful 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 of trying. Its very moving and each performance is a new adventure. A challenge fieldhouse provides a fixed point in a life full of travel and different roles. These days trotter 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. Really fun 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 ive heard. The pings are going to follow how do you integrate your acting experiences into your director. Yeah. So im going on like other 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 intercessor relationship between a young woman and an older man. But its about much more isnt it can you feel me. Yes this is after i means i think 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 and nature when its extremely unfair in this this was probably what made this book so explosive tough 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 schroder chose to adapt a controversial bestseller in 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. The shot a 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 afternoons. She has very early games and. War with me is shes a woman too and she knows and shes an actress doing she knows how much. Fear is involved. In 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. Yes. 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 difference like interests in that. And i would describe it more as a film about exile and less as a film about the writer stefan. Difference high up this was not at 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 family. Is this i dont wish a team. Once hitler rose to power spike fled austria he lived in england in the us before emigrating to brazil in 1945 the writer was also an authority on politics its not somebody its profits only. Edition goes above its own notes he does feel injured some movies its. Just for the kind of its only about the film delves into the psychology of a man torn apart by inner conflicts a universal theme theres a culture its not just what you mario always does projects that move between worlds but really work internationally and are conceived that way. To production thats what cinematic language is all about today which means you dont make films just for germany but for the world and thats her greatest contribution by talking and. Kind of a phone put it to should be means you. But only for so long on the dinners it was on in the world because after years in exile in spite committed suicide. The film was highly praised for its restraint cinematic language. And i respect 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 right and wrong good and evil in. History plays a major role in almost all of your films and t. V. Series deutschland 83 covers part of the final decade of communist east germany if you play an east german reconnaissance agent you know what kind of woman if she. Is those who want to follow and then you know what i liked about len are 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 i thought the. Rather she actually acts out of political convictions i was in the south. Even as a church that had to understand. Money. 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 was fine and you have. The key to my marriage because im personally invested sincerely then. Heston. Shot his character appears to be ruthless and without scruples. Could not. Finish it but needs a house or board. So. That one could pop to. Him and even the sequel deutschland 86. 00 charges character is at the heart of the action which begins an ongoing. Talk as friends and existence in. The next. Series. Faster than i have to do i think i can invest in and thomas have asked to be indeed the cias mc of the hundreds of the great fun he did yeah thats devices that got it going i understand this and i did it. The Popular Series was seen around the world the next season doj mandated 9 is now in production which try to reprising her role as lenore. As it has released as president 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 coming film youre in front of and behind the camera your artistic ranges is there anything left for you to do for me except this. Thats higher writing is the thing im most afraid of before i was young stab us to where id say i have the fewest tools of the trade us to get me through crises humpbacks so i have a very munns if you look at it. 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 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. Enough of the flame recently. Developed hers have been planted. In texas may help make a citys solve their transportation problems. Is this a viable option for the future. Are just a lot of hot air. Play. On d w. Flavor. Culture. Hair. Superman. Super food stylish style icon. Lifestyle 00. 60 minutes. Closely. Carefully. Simply being nice to be a good. Match. Discover. Subscribe to documentary on to. With him how to be a gun because up close with the highest if i had known that the boat would be that small i never would. On the trip but i would not have put myself and my parents on what im trying to move out of the game of the book give us leave would. Love one spunky because that one little bit of to give them i have Serious Problems on a personal level and i was unable to live there wasnt much im going to. Want to know their story in full migrants terrified employable information its. This is deja vu news live from berlin fear of the corona virus has several countries taking unprecedented measures to stop its spread that includes cancelling the final days of the venice carnival after a 3rd patient dies of the disease in italy also coming up. In the bonus League Umpire leverkusen educator to a Champions League spot his new captain kyle harvards pulling the strings theyd be struggling hausberg to claim their 5th consecutive victory