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 expo during the Berlin International Film Festival when the whole city is in a film fever. The barrel now is celebrating its 70th anniversary. Star is really what role does the Film Festival play for you personally and your career. Bellina finnish 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 though attracts stars and filmmakers hollywood productions and independent movies and shot of is in the thick of things she of the festival goes way back. In 1906 when she appeared on the ladies 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 any people even try and he said. Lets. Just. Let it was he said you. Just have to do this is also. A pretty. Awful most hostile and i caught a special show in my living nice of silent night became Something Like a small part of a new era for 90. 999. 00 but he is right 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 it is still havent been buried for the best actor to miss that Denzel Washington president. But her most personal and moving festival memory has to be when amy and jaguar was in the competition at the bella now. List in the. Last. Thank you so if you know me. At the premiere in 1999 try to accompany the real lilly voiced aka me down the red carpet the film is based on experience which she 1st recounted in a book at the age of 80. Be shot it was awarded the silver bearer for her performance and amy a job for consumers had another issue. That. I mean jack why wasnt your typical film about the nazi era what was so news special and so provocative about that film is it 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 that they screen and told of homosexual love that didnt and of its own accord to have the most sex. And he says to it and to me 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. Thats where. Her live in 1943 the city is in ruins police are shocking heim 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. Mocks favorite books film also broke a taboo because it depicted the love of a jew for an anti semite that transcended all boundaries. She teaches her. Solutions. To. The films touching love story develops in the most adverse of conditions. That its time to consider new cast because but their happiness proved short lived by these a k jaguar is captured and sent to a concentration camp lily is left behind all alone in your latest work as a director of the netflix mini Series Unorthodox and 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 and deborah 1st languages english is only the 2nd and national did survive to this is and its 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 i was living one feet not. That i might. And. This is the 1st time out of earshot it 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. I was sort of paints a precise picture of this insular world after the euphoria of the wedding estie becomes her husbands property and is expected to be completely subservient to him. A month in spirit in the fellow in the cup. When he then in the 3rd done 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 s. T. Begins a challenging new life in berlin. My grandparents lost their whole families in the camps i. Was there. I. You know its interesting how did you research this its a unique world into which we have little insight we caught yeah naturally we went to new york a few times to hear about it williams we were in williamsburg and got to know these communities as much as it was possible to with our own eyes. And that i had an hour and we were the guests of different families but of course we also had expert advisors. Fuckwit. Since i guess what happened to this woman is really a horror story of all process that this is the victim that is the biggest and most important goal i set for myself as the director of this project so i did 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 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 hes. Not docs this is the most boring thing you can do as a director is to patrol completely predictable characters so. It is. Thus unfinished 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. Hence. Where does your interest in jewish culture and characters and their stories stem from. The midfoot something i went to israel for the 1st time when i was 14 i mean thats where i 1st encountered theater to. Ive been back to israel many times since and ive worked a lot with one jewish person in particular danny levy and relieved. That it wasnt only a working relationship. And 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 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. He got in my character he had to spend 14 months in the sewers with 2 small children and her husband. It was claustrophobic and terrible for bush hardly imaginable so. On we shot the film and wastewater tunnels and. You have it in our case they were clean and i said i want to get 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. Obvious shot up plays a character who refuses to give up hope in the darkest of times. My. 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 or does. This. For you guys in the kitchen yeah. Yeah right so if you feel really. Good. Yes its not funny you cant. Hear you know last few years theyve gotten. This. 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 why is theater so important for you to escape. There is nothing that forces an actor to be in the present as much as the stage. One. Have to be completely there at and thats very powerful and inspiring. But dont just shout should be a house in hamburg is almost like maria hsia has a 2nd home. Come and welcome to the bowels of the building. She is a longstanding member of the ensemble. And this is where i live is here heres the wardrobe are these the costumes for tonight. Yes exactly. And i have lived here since the beginning since i started on the farm. His 1st big love was the she studied drama at the renowned seminar in vienna at the age of 18 us here in hamburg shes playing martha in Edward Albees 962. 00 classic about marital strife. And. Yes i guessed it. Yet its going to theres a glancing. Blow. Jobs find sides i found sad that i didnt go. Thank the gods day was that i i i. Guess. Its. Just any fashion by leo george 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 feel that its even if its a theres something on fire sin flame to something producing so many white blood cells. Creating an energy that chafes me and ensures they dont give up this man and keep. The room. You keep your. Job. Maria 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 fits. The 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. For most actors dont really find their way behind the camera why did you choose to take this power schreibers. The fun ive always wanted to be shaping things to its just 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 i had to hold. The brings it in the fall how do you integrate your acting experiences into your director. Yeah. So im going to unlike other starting out with directing 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 an accessor relationship between a young woman and an older man. But its about much more isnt it i can feel me. Yeah this is after ns 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 in nature x. I mean this this was probably what made this book so explosive half and powerful women were attracted to the story but also repelled in equal measure. For her 1st foray into directing schroder chose to adapt a controversial bestseller and film it in a foreign country love life is the tale of a young woman tangled up in a very unequal relationship. Money 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 trotta demonstrated great empathy for the after. She was very elegant and nice warm with me is shes a woman too and she knows shes an actress do and she knows how much. Fear is involved. Love life is based on. Book of the same name. Not be as short as adaptation shows a young woman torn between lust breaking taboos and willing submission. Yes i feel your most successful film is probably your 2nd one as a director stefan spike farewell to europe what was it about yourself on spikes face that interested you. For difference like into syria. And i would describe it more as a film about exile unless as a film about the writer stefan. High up this wasnt 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 thing. Is this i dont like your team because youre just once hitler rose to power its spike fled austria he lived in england in the us before emigrating to brazil in 1940 the writer was also an authority on politics start somebody its profits only movie edition goes at it over its own as he does feel and its only reasons. For the kind of. The film delves into the psychology of a man torn apart by inner conflicts a universal theme theres a concert of this well you know 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 means you dont make films just for germany but for the world and thats her greatest contribution. And. Kind of iraq should be means you want shot. The dean of the. After years in exile spy 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. And would be. 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 you play an east german reconnaissance agent and what kind of woman issue. Is those who want to follow and then you know what i liked about it 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. Rather she actually acts out of political convictions i was on the south. Pacific in the us and challenge them to to understand. For her political convictions she goes as far as to sell her own nephew sold to the east German Secret Service hes to serve as an agent in the west but 1st they have to break his will. Do well thats fine and you have. The key to mine 50000 person investment so hes really in. Most of the. Shot his character appears to be ruthless and without scruples. Could more. Than issue but me its i was born. Since 1000 puckish. I mean in the sequel deutschland 86. 00 charges character is at the heart of the action which begins at angola. Talk his friends and existence to. Keep him in a high position i cant see that. Changing 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 to the hundreds of the hedge fund he did yeah went back to its own devices that got it going and the friends and i did. The Popular Series was seen around the world the next season on dating 9 is now in production which 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 my your father into your shot after you perform on the theatrical stage of the cut in 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 on top of us is where id say i have the fewest tools of the trade s. To get me through crises humpbacks sarik have a very munns if you look at it. This way how thats probably why i have the greatest respect for writers was the spec 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. 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