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 International Film Festival when the whole city is in a film featuring. The barrel and allah is celebrating its 70th anniversary of what star is a really what role does the Film Festival play for you personally and your career. And. 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 with 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 schroder is in the thick of things she in the festival go way back. In 1906 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 time each week he said. Lets. Clean out his office and use that. Stuff to do this is also a concept. Chris. For most of us positive because especially it would be nice if silent night became Something Like a small part of a new era from 9. To 999. 00 but he is right it was one of the promising actors ordered 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. Thinks shes a great kid still have a little bear for the best actor commits that Denzel Washington has and. Better most personal and moving best of all memory has to be when amy and jaguar was in the competition at the berlin our. The estimate. Is if you need. At the premiere in 1999 try to accompany the real lilly voiced aka me down the red carpet the film is based on personal experience of which she 1st recounted in a book at the age of 80 copy a shot it was awarded the silver bearer for her performance and amy a job for consumers had another she should. Know that. They made him a jaguar it wasnt your typical film about the nazi era what was so news special and so provocative about that film as i get 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 and the most sex. And he said it and in the end you know 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 ration. Berlin 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 to such. A shock. When. The films touching love story develops in the most adverse of conditions. That its a timely interview cast the con but their happiness proved short lived billys a k jaguar is captured and sent to a concentration camp lily is left behind all alone eva 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 Brooklyn he was in Williamsburg Brooklyn endeavor 1st language is english is only the 2nd and additional its 5 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 that frees herself from this life one and flies to berlin i was living one feet. And then my. And. 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 Ultra Orthodox Jewish community in new york her life is dominated by religious rules. A shot of 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. A month and spin in the flow in the cup. We even see that done 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. I. You know its interesting how did you research this its a unique world into which we have little insight and it caught 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 we were the guests of different. Of course we also had expert advisors. Fuckwit. What happened to this woman is really a 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 sex he mentioned the 2 of them namely the desire to belong yet retain your individuality. Individually. 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 purchase a completely predictable characters. Is. Thus and finish i feel that its my task to explore and depicts people with their complexities. In their pleasantries and unpleasant sides when im in the v. And their desires and their limits. Because then so. Does your interest in jewish culture and characters and their stories stem from. From the folks in this 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 that were looking. At 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. Imo i really hope if your mother gets well. She died and that was. 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 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 watch. You have it in our case they were clean and i said you want to get the heat. And her family really survived in the sewers for 14 months he said sure. 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. Via shot up 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. Mostly and 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. Report you guys are not focused on yet. You might feel if you feel youre. Not being good maybe. Its not funny here. I didnt notice because theyve gotten so. This could be because 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 is theater so important for you to escape. In there is nothing that forces an actor to be in the present as much as the stage. Woman. Have to be completely there and thats very powerful and inspiring. But dont just 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 longstanding member of the ensemble. And this is where i live for years here is the wardrobe are these the costumes for tonight. Yes exactly. You know what ive lived here since the beginning since i started from her. First big love was the she studied drama at the renowned mox seminar in vienna the age of 18 thats here in hamburg shes playing martha in Edward Albees 962 classic about marital strife. Yes i guessed it. Yet its going to get to be lots of. Oh. Jobs 55. 00 which. I found sad that i didnt go to war stuff i still got dead guys as i. Write i. Guess. Its. Just that the flash of army at your arch. 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 can even if its theres something on fire sin flame to something producing so many white blood cells. Creating an energy that chafes and ensures they dont give up this man and keep them. Here. He. Has just. 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. A challenge fieldhouse 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 actors dont really find their way behind the camera why did you choose to take this path. 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 treatments hype how to get funds. And without that i probably would never have dared to make a feature length film called as i had to. In the end he brings it in the fall how do you integrate your acting experiences into your director. Yeah. So im going on like others 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 leave us leaving your directorial 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. Yeah this is after i means i think 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 and nature 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 weve really up. For her 1st foray into directing shada 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 the host of. This passionate but ill advised affair threatens to destroy our as life 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 after. She was very well against this war with me is shes a woman too and she knows it and shes an actress doing she knows how much. Fear is involved. Love life is based on. Book of the. Same name. Nokia shorters adaptation shows a young woman torn between lust breaking taboos and willing submission. For 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 it. And i would describe it more as a film about exile and less 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 and this kind of cultural uprooting thats the real theme. Is this team. Once hitler rose to power it spiked bled austria he lived in england in the us before emigrating to brazil in 1943 the writer was also an authority on politics. Its profits i only. He always had it but if its only because she had some movies and. She had a kind of pull that sound 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 youre going to rio always does projects that move between worlds but really work internationally and are conceived that way. So 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 a should be means. Oh and for the dinners it was because after years in exile spike committed suicide. The film was highly praised for its restrained cinematic language. Right whether shes in front of or behind the camera shot or never takes the easy way out her work often tackles big historical themes like the events in the 1980 s. Which led to the fall of the berlin wall and wrong and good of you in. History plays a major role in almost all of your films t. V. Series deutschland 83. 00 covers part of the final decade of communist east germany you play an east german reconnaissance agent what kind of woman is she provided to clear all those who want 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. Sea going to church that i had to understand. 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 well thats fine and you have to lead to this command 50000 person investment so hes really in. Doesnt. He. Shot his character appears to be ruthless and without scruples. Could no longer. Have an issue but me its i was born. So. Then learn to partake. In the sequel deutschland 86. 00 was tried as character is at the heart of the action which begins in angola. His caucus runs an excess to. Keep him in the high position. That has to then have to come to have to get back and invest and thomas and then ask him to be indeed the cias mc of the hundreds of that when he went back to its own devices and got it going on the same as another. The Popular Series was seen around the world the next season doj landini 9 is now in production lets try to reprising her role as lenore out. As it has released us pulls on that 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 should advise against your father into are you sure you perform on the theatrical stage of the common film youre in front of and behind the camera your artistic ranges is there anything left for you to do for me except as thats writing is the thing im most afraid of that will force. Us to hear id say i have the fewest tools of the trade s to get me through crises and facts so i have a very nice look at it. Thats behind that is 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 that the maybe in my next life. Thanks for the talk. My pleasure. Classes are in full riot. Gear need nerves of steel. While passengers here can get an eyeful along the way. Taxis accommodate passengers over the work of. The driver oh silly. Red. Dog. When will this happen again. Until then the d. 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