November
5, 2004
German
Filmmaker Margarethe von Trotta to Visit MHC
Margarethe von Trotta, one of Germany’s most prominent
filmmakers, will visit Mount Holyoke Tuesday, November 9. She will introduce
her latest film, Rosenstrasse, in Gamble Auditorium at 7 pm. The film will
be shown without subtitles; a plot summary will be distributed before the showing.
A question-and-answer session will follow.
Born in Berlin in 1942, von Trotta moved to Paris in the 1960s and began her
career working with film collectives. She has directed many films, including
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975, codirected with her then husband, Volker
Schlöndorff); The Second Awakening of Christa Klages (1978); and Marianne
and Juliane (1981). In addition to her work as a scriptwriter and director, von
Trotta has starred in films directed by Fassbinder and other notable German filmmakers.
Gary Schmidt, visiting assistant professor in the German studies program, who
organized the visit, said, “Margarethe von Trotta’s films offer Americans
a unique insight into the German experience in the twentieth century, exploring
the connection between politics and personal relationships from an unapologetically
feminist perspective.”
Robin Blaetz, associate professor of film studies, agreed: “Von Trotta’s
importance cannot be overestimated. Not only is she a woman who has been able
to work in fairly mainstream narrative cinema but she has been able to incorporate
the lessons of feminist film theory into her complex, challenging, and highly
enjoyable films.”
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