1960 Who Cares (short) 1963 Mediterranean (short documentary) 1966 Young Törless 1967 Murder and Manslaughter 1967 Der Paukenspieler (segment "Unheimlicher Moment Ein") 1969 Michael Kohlhaas – the rebel 1972 A Free Woman 1972 Strohfeuer 1975 The lost honor of Katharina Blum 1976 The coup de grâce 1977 Just for fun just for the game (documentary) 1978 Deutschland im Herbst (segment "Die verschobene Antigone") 1979 The Tin Drum 1980 Der Kandidat (documentary) 1981 The Fake 1982 War and Peace (documentary) 1984 Swann's Love 1990 The handmaid’s Tale 1991 Homo Faber 1992 The Michael Nyman Songbook (documentary) 1996 Ogre 1998 Palmetto 2000 The silence after the shot 2002 Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (segment "The Enlightenment") 2004 The Ninth Day 2006 Strajk - The Heroine of Gdańsk 2007 Ulzhan 2011 The sea at dawn 2014 Diplomacy
Born in Wiesbaden 1939. Educated at Lycee Henri Quatre in Paris. Studied political science and economics. Studied film directing at Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinematographiques in Paris. Between 1960-1964 worked as assistant to French directors including Louis Malle, Jean-Pierre Melville and Alain Resnais. In 1967 signed a 6 picture contract by Universal. In 1969 formed Hallelujah-Films with Peter Fleischmann, went into partnership with W. German TV stations. Same year married to Margarethe von Trotta. In 1973 formed Bioskop-Film with Reinhard Hauff. In 1974 directed the opera "Katja Kabanova" in Frankfurt and in 1976 the opera "Wir erreichen den Fluss" in Berlin. Received awards for his films.
