Making her debut in television, Barbara Sukowa made a name for herself on the big screen in 1981 in films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Margarethe von Trotta – a director with whom she would work multiple times. In one strong woman role after another, her intense, visceral yet disciplined acting allowed her to portray complex and ambivalent characters, cementing her as one of the greatest actresses in German cinema.
Winner of the Jury Prize, 1991 Cannes Film Festival
In October 1945, a young American man whose father was German decides to travel to Europe to help rebuild the continent. With the help of an uncle, he finds a job as a sleeper car attendant. This takes him through a devastated, starving country.
Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier is a Danish film director and screenwriter. Beginning in the late-1960s as a child actor working on a Danish television series, von Trier's career has spanned more than five decades. Considered a major figure of the European film industry, he and his works have been variously described as ambitious and provocative, as well as technically innovative. His films offer confrontational examinations of existential, social, psychosexual, and political issues, and deal with subjects such as mercy, sacrifice, and mental health. He frequently collaborates with the actors Jean-Marc Barr, Udo Kier and Stellan Skarsgård. Von Trier co-created the avant-garde filmmaking movement Dogme95 alongside fellow director Thomas Vinterberg and co-founded the Danish film production company Zentropa. He is best known for Breaking the Waves (1996), Dancer in the Dark (2000), Dogville (2003), and Melancholia (2011).
