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Margit Carstensen‌

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Female

Birthday

calendar1940-02-29

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Margit Carstensen

Kiel, Germany

Margit Carstensen

Kiel, Germany

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1940-02-29

Popularity

star3.2

Biography

Margit Carstensen (29 February 1940 – 1 June 2023) was a German theatre and film actress, best known outside Germany for roles in the works of film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Carstensen was born and raised in the northern German city of Kiel. Upon graduation from the local high school in 1958, she studied acting at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. This education led to her first stage appearances in Kleve, Heilbronn, Münster, and Braunschweig. In 1965, Carstensen began a four-year engagement with the German Playhouse in Hamburg. In 1969, she gained a local profile for her work in the Theater am Goetheplatz in Bremen, where she first met director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. She then worked under his direction in a comedy by the 18th-century Venetian Carlo Goldoni, The Coffee Shop (which was recorded for television in 1970), bringing her national attention in West Germany. She subsequently played the role of serial murderess Geesche Gottfried in the premiere of Fassbinder's own play Bremen Freedom (also televised, in 1972), and then in the title role of his Henrik Ibsen adaptation Nora Helmer (televised in 1974) derived from A Doll's House. Outside of theatre, Carstensen played leading roles in the Fassbinder films The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972), her best-known role for him; Martha (1974), analysing a traditional marriage in a contemporary setting; Fear of Fear (1975); Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven (1975); Satan's Brew (1976); Chinese Roulette (1976) and Women in New York (1977). She also appeared in episodes of two Fassbinder television productions: Eight Hours Don't Make a Day (1972), and Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980). From 1973 to 1976, Carstensen held a steady acting engagement in Darmstadt. In 1977, she moved to West Berlin where she performed on the highly regarded Staatliche Schauspielbühnen. In 1982, she moved to Stuttgart in order to work with director Hansgünther Heyme, where she appeared in a series of plays directed by him. During this time, Carstensen also worked in international film productions, such as Andrzej Żuławski's Possession (1981) and Agnieszka Holland's Angry Harvest (1985); the latter was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. By the late 1980s, she had developed ongoing working relationships with German directors Werner Schroeter, Christoph Schlingensief, and Leander Haußmann. For the 2003–04 season, Carstensen appeared in the Vienna Burgtheater, in the premiere of Elfriede Jelinek's play Bambiland under the direction of Schlingensief. During the 2007–08 season Carstensen assisted with the Austrian-German TV documentary Mr. Karl – A Person for People, directed by Kurt Mayer. In 2016, she was still on television, appearing in the long-running series Tatort. Carstensen received many awards in her career. Among these were the 1973 German Film Awards (Gold), for her acting in The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, and the 2002 Bavarian Film Award, for her acting in Scherbentanz. In 1972 she was chosen by the German Film Critics Guild as Best Actress of the Year. In 2019, she was awarded the Götz-George-Preis for her life's work. Description above from the Wikipedia article Margit Carstensen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant‌
star7.3
calendar 1972

Martha

Martha‌
star7.1
calendar 1974

Agnes and His Brothers

Agnes and His Brothers‌
star6.0
calendar 2004

Possession

Possession‌
star7.3
calendar 1981

Chinese Roulette

Chinese Roulette‌
star7.2
calendar 1977

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven‌
star7.8
calendar 1975

The 120 Days of Bottrop

The 120 Days of Bottrop‌
star5.3
calendar 1997

Satan’s Brew

Satan’s Brew‌
star6.5
calendar 1976

Fear of Fear

Fear of Fear‌
star6.5
calendar 1975

It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine.

It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine.‌
star7.4
calendar 2007

100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker

100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker‌
star6.4
calendar 1989

The Third Generation

The Third Generation‌
star6.1
calendar 1979

La moitié de l'amour

La moitié de l'amour‌
star0.0
calendar 1985

Tenderness of the Wolves

Tenderness of the Wolves‌
star5.6
calendar 1973

Terror 2000

Terror 2000‌
star5.0
calendar 1992

Finsterworld

Finsterworld‌
star6.4
calendar 2013

Bremen Freedom

Bremen Freedom‌
star6.0
calendar 1972

The Coffee House

The Coffee House‌
star5.3
calendar 1970

Manila

Manila‌
star5.0
calendar 2000

The Ancestress

The Ancestress‌
star0.0
calendar 1971

Angry Harvest

Angry Harvest‌
star6.5
calendar 1985

Die wilden Fünfziger

Die wilden Fünfziger‌
star2.0
calendar 1983

Hands off Mississippi

Hands off Mississippi‌
star6.7
calendar 2007

The Niklashausen Journey

The Niklashausen Journey‌
star6.0
calendar 1970

Mister Karl

Mister Karl‌
star0.0
calendar 2008

Women in New York

Women in New York‌
star5.7
calendar 1977

Adolf and Marlene

Adolf and Marlene‌
star6.0
calendar 1977

Shattered Glass

Shattered Glass‌
star6.0
calendar 2002

Liebeskonzil

Liebeskonzil‌
star0.0
calendar 1982

Fassbinder: Love Without Demands

Fassbinder: Love Without Demands‌
star6.4
calendar 2015

Fassbinder

Fassbinder‌
star6.2
calendar 2015

Nora Helmer

Nora Helmer‌
star7.3
calendar 1974

Gesche's Poison

Gesche's Poison‌
star0.0
calendar 1998

Sun Alley

Sun Alley‌
star6.8
calendar 1999

John Gabriel Borkman

John Gabriel Borkman‌
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calendar 2000

Rider of the Flames

Rider of the Flames‌
star0.0
calendar 1998

Der Narr und seine Frau heute Abend in Pancomedia

Der Narr und seine Frau heute Abend in Pancomedia‌
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calendar 2002

Spiel der Verlierer

Spiel der Verlierer‌
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calendar 1978

Eine Kirche der Angst vor dem Fremden in mir

Eine Kirche der Angst vor dem Fremden in mir‌
star0.0
calendar 2009

Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence

Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence‌
star6.0
calendar 2020

Tv Credits

Anwalt Abel

Anwalt Abel‌
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calendar 1988

Derrick

Derrick‌
star6.1
calendar 1974

Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime‌
star6.2
calendar 1970

Deutscher Filmpreis

Deutscher Filmpreis‌
star6.0
calendar 1951

Bayerischer Filmpreis

Bayerischer Filmpreis‌
star0.0
calendar 1979

Vorsicht Falle!

Vorsicht Falle!‌
star0.0
calendar 1964

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day‌
star7.6
calendar 1972

World on a Wire

World on a Wire‌
star7.1
calendar 1973

Berlin Alexanderplatz

Berlin Alexanderplatz‌
star7.6
calendar 1980