Barbara Sukowa

Barbara Sukowa (born 2 February 1950) is a German theatre and film actress. She is known for her work with directors Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Margarethe von Trotta. She won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for the film Rosa Luxemburg (1986). Her other film appearances include Lola (1981), Europa (1990), M. Butterfly (1993), and Hannah Arendt (2012). Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbara Sukowa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Cradle Will Rock (1999)

A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Robbins
CAST:  Hank Azaria  •  Rubén Blades  •  Joan Cusack  •  John Cusack

A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Robbins
CAST:  Hank Azaria  •  Rubén Blades  •  Joan Cusack  •  John Cusack

Lola (1981)

Germany in the autumn of 1957: Lola, a seductive cabaret singer-prostitute exults in her power as a temptress of men, but she wants out—she wants money, property, and love. Pitting a corrupt building contractor against the new straight-arrow building commissioner, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rainer Werner Fassbinder
CAST:  Barbara Sukowa  •  Armin Mueller-Stahl  •  Matthias Fuchs  •  Helga Feddersen

Germany in the autumn of 1957: Lola, a seductive cabaret singer-prostitute exults in her power as a temptress of men, but she wants out—she wants money, property, and love. Pitting a corrupt building contractor against the new straight-arrow building commissioner, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rainer Werner Fassbinder
CAST:  Barbara Sukowa  •  Armin Mueller-Stahl  •  Matthias Fuchs  •  Helga Feddersen

Marianne and Juliane (1981)

Germany, 1968: The priest's daughters Marianna and Juliane both fight for changes in society, like making abortion legal. However their means are totally different: while Juliane's committed as a reporter, her sister joins a terroristic organization. After she's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Margarethe von Trotta
CAST:  Jutta Lampe  •  Barbara Sukowa  •  Julia Biedermann  •  Ina Robinski

Germany, 1968: The priest's daughters Marianna and Juliane both fight for changes in society, like making abortion legal. However their means are totally different: while Juliane's committed as a reporter, her sister joins a terroristic organization. After she's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Margarethe von Trotta
CAST:  Jutta Lampe  •  Barbara Sukowa  •  Julia Biedermann  •  Ina Robinski

Johnny Mnemonic (1995)

In a dystopian 2021, Johnny is a data trafficker who has an implant that allows him to securely store data too sensitive for regular computer networks. On one delivery run, he accepts a package that not only exceeds the implant's safety limits—and will kill him if ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Longo
CAST:  Keanu Reeves  •  Dina Meyer  •  Takeshi Kitano  •  Ice-T

In a dystopian 2021, Johnny is a data trafficker who has an implant that allows him to securely store data too sensitive for regular computer networks. On one delivery run, he accepts a package that not only exceeds the implant's safety limits—and will kill him if ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Longo
CAST:  Keanu Reeves  •  Dina Meyer  •  Takeshi Kitano  •  Ice-T

M. Butterfly (1993)

In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with an opera singer, Song Liling – but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Cronenberg
CAST:  Jeremy Irons  •  John Lone  •  Barbara Sukowa  •  Ian Richardson

In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with an opera singer, Song Liling – but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Cronenberg
CAST:  Jeremy Irons  •  John Lone  •  Barbara Sukowa  •  Ian Richardson

Office Killer (1997)

When Dorine Douglas' job as proofreader for Constant Consumer magazine is turned into an at-home position during a downsizing, she doesn't know how to cope. But after accidentally killing one of her co-workers, she discovers that murder can quench the loneliness of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cindy Sherman
CAST:  Carol Kane  •  Molly Ringwald  •  Jeanne Tripplehorn  •  Barbara Sukowa

When Dorine Douglas' job as proofreader for Constant Consumer magazine is turned into an at-home position during a downsizing, she doesn't know how to cope. But after accidentally killing one of her co-workers, she discovers that murder can quench the loneliness of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cindy Sherman
CAST:  Carol Kane  •  Molly Ringwald  •  Jeanne Tripplehorn  •  Barbara Sukowa

Europa (1991)

A young, idealist American gets a job as a train conductor for the Zentropa railway network in postwar, US-occupied Frankfurt. As various people try to take advantage of him, he soon finds his position politically sensitive, and gets caught up in a whirlpool of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lars von Trier
CAST:  Jean-Marc Barr  •  Barbara Sukowa  •  Udo Kier  •  Ernst-Hugo Järegård

A young, idealist American gets a job as a train conductor for the Zentropa railway network in postwar, US-occupied Frankfurt. As various people try to take advantage of him, he soon finds his position politically sensitive, and gets caught up in a whirlpool of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lars von Trier
CAST:  Jean-Marc Barr  •  Barbara Sukowa  •  Udo Kier  •  Ernst-Hugo Järegård

Romance & Cigarettes (2005)

Ironworker Nick lives with his wife, Kitty, and three daughters. When he meets a significantly younger woman, Tula, he starts an affair with her, much to the chagrin of his wife, and his life is thrown into upheaval. Kitty kicks Nick out of the house, and he is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Turturro
CAST:  James Gandolfini  •  Susan Sarandon  •  Kate Winslet  •  Steve Buscemi

Ironworker Nick lives with his wife, Kitty, and three daughters. When he meets a significantly younger woman, Tula, he starts an affair with her, much to the chagrin of his wife, and his life is thrown into upheaval. Kitty kicks Nick out of the house, and he is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Turturro
CAST:  James Gandolfini  •  Susan Sarandon  •  Kate Winslet  •  Steve Buscemi

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001)

The lives of a lawyer, an actuary, a housecleaner, a professor, and the people around them intersect as they ponder order and happiness in the face of life's cold unpredictability.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jill Sprecher
CAST:  John Turturro  •  Clea DuVall  •  Matthew McConaughey  •  Amy Irving

The lives of a lawyer, an actuary, a housecleaner, a professor, and the people around them intersect as they ponder order and happiness in the face of life's cold unpredictability.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jill Sprecher
CAST:  John Turturro  •  Clea DuVall  •  Matthew McConaughey  •  Amy Irving

Days to Remember (1987)

They meet in Yugoslavia. Katharina, daughter of a Yugoslavian immigrant worker, has grown up in the Federal Republic of Germany. She is a confident, energetic career woman who has managed to work her way up to become a successful television journalist. She goes to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeanine Meerapfel
CAST:  Barbara Sukowa  •  Horst-Günter Marx  •  Velimir Živojinović  •  Rade Šerbedžija

They meet in Yugoslavia. Katharina, daughter of a Yugoslavian immigrant worker, has grown up in the Federal Republic of Germany. She is a confident, energetic career woman who has managed to work her way up to become a successful television journalist. She goes to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeanine Meerapfel
CAST:  Barbara Sukowa  •  Horst-Günter Marx  •  Velimir Živojinović  •  Rade Šerbedžija

Hannah Arendt (2012)

HANNAH ARENDT is a portrait of the genius that shook the world with her discovery of “the banality of evil.” After she attends the Nazi Adolf Eichmann’s trial in Jerusalem, Arendt dares to write about the Holocaust in terms no one has ever heard before. Her work ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Margarethe von Trotta
CAST:  Janet McTeer  •  Julia Jentsch  •  Nicholas Woodeson  •  Barbara Sukowa

HANNAH ARENDT is a portrait of the genius that shook the world with her discovery of “the banality of evil.” After she attends the Nazi Adolf Eichmann’s trial in Jerusalem, Arendt dares to write about the Holocaust in terms no one has ever heard before. Her work ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Margarethe von Trotta
CAST:  Janet McTeer  •  Julia Jentsch  •  Nicholas Woodeson  •  Barbara Sukowa

In the Name of Innocence (1997)

The mother of a murdered hitchhiker meets the offender.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andreas Kleinert
CAST:  Matthias Habich  •  Jürgen Hentsch  •  Ulrike Krumbiegel  •  Barbara Sukowa

The mother of a murdered hitchhiker meets the offender.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andreas Kleinert
CAST:  Matthias Habich  •  Jürgen Hentsch  •  Ulrike Krumbiegel  •  Barbara Sukowa

The Port of Last Resort (1998)

Documentary that follows the lives of several Jewish refugees who fled to Shanghai during WWII.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joan Grossman  •  Paul Rosdy
CAST:  Barbara Sukowa  •  Otto Tausig

Documentary that follows the lives of several Jewish refugees who fled to Shanghai during WWII.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joan Grossman  •  Paul Rosdy
CAST:  Barbara Sukowa  •  Otto Tausig

Vision – From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen (2009)

Hildegard von Bingen was truly a woman ahead of her time. A visionary in every sense of the word, this famed 12th-century Benedictine nun was a Christian mystic, composer, philosopher, playwright, poet, naturalist, scientist, physician, herbalist and ecological ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Margarethe von Trotta
CAST:  Barbara Sukowa  •  Heino Ferch  •  Hannah Herzsprung  •  Devid Striesow

Hildegard von Bingen was truly a woman ahead of her time. A visionary in every sense of the word, this famed 12th-century Benedictine nun was a Christian mystic, composer, philosopher, playwright, poet, naturalist, scientist, physician, herbalist and ecological ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Margarethe von Trotta
CAST:  Barbara Sukowa  •  Heino Ferch  •  Hannah Herzsprung  •  Devid Striesow

The African Woman (1990)

Serious, logical Martha (Barbara Sukowa) and dreamy, superstitious Anna (Stefania Sandrelli) have been best friends. That is, until Martha's lover Victor (Sami Frey) decides he'd rather be Anna's lover. Mortified, Martha flees to Africa, leaving the field clear for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Margarethe von Trotta
CAST:  Barbara Sukowa  •  Stefania Sandrelli  •  Sami Frey  •  Jan Biczycki

Serious, logical Martha (Barbara Sukowa) and dreamy, superstitious Anna (Stefania Sandrelli) have been best friends. That is, until Martha's lover Victor (Sami Frey) decides he'd rather be Anna's lover. Mortified, Martha flees to Africa, leaving the field clear for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Margarethe von Trotta
CAST:  Barbara Sukowa  •  Stefania Sandrelli  •  Sami Frey  •  Jan Biczycki

The Lady in Question (1999)

In 1938, Jewish-rights activist Emma Sachs is targeted by the Nazis. When she dies, foul play is suspected. But was it the Nazis, or was it someone else? Det. Tony Rossini investigates, along with Larry "Cash" Carter, a theatre director connected to Mrs. Sachs and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joyce Chopra
CAST:  Gene Wilder  •  Mike Starr  •  Cherry Jones  •  Barbara Sukowa

In 1938, Jewish-rights activist Emma Sachs is targeted by the Nazis. When she dies, foul play is suspected. But was it the Nazis, or was it someone else? Det. Tony Rossini investigates, along with Larry "Cash" Carter, a theatre director connected to Mrs. Sachs and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joyce Chopra
CAST:  Gene Wilder  •  Mike Starr  •  Cherry Jones  •  Barbara Sukowa

Rosa Luxemburg (1986)

Polish socialist and Marxist Rosa Luxemburg works tirelessly in the service of revolution in early 20th century Poland and Germany. While Luxemburg campaigns for her beliefs, she is repeatedly imprisoned as she forms the Spartacist League offering a new vision for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Margarethe von Trotta
CAST:  Barbara Sukowa  •  Daniel Olbrychski  •  Otto Sander  •  Hannes Jaenicke

Polish socialist and Marxist Rosa Luxemburg works tirelessly in the service of revolution in early 20th century Poland and Germany. While Luxemburg campaigns for her beliefs, she is repeatedly imprisoned as she forms the Spartacist League offering a new vision for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Margarethe von Trotta
CAST:  Barbara Sukowa  •  Daniel Olbrychski  •  Otto Sander  •  Hannes Jaenicke

Equator (1983)

Although based on a novel by Georges Simenon, director (and songwriter) Serge Gainsbourg has superimposed several dark emotions and a subtle brutality over the weak plot about a man's trip to Africa and his unfortunate passion for a murderess whose amorality sends ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Serge Gainsbourg
CAST:  Francis Huster  •  Barbara Sukowa  •  Reinhard Kolldehoff  •  François Dyrek

Although based on a novel by Georges Simenon, director (and songwriter) Serge Gainsbourg has superimposed several dark emotions and a subtle brutality over the weak plot about a man's trip to Africa and his unfortunate passion for a murderess whose amorality sends ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Serge Gainsbourg
CAST:  Francis Huster  •  Barbara Sukowa  •  Reinhard Kolldehoff  •  François Dyrek

A Birthday to Remember (2003)

Lene Thurner is standing on a train platform in Munich. She has to decide: back to Berlin where she lives, or toward the south, where at the foot of the Alps her family lives on the lonely farm “Hierankl”.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hans Steinbichler
CAST:  Johanna Wokalek  •  Barbara Sukowa  •  Josef Bierbichler  •  Peter Simonischek

Lene Thurner is standing on a train platform in Munich. She has to decide: back to Berlin where she lives, or toward the south, where at the foot of the Alps her family lives on the lonely farm “Hierankl”.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hans Steinbichler
CAST:  Johanna Wokalek  •  Barbara Sukowa  •  Josef Bierbichler  •  Peter Simonischek

Nightworld: Lost Souls (1999)

As a family moves into their new country home, strange events occur, making them believe that their autistic daughter is somehow communicating with the victims of an unsolved murder 8 years earlier.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeff Woolnough
CAST:  John Savage  •  Barbara Sukowa  •  Nick Deigman  •  Laura Harling

As a family moves into their new country home, strange events occur, making them believe that their autistic daughter is somehow communicating with the victims of an unsolved murder 8 years earlier.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeff Woolnough
CAST:  John Savage  •  Barbara Sukowa  •  Nick Deigman  •  Laura Harling
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