Parallel to the exhibition Margarethe von Trotta, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein is screening a selection of von Trotta’s films at Babylon Kino. The program spans her early political works from 1975 onward, later biopics on historical female figures such as Rosa Luxemburg and Hannah Arendt, and her examinations of German history in works like Die bleierne Zeit (1981) and Rosenstraße (2003). At the center of these films is the question of how protagonists from different generations respond to the social power structures of their time. The program also includes her only documentary to date, Auf der Suche nach Ingmar Bergman (2018), in which she takes a personal approach to tracing the life of the iconic director whose work first inspired her to become a filmmaker.

Friday, September 19, 2025, 7.30 pm

Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum (Margarethe von Trotta, Volker Schlöndorff, D 1975, 106 min)

With Angela Winkler, Mario Adorf, Dieter Laser, Jürgen Prochnow

Followed by a conversation with Margarethe von Trotta and Volker Schlöndorff, moderator: Michaela Richter (curator, n.b.k.)

In German

Tuesday, September 23, 2025, 7.30 pm

Das zweite Erwachen der Christa Klages (Margarethe von Trotta, D 1978, 93 min)

With Tina Engel, Silvia Reize, Katharina Thalbach, Marius Müller-Westernhagen

Thursday, October 2, 2025, 7.30 pm

Schwestern oder die Balance des Glücks (Margarethe von Trotta, D 1979, 95 min)

With Jutta Lampe, Gudrun Gabriel, Jessica Früh, Konstantin Wecker

Sunday, October 5, 2025, 8 pm

Zeit des Zorns (Margarethe von Trotta, I/F 1993, 92 min)

With Carla Gravina, Jacques Perrin, Paolo Graziosi, Agnese Nano

Followed by a conversation with Thilo Wydra (author and publicist, Munich)

In German

Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 7.30 pm

Die bleierne Zeit (Margarethe von Trotta, D 1981, 107 min)

With Jutta Lampe, Barbara Sukowa, Rüdiger Vogler, Doris Schade

Followed by a lecture by Nora M. Alter (professor for Film and Media Arts, Temple University, Philadelphia)

In English

Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 7.30 pm

Hannah Arendt (Margarethe von Trotta, D/F/ISR 2012, 113 min)

With Barbara Sukowa, Axel Milberg, Janet McTeer, Julia Jentsch, Ulrich Noethen, Michael Degen

Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 7.30 pm

Heller Wahn (Margarethe von Trotta, D/F 1983, 105 min)

With Hanna Schygulla, Angela Winkler, Peter Striebeck

Thursday, October 30, 2025, 7.30 pm

Rosenstraße (Margarethe von Trotta, D/NL 2003, 135 min)

With Katja Riemann, Maria Schrader, Jürgen Vogel, Martin Feifel, Jutta Lampe, Doris Schade

Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 7.30 pm

Auf der Suche nach Ingmar Bergman (Margarethe von Trotta, D/F 2018, 98 min)

With Liv Ullmann, Daniel Sebastian Bergman, Ingmar Bergman Jr., Jean-Claude Carrière, Olivier Assayas, Mia Hansen-Løve, Ruben Östlund

Sunday, November 9, 2025, 4 pm

Rosa Luxemburg (Margarethe von Trotta, D 1986, 123 min)

With Barbara Sukowa, Daniel Olbrychski, Otto Sander, Doris Schade, Hannes Jaenicke

Followed by a conversation with Klaus Theweleit (cultural theorist, Freiburg) and Margarethe von Trotta, moderator: Marius Babias (director, n.b.k.)

In German

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