Barbara Sukowa
Date of birth: 1950-02-02
Place of birth: Bremen, Germany
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Barbara Sukova
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
M. Butterfly
1993-10-01
In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with an opera singer, Song Liling – but
Voyager
1991-03-21
April 1957: Rational engineer Faber's plane crashes in Mexico, where he learns that he became a fath
Lola
1981-08-20
Germany in the autumn of 1957: Lola, a seductive cabaret singer-prostitute exults in her power as a
Salomea's Nose
2014-07-26
Salomea remembers the day her beloved brothers, Max and Karl, disfigured her and themselves for life
The Sicilian
1987-10-07
Egocentric bandit Salvatore Giuliano fights the Church, the Mafia, and the landed gentry while leadi
Europa
1991-06-27
Just after World War II, an American takes a railway job in Germany, but finds his position politica
Veronika Decides to Die
2009-05-16
After a frantic suicide attempt, Veronika awakens inside a mysterious mental asylum. Under the super
A Birthday to Remember
2003-07-01
Lene Thurner is standing on a train platform in Munich. She has to decide: back to Berlin where she
Johnny Mnemonic
1995-05-26
In a dystopian 2021, Johnny is a data trafficker who has an implant that allows him to securely stor
Air
2023-04-05
Discover the game-changing partnership between a then undiscovered Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgli
Marianne and Juliane
1981-09-04
Germany, 1968: The priest's daughters Marianna and Juliane both fight for changes in society, like m
Granny Nanny
2020-02-06
Retirees Karin, Gerhard and Philippa are not in the mood for Nordic walking and seniors' courses at
Vision – From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen
2009-09-24
Hildegard von Bingen was truly a woman ahead of her time. A visionary in every sense of the word, th
Romance & Cigarettes
2005-09-13
Ironworker Nick lives with his wife, Kitty, and three daughters. When he meets a significantly young
Rosa Luxemburg
1986-04-10
Polish socialist and Marxist Rosa Luxemburg works tirelessly in the service of revolution in early 2
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
2001-09-02
In New York City, the lives of a lawyer, an actuary, a house-cleaner, a professor, and the people ar
White Noise
2022-11-25
Jack Gladney, professor of Hitler studies at The-College-on-the-Hill, husband to Babette, and father
Nacht ohne Morgen
2011-11-30
At some point, a dead fox lies in the star lawyer's empty swimming pool. Later, much later, the form
Hannah Arendt
2012-09-11
A portrait of the genius that shook the world with her discovery of “the banality of evil.” After sh
The Port of Last Resort
1998-01-01
Documentary that follows the lives of several Jewish refugees who fled to Shanghai during WWII.
Out of Exile: The Photography of Fred Stein
2021-07-07
The life of German photographer Fred Stein, whose street scenes from 1930s Paris and 1940s New York
Enkel für Fortgeschrittene
2023-09-07
Office Killer
1997-12-03
When Dorine Douglas' job as proofreader for Constant Consumer magazine is turned into an at-home pos
The Sky is Blue
2014-03-15
On vacation from Mexico, wealthy man-children Oscar and Arturo are causing havoc in New York City, p
Heinrich Heine
1978-01-01
Women in New York
1977-06-21
Wives of rich men have nothing to do because they have staff – like the cook, the maid, the hairdres
Die Entdeckung der Currywurst
2008-09-11
Spring 1945: the Allies are outside Hamburg. In front of a movie theater, Lena Brücker meets Hermann
Klandestin WT
2025-04-24
Richard, an artist, now lives in Tangier. With his help, the young Moroccan Malik manages to reach E
The African Woman
1990-09-03
A dying woman, who stole her best friend's lover, is convinced that a spell has been cast on her, so
Nightworld: Lost Souls
1999-03-01
As a family moves into their new country home, strange events occur, making them believe that their
The Other Woman
2004-01-14
A German couple travels, shortly after reunification, to the Netherlands. Happiness does not last lo
The Misplaced World
2015-05-07
By chance Paul Kromberger discovers on the internet a photograph of the US opera diva Caterina Fabia
Days to Remember
1987-02-27
They meet in Yugoslavia. Katharina, daughter of a Yugoslavian immigrant worker, has grown up in the
In the Name of Innocence
1997-10-11
The mother of a murdered hitchhiker meets the offender.
Un dimanche de flics
1983-10-31
Two policemen, Franck and Rupert, intervene in a Parisian heliport where drugs are exchanged for a l
Urbania
2000-01-24
A series of urban legends take place around the life of a troubled man who is searching New York Cit
Equator
1983-08-17
Although based on a novel by Georges Simenon, director (and songwriter) Serge Gainsbourg has superim
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
2016-06-02
Before Dawn charts the years of exile in the life of famous Jewish Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, his
The Lady in Question
1999-12-12
In 1938, Jewish-rights activist Emma Sachs is targeted by the Nazis. When she dies, foul play is sus
The Third Miracle
1999-11-18
The Vatican sends a priest to verify some miracles, performed by a woman who has been nominated for
Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
2007-11-13
A documentary about the making of the television mini-series by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, including
Deadly Game
1982-09-03
A hunting party arrives at a lodge in the Tatra mountains in Slovakia, where one woman in the party
Atomic Blonde
2017-07-26
An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow
Cradle Will Rock
1999-12-10
A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attem
My Art
2016-09-05
A 65-year-old single artist living in New York City has a good life: a stable teaching job, successf
Gloria Bell
2019-03-07
Gloria is a free-spirited divorcée who spends her days at a straight-laced office job and her nights
Rocca Changes the World
2019-03-21
11-year-old Rocca, a clever, creative and brave girl who lives all by herself in defiance of her tea
Native Son
2019-01-24
A young black man named Bigger Thomas takes a job working for a highly influential Chicago family, a
Two of Us
2020-02-12
Nina and Madeleine have been sharing their lives and the landing between their two apartments for de
Dalíland
2022-09-29
In 1973, a young gallery assistant goes on a wild adventure behind the scenes as he helps aging geni
Barbara Sukowa on Lola
2003-07-01
Actress Barbara Sukowa began her career in the German theater. In this 2003 interview she discusses
François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay
2024-05-16
At the end of his life, gravely ill, François Truffaut took refuge with his ex-wife Madeleine Morgen
Sukowa - Playful Like A Child
2024-10-23
“Acting is something anyone can do,” says Barbara Sukowa. “It’s completely intuitive and instinctual
Iris Berben - Ein persönliches Porträt
2024-11-17
She is the grande dame of German and international cinema, always a bit of a rocker chick, freedom-l
Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting
2025-09-18
Out of her love for the great thinker Leibniz, Queen Charlotte commissions a portrait of him. During
We're Not Done Yet
2024-10-05
Bettina and her son Alex face unexpected challenges during a weekend trip to Bettina’s beach house.
Unkownia
Little Rory must save her father who disappeared on a treasure quest after an unfortunate encounter