Helma Sanders-Brahms

German film director, screenwriter, producer and actress (1940–2014)

November 20, 1940 (May 27, 2014)

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Beloved Clara

V.O.: Geliebte Clara

All. 2008. Biography by Helma Sanders-Brahms with Martina Gedeck, Pascal Greggory, Malik Zidi. The lives and romances of the couple Clara and Robert Schumann, both brilliant composers and virtuoso pianists.

Runtime: 107 min.

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Felix

All. 1987. Mores comedy by Helma Sanders-Brahms, Helke Sander, Margarethe von Trotta, Christel Buschmann with Ulrich Tukur, Eva Mattes, Annette Uhlen. After his girlfriend leaves, a young man meets women who also have sentimental problems.

Runtime: 86 min.

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Laputa

All. 1986. Sentimental drama by Helma Sanders-Brahms with Sami Frey, Krystyna Janda. A French architect spends a few hours in Berlin with a Polish woman who is his mistress.

Runtime: 90 min.

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The Future of Emily

V.O.: Flügel und Fesseln

All. 1984. Drama by Helma Sanders-Brahms with Brigitte Fossey, Hildegard Knef, Ivan Desny. An actress spends a few hours with her parents, to whom she has entrusted her daughter during the shooting of a film.

Runtime: 106 min.

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Germany, Pale Mother

V.O.: Deutschland Bleiche Mutter

All. 1979. Social drama by Helma Sanders-Brahms with Eva Mattes, Ernst Jacobi, Elisabeth Stepanek. A couple struggles to adjust after being separated by the war.

Runtime: 123 min.

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Heinrich

All. 1977. Biography by Helma Sanders-Brahms with Heinrich Giskes, Grischa Huber, Lina Carstens. The life and struggles of the German writer Heinrich von Kleist, who died in 1811 at the age of 34.

Runtime: 133 min.

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Shirins Wedding

V.O.: Shirins Hochzeit

All. 1976. Drama by Helma Sanders-Brahms with Ayten Erten, Jürgen Prochnow, Aras Oren. To escape an arranged marriage, a young Turkish woman goes to West Germany to join the man she loves.

Runtime: 120 min.

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Under the Pavement Lies the Strand

V.O.: Unter dem Pflaster ist der Strand

All. 1975. Drama by Helma Sanders-Brahms with Grischa Huber, Heinrich Giskes, Ursula von Berg. In 1968, a Berlin actress and her colleague, inadvertently locked in a dressing room, develop a complicity and political awareness overnight.

Runtime: 103 min.