Werner Schroeter was a German

Cinema of Germany

Cinema in Germany can be traced back to the late 19th century. German cinema has made major technical and artistic contributions to film.Unlike any other national cinemas, which developed in the context of relatively continuous and stable political systems, Germany witnesses major changes to its...

 film director

Film director

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 and screenwriter, who some consider among the most important German writer-directors of the post-war

Post-war

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 period.

Biography

Schroeter had also worked in film as a producer, cinematographer, editor and actor. In the later function he appeared in several films directed by his friend Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Rainer Werner Maria Fassbinder was a German movie director, screenwriter and actor. He is considered one of the most important representatives of the New German Cinema.He maintained a frenetic pace in film-making...

, including Beware of a Holy Whore (1971), and a number of theatre productions.

His 1980

1980 in film

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 film Palermo oder Wolfsburg

Palermo or Wolfsburg

Palermo or Wolfsburg is a 1980 film by Werner Schroeter. It tells the story of an Italian immigrant who comes to West Germany in search of work.-Cast:* Nicola Zarbo - Nicola* Otto Sander - Staatsanwalt* Ida Di Benedetto - Giovanna...

, telling the story of a Sicilian guest worker in Germany, won the Golden Bear

Golden Bear

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 at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival

30th Berlin International Film Festival

The 30th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 18 to February 29, 1980.-Jury:* Ingrid Thulin * Betsy Blair* Mathieu Carrière* Alberto Isaac* Peter Kern* Károly Makk* Alexander Mitta* Alexandre Trauner...

, while his 1991

1991 in film

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 production Malina

Malina (film)

Malina is a 1991 German-Austrian drama film directed by Werner Schroeter. It was entered into the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Isabelle Huppert - The Woman* Mathieu Carrière - Malina* Can Togay - Ivan* Fritz Schediwy - Father...

was entered into that year's Cannes Film Festival

1991 Cannes Film Festival

- Jury :*Roman Polanski *Férid Boughedir *Whoopi Goldberg *Margaret Menegoz *Natalia Negoda *Alan Parker *Jean-Paul Rappeneau *Hans Dieter Seidel *Vittorio Storaro...

.

At the time of his death, Schroeter had been organizing a photography exhibit with art dealer friend Christian Holzfuss featuring his own work, most of which were manipulated portraits of the many actresses he had worked with throughout the years.

Filmography

• 1968 La morte d'Isotta
• 1968 Grotesk - Burlesk - Pittoresk
• 1969 Nicaragua
• 1969 Eika Katappa
• 1970 Anglia
• 1970 Der Bomberpilot (TV movie)
• 1971 Salome (TV movie)
• 1971 Macbeth (TV movie)
• 1972 Der Tod der Maria Malibran
• 1973 Willow Springs
• 1975 Der schwarze Engel
• 1976 Goldflocken
• 1978 The Reign of Naples
• 1980 Weiße Reise
• 1980 Palermo oder Wolfsburg
• 1982 Liebeskonzil
• 1986 Der Rosenkönig
• 1991 Malina
• 2002 Two
• 2008 This Night

Shorts

• 1967 Verona
• 1968 Virginia's Death
• 1968 Übungen mit Darstellern
• 1968 Paula - Je reviens
• 1968 Mona Lisa
• 1968 Maria Callas Porträt
• 1968 Himmel hoch
• 1968/II Faces
• 1968 Callas Walking Lucia
• 1968 Callas-Text mit Doppelbeleuchtung
• 1968 Aggressionen
• 1969 Neurasia
• 1969 Argila
• 1975 Johannas Traum

Documentaries

• 1981 Tag der Idioten
• 1980 Die Generalprobe
• 1983 Der lachende Stern
• 1986 De l'Argentine
• 1986 Auf der Suche nach der Sonne
• 1996 Poussières d'amour - Abfallprodukte der Liebe
• 2000 The Queen

Personal life

In the 1960s, Schroeter worked with Rosa von Praunheim

Rosa von Praunheim

Rosa von Praunheim , in Riga, Latvia. His given name is Holger Mischwitzky. He is a German film director, author, painter and gay rights activist. Openly gay, he is one of the initiators of the gay rights movement in Germany....

, who is also gay

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. Schroeter has also worked as a theater and opera

Opera

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 director, in Germany and elsewhere. In the late 1970s Schroeter met the Irish artist Reginald Gray

Reginald Gray (artist)

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 at a collection of Yves Saint Laurent

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 in Paris. Gray painted a portrait of Schroeter.

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