Helma Sanders-Brahms
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Helma Sanders-Brahms | |
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Born | Helma Sanders 20 November 1940 |
Died | 27 May 2014 | (aged 73)
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Years active | 1971–2014 |
Movement | New German Cinema |
Helma Sanders-Brahms (20 November 1940 – 27 May 2014) was a German film director, screenwriter and producer.
Biography
Helma Sanders was born on 20 November 1940 in
Beginning in 1969, she made her own films, writing her own screenplays and producing many of her films herself. Her film-making comprised both fiction and documentary films, and many of her films contain a strong autobiographical component.[2]
Her early films engage critically with the themes of labour, migration, and the situation of women in
In the late 1970s, Sanders-Brahms' films turned away from political themes and towards radical subjectivism, linking mother-daughter relationships to the tumultuous history of Germany.[1] She gained international recognition with Germany, Pale Mother, which addresses German women's experiences during and after the Nazi period.[3] As a director of the New German Cinema movement, her scripts focus on the concerns of the political left.[4] Her final theatrical film Geliebte Clara ("Beloved Clara") concerned the love triangle between Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, and Johannes Brahms.[5] Her films have been awarded many prizes at festivals worldwide.[6] In 1982, she was a member of the jury at the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival.[7]
Honours
She was made an Officier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and a member of the Academy of Arts, Berlin.[citation needed]
Death
Sanders-Brahms died in Berlin on 27 May 2014 of cancer, aged 73.[8][9]
Legacy
Abroad, Sanders-Brahms was highly received by film critics from countries such as the United States, France, Japan, and the United Kingdom. In her home country of Germany however, her work was not as well regarded. German critics found her films "heavyhanded" and "navel-gazing." Shortly before her death, she was quoted saying: "Before I die, I’d just like to make one last attempt to rescue my films from oblivion in my country and say: at least have a look at them".[10]
Selected filmography
- Violence (1971, TV film)
- The Employee (1972, TV film)
- The Machine (1973)
- The Last Days of Gomorrah (1974, TV film)
- Under the Pavement Lies the Strand (1975)
- Earthquake in Chile (1975, TV film)
- Shirin's Wedding (1976)
- Heinrich (1977)
- Germany, Pale Mother (1980)[11]
- No Mercy, No Future (1981)
- The Future of Emily (1984)
- Laputa (1986)
- Felix (Segment: "Er am Ende") (1988, anthology film)
- Apple Trees (1992)
- My Heart Is Mine Alone (1997)
- Geliebte Clara (2008)
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 0-7876-4074-3.
- ^ Kosta, Barbara (1994). Recasting Autobiography: Women's Counterfictions in Contemporary German Literature and Film. Ithaca, NY: Cornell UP.
- JSTOR 488289.
- ^ Kupferberg, Audrey. "Helma Sanders-BRAHMS profile Director". FilmReference.com. Advameg, Inc. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ "Mort de Helma Sanders Brahms, réalisatrice d'" Allemagne, mère blafarde "". Le Monde.fr (in French). 29 May 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- ^ "Awards for Germany, Pale Mother". imdb.com. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
- ^ "Berlinale 1982: Juries". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
- ^ "Helma Sanders-Brahms".
- ^ Filmemacherin Helma Sanders-Brahms gestorben Archived 27 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine, stern.de; accessed 25 December 2016.(in German)
- ^ "Germany Pale Mother". @GI_weltweit. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ISBN 978-0-8204-3128-4.
Further reading
- Helma Sanders-Brahms Bibliography (via UC Berkeley)
- Tast. B. (1980), Helma Sanders-Brahms, Düsseldorf: Lory, (Issue 8 of Kulleraugen / Materialsammlung) ISBN 978-3-88842-108-2.
- Knight, J. (1992), Women and the New German Cinema, London: Verso, ISBN 978-0-86091-352-8
External links
- Helma Sanders-Brahms at IMDb