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Ulrike Ottinger

Highest Rated: 100% Paris Calligrammes (2020)

Lowest Rated: 100% Paris Calligrammes (2020)

Birthday: Jun 6, 1942

Birthplace: Konstanz, Germany

An original and provocative voice in German cinema since her debut in the mid-1970s, Ulrike Ottinger came to film from painting and photography, well-versed in contemporary feminist theory and criticism. After making several short films, Ottinger immediately asserted her presence with her first feature, "Madame X--eine absolute Herrscherin/Madame X--An Absolute Ruler" (1977), a bizarre, campy, feminist pirate movie, featuring a spike-fisted, leather-clad dominatrix captain played by underground icon Tabea Blumenschein (who had co-directed one of Ottinger's shorts). Ottinger's other films include "Freak Orlando" (1981), her unforgettable homage to both Tod Browning's classic horror film "Freaks" and Virginia Woolf's experimental novel "Orlando." Continuing her penchant for revision and quotation, she also made "Dorian Gray im Spiegel der Boulevardpresse/The Image of Dorian Gray in the Yellow Press" (1983), in which Oscar Wilde's famous character is played by a woman.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% Paris Calligrammes
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Freak Orlando
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The Korean Wedding Chest
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Taiga
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Chamisso's Shadow: Chapter 2, Part 1
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Bildnis einer Trinkerin. Aller jamais retour (Portrait of a Female Drunkard. Ticket of No Return)
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Chamisso's Shadow: Chapter 2, Part 2
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Madame X: An Absolute Ruler
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The Image of Dorian Gray in the Yellow Press
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Chamisso's Shadow: Chapter 1
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Paris Calligrammes 100% 2020 Actor, Director, Writer, Cinematographer Chamisso's Shadow: Chapter 2, Part 1 2014 Director, Writer, Cinematographer Chamisso's Shadow: Chapter 2, Part 2 2014 Director, Writer, Cinematographer Chamisso's Shadow: Chapter 1 2014 Director, Writer, Cinematographer Chamisso's Shadow 2014 Director, Writer, Cinematographer Chamisso's Shadow: Chapter 3 2014 Director, Writer, Cinematographer Bildnis einer Trinkerin. Aller jamais retour (Portrait of a Female Drunkard. Ticket of No Return) 2011 Director Under Snow 2011 Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Cinematographer The Korean Wedding Chest 2009 Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Cinematographer Prater 2007 Director, Writer Taiga 1992 Director, Writer, Cinematographer Johanna d'Arc of Mongolia 83% 1988 Director, Writer, Cinematographer Seven Women, Seven Sins 1986 Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer The Image of Dorian Gray in the Yellow Press 1984 Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Cinematographer, Production Design, Set Decoration Dorian Gray im Spiegel der Boulevardpresse 1984 Director Freak Orlando 1981 Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer, Production Design Ticket of No Return 100% 1979 Director, Writer, Producer, Cinematographer Madame X: An Absolute Ruler 1978 Director, Writer, Cinematographer Laocoon & Sons 1975 Kakalia Katzen Actor, Director, Writer
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