M. Butterfly (1993)
Drama | Romance
In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with an opera singer, Song Liling – but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.
Starring: Jeremy Irons, John Lone, Barbara Sukowa, Ian Richardson
Director: David Cronenberg
Marianne & Juliane / Die bleierne Zeit (1981)
Drama
Two sisters both fight for women's rights. Juliane is a journalist and Marianne a terrorist. When Marianne is jailed, Juliane feels obligated to help her despite their differing views on how to live.
Starring: Jutta Lampe, Barbara Sukowa, Rüdiger Vogler, Doris Schade, Vérénice Rudolph, Luc Bondy, Franz Rudnick
Director: Margarethe von Trotta
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe (2016)
Drama
Before Dawn charts the years of exile in the life of famous Jewish Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, his inner struggle for the "right attitude" towards the events in war torn Europe and his search for a new home.
Starring: Josef Hader, Barbara Sukowa
Director: Maria Schrader
Hannah Arendt (2012)
Biography | Drama
A look at the life of philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt, who reported for The New Yorker on the war crimes trial of the Nazi Adolf Eichmann.
Starring: Barbara Sukowa, Janet McTeer, Axel Milberg, Julia Jentsch, Ulrich Noethen, Nicholas Woodeson
Director: Margarethe von Trotta
