A middle-aged actress fights the industry that threw her away—by making herself the star.
Marga is a forty-two-year-old actress who seems to have already passed the peak of her career. After starting her career in theater on the country's major stages (Volksbühne Berlin, Berliner Ensemble, Maxim Gorki Theater), it is becoming increasingly difficult for her to find work. Not only in theater, but also in film, it seems to be getting harder to get roles as she gets older and as a woman, especially a woman with a migrant background.
Acting
Breitkreiz weaponizes her own career frustration.
Direction
Swobodnik blurs fiction and confessional memoir.
Writing
Dialogue that stings with lived-in specificity.
Director
Sobo Swobodnik
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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