Eva Mattes (German: [ˈeː.fa ˈma.təs] ⓘ; born 14 December 1954) is an Austrian-German actress. She has appeared in four films directed by director Rainer Werner Fassbinder (The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Jail Bait, Effi Briest and In a Year of 13 Moons). In A Man Like E.V.A. (1984), she played a bearded film director, based on the recently deceased Fassbinder.
Eva Mattes | |
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 Eva Mattes, 2012 | |
| Born | 14 December 1954 |
| Occupation | Actress |
She has also appeared in two films of Werner Herzog, with whom she was in a relationship. Mattes also appeared in Germany, Pale Mother, and in Enemy at the Gates as the mother of Sasha Filippov. On television, she has played Klara Blum in the police procedural series Tatort.
Mattes lives in Berlin with Austrian artist Wolfgang Georgsdorf and two children.
Awards
- 1981 Bavarian Film Awards, Best Actress[1]
- 1979 Cannes Film Festival, Jury's Special Grand Prix[2]
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | o.k. | Phan Ti Mao | Michael Verhoeven | |
| Mathias Kneissl | Katharina Kneissl | Reinhard Hauff | ||
| 1972 | The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant | Gabriele von Kant | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | |
| 1972 | Jail Bait | Hanni | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | TV film |
| Desaster | Rosi | Reinhard Hauff | TV film | |
| 1974 | Supermarket | Monika | Roland Klick | |
| Effi Briest | Hulda | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | ||
| 1976 | Naked Massacre | Catherine | Denis Héroux | |
| 1977 | Stroszek | Eva | Werner Herzog | |
| 1978 | In a Year of 13 Moons | Marie-Ann Weishaupt | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | |
| 1979 | David | Toni | Peter Lilienthal | |
| Union der festen Hand | Paula Griguszies | Claus Peter Witt | TV film | |
| Woyzeck | Marie | Werner Herzog | ||
| 1980 | Germany, Pale Mother | Lene | Helma Sanders-Brahms | |
| Céleste | Céleste Albaret | Percy Adlon | ||
| 1984 | A Man Like E.V.A. | E.V.A. (based on Rainer Werner Fassbinder) | Radu Gabrea | |
| 1986 | Now or Never | Mo | Christel Buschmann | |
| 1988 | Felix | Eva | Margarethe von Trotta | Anthology film. Segment "Eva" |
| 1993 | The Movie Teller | Marga Fritsche | Bernhard Sinkel | |
| 1997 | The Cry of Love | Simone Behrend | Matti Geschonneck | TV film |
| 1998 | Widows – Erst die Ehe, dann das Vergnügen | Molly Dollinger | Sherry Hormann | |
| 2001 | Enemy at the Gates | Mother Filippova | Jean-Jacques Annaud | |
| Goebbels und Geduldig | Magda Goebbels | Kai Wessel | TV film | |
| 2002–15 | Tatort | Hauptkommissarin Klara Blum | TV series (28 episodes) | |
| 2014 | Fever | Franziska | Elfi Mikesch |
References
External links
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