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Margit Carstensen

Acting

February 29, 1940

Kiel, Germany

41 movies

6.3 avg

1

Margit Carstensen (29 February 1940 – 1 June 2023) was a German theatre and film actress, best known outside Germany for roles in the works of film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Carstensen was born and raised in the northern German city of Kiel. Upon graduation from the local high school in 1958, she studied acting at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. This education led to her first stage appearances in Kleve, Heilbronn, Münster, and Braunschweig. In 1965, Carstensen began a four-year engagement with the German Playhouse in Hamburg. In 1969, she gained a local profile for...

Best Performances

Highest rated appearances

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

as Petra von Kant

Possession

Possession

as Margit Gluckmeister

Chinese Roulette

Chinese Roulette

Filmography

2020s

1 film

Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence

Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence

as Self (archive footage)

2010s

3 films

Fassbinder

Fassbinder

as Self

Fassbinder: Love Without Demands

Fassbinder: Love Without Demands

as Self (archive footage)

Margit Carstensen | PopcornPlay

as Ariane Christ

Martha

Martha

as Martha

Sonnenallee

Sonnenallee

as Director

Finsterworld

Finsterworld

as Frau Sandberg

2013

6.4

2000s

10 films

Mea Culpa – A ReadyMadeOpera

Mea Culpa – A ReadyMadeOpera

Eine Kirche der Angst vor dem Fremden in mir

Eine Kirche der Angst vor dem Fremden in mir

Mister Karl

Mister Karl

as Self

It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine.

It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine.

as Linda Barnes

Hands off Mississippi

Hands off Mississippi

as Frau Strietzel

Agnes and His Brothers

Agnes and His Brothers

as Roxy

Shattered Glass

Shattered Glass

as Käthe

Der Narr und seine Frau heute Abend in Pancomedia

as Die Leserin

Manila

Manila

as Regine Gorler

John Gabriel Borkman

as Gunhild

1990s

5 films

Sonnenallee

Sonnenallee

as Director

Rider of the Flames

Rider of the Flames

as Sinclair's mother

Gesche's Poison

as Mutter Timm

The 120 Days of Bottrop

The 120 Days of Bottrop

as Self

Terror 2000

Terror 2000

as Margret

1980s

6 films

100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker

100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker

as Martha Goebbels

La moitié de l'amour

La moitié de l'amour

as Ivy

Angry Harvest

Angry Harvest

as Eugenia

The Roaring Fifties

The Roaring Fifties

as Sekretärin

Liebeskonzil

Liebeskonzil

as Staatsanwältin

Possession

Possession

as Margit Gluckmeister

1970s

16 films

The Third Generation

The Third Generation

as Petra Vielhaber

Spiel der Verlierer

as Frl. Rosner

Women in New York

Women in New York

as Sylvia Fowler

Adolf and Marlene

Adolf and Marlene

as Marlene Dietrich

Chinese Roulette

Chinese Roulette

as Ariane Christ

Satan’s Brew

Satan’s Brew

as Andree

Fear of Fear

Fear of Fear

as Margot

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven

as Frau Thälmann

Martha

Martha

as Martha

Nora Helmer

Nora Helmer

as Nora Helmer

Tenderness of the Wolves

Tenderness of the Wolves

as Frau Lindner

Bremen Freedom

Bremen Freedom

as Geesche Gottfried

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

as Petra von Kant

The Ancestress

The Ancestress

as Berta

The Niklashausen Journey

The Niklashausen Journey

as Margarete

The Coffee House

The Coffee House

as Vittoria