Ingeborg Bachmann - Journey Into the Desert
At the centre of the film is Ingeborg Bachmann, the radical writer and uncompromising woman. The film tells the story of the author's life in Berlin, Zurich and Rome, her relationship with Max Frisch, her trip to Egypt and her radical texts and readings, which paraphrase the style of her literature and life: “Truth is reasonable for man.”
Legendary director Margarethe von Trotta won the PÖFF Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020. The film participated in the 2023 Berlin Film Festival Competition Programme.
Margarethe von Trotta (1942)
Filmography:
valik/selected: Das Zweite Erwachen der Christa Klages (The Second Awakening of Christa Klages,1978), Heller Wahn (Sheer Madness, 1983), Rosa Luxemburg (1986), Hannah Arendt (PÖFF 2012), Auf der Suche nach Ingmar Bergman (Searching for Ingmar Bergman, 2018, co-dir), Ingeborg Bachmann - Reise in die Wüste (Ingeborg Bachmann - Journey into the Desert, 2023)