She, a woman of exquisite beauty, of classical dignity and harmonious Raphaelesque proportions.She purchased a ticket of no return to Berlin-Tegel. She wanted to forget her past. She wanted to concentrate all her energies on one thing, something all her own. To follow her own destiny at last was her only desire. Berlin, a city in which she was a complete stranger, seemed just the place to indulge her passion undisturbed. Her passion was alcohol, she lived to drink and drank to live, the life of a drunkard.
"The most beautiful German film," according to R. W. Fassbinder.
Born in Konstanz, southern Germany, on June 6, 1942. From 1962 to 1969, Ottinger worked as an artist in Paris. After returning to West Germany, she made her first film, Laocoön and His Sons (1975). In 2020, she received the Berlinale Camera for lifetime achievement at the Berlin International Film Festival. In 2021 and 2022, major retrospectives and symposia dedicated to her work were held across Europe.
From Tokyo International Film Festival 2026, No. 39
