Movies by Barbara Sukowa
As part of the cast:
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Veronika Decides to Die (2009)
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jonathan Tucker, Erika Christensen …
Directed by: Emily Young
Though she has it all, Veronika (Sarah Michelle Gellar) feels she's experienced everything life has to offer and wants to die. But when her suicide attempt fails and she wakes in a…
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Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen (2009)
Cast: Barbara Sukowa, Heino Ferch, Hannah Herzsprung …
Directed by: Margarethe von Trotta
Directed by longtime star of independent German cinema Margarethe von Trotta, this reverent biopic chronicles the fascinating story of 12th-century Christian mystic and scientist Hildegard…
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Urbania (2000)
Cast: Dan Futterman, Samuel Ball, Lothaire Bluteau …
Directed by: Jon Shear, Jon Matthews
Gritty urban legends and harsh realities unfold in this adaptation of Daniel Reitz's acclaimed play "Urban Folk Tales." In a dream-like state, the grieving Charlie (Dan Futterman) spends…
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The Third Miracle (1999)
Cast: Ed Harris, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Anne Heche …
Directed by: Agnieszka Holland
Deeply devout Helen O'Regan (Barbara Sukowa) is nominated for sainthood when her death causes a statue of the Virgin Mary to weep blood and cure a terminally ill girl. A skeptical priest…
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The Port of Last Resort: Zuflucht in Shanghai (1998)
Cast: Barbara Sukowa
Directed by: Paul Rosdy, Joan Grossman
Desperate to find a corner of the world that would afford safety from the scourge of Adolf Hitler, between 1938 and 1941 thousands of European Jews headed to Shanghai, China -- the only city…
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Office Killer (1997)
Cast: Carol Kane, Molly Ringwald, Jeanne Tripplehorn …
Directed by: Cindy Sherman
After being put on contract status and forced to work from home because of downsizing, mousy copy editor Dorine Douglas (Carol Kane) finds a solution to her frustrations when she's…
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Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Dina Meyer, Ice-T …
Directed by: Robert Longo
In cyberpunk godfather William S. Gibson's story that's been adapted for the big screen, a courier is tasked with delivering a volatile data package stored in his brain. But when…
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M. Butterfly (1993)
Cast: Jeremy Irons, John Lone, Barbara Sukowa …
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Jeremy Irons stars as French civil service officer René Gallimard, a man who falls in love with an enigmatic Chinese opera singer (John Lone), in director David Cronenberg's…
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Europa (1991)
Cast: Jean-Marc Barr, Barbara Sukowa, Udo Kier …
Directed by: Lars von Trier
When American pacifist Leopold Kessler journeys to post-World War II Germany, he lands a job as a sleeping-car conductor on the nightmarish Europa railway line, where he discovers a group of…
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Voyager (1991)
Cast: Sam Shepard, Julie Delpy, Barbara Sukowa …
Directed by: Volker Schlondorff
When he sails on a ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean, emotionally blank American engineer Walter Faber (Sam Shephard) embarks on an affair with a vivacious young German lass (Julie Delpy) who…
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The Sicilian (1987)
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Terence Stamp, Joss Ackland …
Directed by: Michael Cimino
Director Michael Cimino's adaptation of Mario Puzo's novel stars Christopher Lambert as Salvatore Giuliano, who takes on the church, the government and the mob to foster…
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The BRD Trilogy: Lola (1981)
Cast: Barbara Sukowa, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Mario Adorf …
Directed by: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
A singer-whore (Barbara Sukowa) with almost as much ambition as nerve singles out the incorruptible local building commissioner (Armin Mueller-Stahl) as the object of her worldly charms. An…