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German-Austrian actress
Gender:
Female
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Birth:
14 December 1954(Tegernsee, Miesbach, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Eva Mattes (born 14 December 1954, Tegernsee, Germany) is an Austrian-German actress.
Mattes was featured 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 Called Eva (Ein Mann wie EVA, 1984), she played a bearded film director, based on the recently deceased Fassbinder.
She has also appeared in two films of Werner Herzog, a former partner. In 1980 they had a daughter together, Hanna Mattes. Eva Mattes also appeared in Germany, Pale Mother, and in Enemy at the Gates as the mother of Sasha Fillipov.
Eva Mattes is well known in German-speaking countries for her role as Klara Blum in the Tatort television series.
Awards
- 1981 Bavarian Film Awards, Best Actress
- 1979 Cannes Film Festival, Jury's Special Grand Prix
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 | |
| 1973 | Jail Bait | Hanni | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | TV film |
| Desaster | Rosi | Reinhard Hauff | TV film | |
| 1974 | Supermarkt | 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 | |
| Woyzeck | Marie | Werner Herzog | ||
| 1980 | Germany, Pale Mother | Lene | Helma Sanders-Brahms | |
| Céleste | Céleste Albaret | Percy Adlon | ||
| 1984 | Ein Mann wie EVA | EVA (Rainer Werner Fassbinder) | Radu Gabrea | |
| 1986 | Auf immer und ewig | Mo | Christel Buschmann | |
| 1997 | Der Schrei der Liebe | 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 |