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Dagmar Knöpfel

The Director’s Chair: Dagmar Knöpfel

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She was born in Heilbronn, not too far from North of Stuttgart, 1956 and studied Social sciences and Art-history at Münich. She was inspired by the films, Joan of Arc and Gertrude. In 1990 she left on an artist's scholarship to study at the German Centre of Venetian Studies. In 1994 she studied at the Rosenheim Academy. She was assistant professor of Toni Lüdi in the Course of Scenography. She received her Masters degree in 1999. She went back to her alma-matter to teach film. She also was invited to be a guest professor at other universities. She worked on Brigetta from 92-94 of which she wrote produced directed and debuted all by herself; it came to theaters in 1995. the film is an adaptation of Adlbert Stifter’s novel Brigitta. The story is about a woman who grows up on the Great Plains of Austria-Hungary without affection by her parents and learns about love on her own. The girl “Brigitta” takes on the role of a tomboy. Eventually the girl marries and finds out what it is like to be loved and have affection. Soon thereafter, she is divorced and suffers through a long lonely period in her life with her only son. Before the book/ movie ends, she rediscovers this love together with her ex-husband when wolves attack their son.

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Often labeled by her first film Brigitta, Knöpfel has produced other works in mass media and the film industry such as the film she collaborated on entitled Requiem für eine romantische Frau (1999). She won best production in a Bayern Film Festival. The film also won the Max-Ophüls award for best script and actress. This film is about a love affair of a woman and poet, who live life in true romantic literature fashion yet must face the rejection of a society hell-bent on upholding traditional standards for women. The film was awarded the Hesse Film Prize of 1998.

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Her recent work is: Durch diese Nacht sehe ich keinen einzigen Stern (2005); originally released for television in 2000. Knöpfel directed this film, Through this night I don’t see any stars. It is most definitely based on real subjects and events through which the characters on screen portray in this love-drama film. It is a story about a woman who sets out to “make it on her own” in a society not willing to relax the archetypical role of a woman in the 19th century.

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Take the Dagmar challange!

1. What award did Dagmar win at the Bayern Film Festival?

2. What was the name of Dagmar’s first film?

3. Who was Dagmar inspired by?

4. What is the name of Dagmar’s hometown?

5. What is Dagmar’s last name?

Answers

Durch diese Nacht sehe ich keinen einzigen Stern

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Dagmar Knöpfle's home town

"Whenever I hear people talking about 'liberal ideas,' I am always astounded that men should love to fool themselves with empty sounds. An idea should never be liberal; it must be vigorous, positive, and without loose ends so that it may fulfill its divine mission and be productive. The proper place for liberality is in the realm of the emotions."
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)