52 Films by Women Vol 8. 28. Zwei zu Eins (Two into One) (Director: Natja Brunckhorst)
Pictured : An extended family (from left to right, Peter Kurth, Max Riemelt, Lotte Shirin Keiling, Sandra Hüller, Anselm Haderer and Ursula Werner ) are faced with the proceeds of their crime in a scene from the 1990-set German reunification comedy, ' Zwei zu Eins ' (' Two into One ') written and directed by Natja Brunckhorst . Still courtesy of X-Filme Verleih / Warner Bros . (Germany). Natja Brunckhorst has had an unusual, mould-breaking career in cinema, from child actress playing a teenage heroin-addict in Uli Edel’s 1981 international hit, Christiane F , to roles as an adult in film and television to screenwriting and from 2021, feature film directing with Alles in bester Ordnung . On the face of it, she is Germany’s answer to Jodie Foster. There is nothing new about actresses retreating behind the camera as the roles dry up, but Brunckhorst initially chose screenwriting above directing, perhaps as way of an easier way of achieving career transition. Her s...