Katrin Sass

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Katrin Sass
Katrin Sass in 2012
Born (1956-10-23) 23 October 1956 (age 67)
OccupationActress
Years active1979–present

Katrin Sass (German: [ˈkatʁiːn ˈzas] , for a time Katrin Saß) is a German actress. She became known internationally for playing the idealistic socialist mother Christiane Kerner in the 2003 tragicomedy Good Bye, Lenin!

Biography[edit]

She was born in Schwerin, in the former East Germany, which is now the capital of the Federal State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Before German reunification, she was a well-known film and stage actress in the German Democratic Republic. She made her film debut at age 23 in the 1979 film Bis daß der Tod euch scheidet [de; fr], where she portrayed a disillusioned young wife. She won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival for her role in the 1981 film Bürgschaft für ein Jahr.[1] In 2011, she appeared in the music video of "Wir Sind am Leben" by the Berlin music duo Rosenstolz.

Sass said the GDR required her to spell her name with a "ß" presumably because "Sass" was associated with the Nazi SA and SS.[2]

Filmography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Berlinale: 1982 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  2. ^ Gottschild, Karen (2 September 2010). "Warum Katrin Sass in der DDR als "Doppel-Nazi" galt" (in German). Bild. Retrieved 3 February 2016. (Javascript needed)

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