Irma Achten (born 1956 in

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film maker and writer.

Biography

Achten studied

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and attended Drama School in

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. She received a 5-year award from the Nederlands Stimuleringsfonds for film in order to write scenarios. These resulted in several short movies, and three features she directed, were produced by Kasander Films. Her films include ''Und Morgen wird die Sonne wieder scheinen'', ''Canzonetta'', ''Belle'', and ''Marie Antoinette is niet dood'' (nominated for the Tiger Award and winner of the Audience Award at the Riga Film Festival) and ''Babs'', starring the comedian

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. Achten's song "Was hast du mit meinem Herz getan" from the movie ''Marie Antoinette is niet dood'', has become the cult outro for the German heavy metal band,

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. Achten also wrote the

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for the

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s ''God's Videotheek'', and ''The Grief of Gravity'', and scenarios for the opera films ''Samson et Dalila'', ''Donna Giovanna'' and ''Rigoletto,'' and ''Buwalsky, a road opera,'' with a libretto by

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and music b
Mel Marvin
Her first novel
Augustus
' was published in the Netherlands in 2019.

References

External links

*"Was hast du mit meinem Herz getan" on Rammstein's DVD "

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