Katharina Schüttler (born 20 October 1979) is a German television and film actress. Her film debut was in the movie ''Die Lok'' in 1992. She is best known internationally for leading roles as Clara Rosenbaum in '' The Promise'' (2011) and as Greta Müller in the television drama ''

Generation War ''Generation War'' (german: Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter, links=no, translated as "Our Mothers, our Fathers") is a German World War II TV miniseries in three parts. It was commissioned by public broadcasting organization ZDF, produced by the UFA ...

'' (2013).

Life and career

Schüttler grew up in

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...

. Her father is an actor, director and former theatre director and her mother is a playwright. After high school she studied acting at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media from 1999 to 2003. In 2002, she played the title role in the German premiere of the play Lolita in a staging of Peter Kestmüller at the

Schauspiel Hannover Hanover Drama (german: Schauspiel Hannover) is a theatre company in Hanover, the state capital of Lower Saxony, Germany. The company is resident at the Hanover Playhouse () situated approximately east of Hanover Opera House, and the situated ...

. Katharina Schüttler preferably plays radical roles in which people are torn in existential situations. In 2006, she was awarded by the critics survey of the magazine Theater Today 2006.

Selected filmography

* '' Die Lok'' (1992) * ' (1997) * ''Bombenstimmung'' (1997) * ''Alles auf die 17'' (1998) * ''Der Trippler'' (2000) * ''

The State I Am In ''Tigermilk'' is the 1996 debut album from Scottish pop group Belle and Sebastian. Originally given a limited release (1,000 copies) by Electric Honey, the album was subsequently re-released in 1999 by Jeepster Records. The album is name ...

'' (2000) * ''

The White Sound ''The White Sound'' (german: Das weisse Rauschen) is the directorial debut of Austrian director Hans Weingartner, with co-director and screenplay writer Tobias Amann. The film was the idea of both students as part of a separate project at the Acad ...

'' (2002) * ''Sophiiiie!'' (2002) * ''Sehnsucht'' (2004) * ''Wahrheit oder Pflicht'' (2005) * ''Mädchen am Sonntag'' (2005) * ' (2009) * '' What a Man'' (2011) * ''

'' (2013, TV series) * ''

Run Run(s) or RUN may refer to: Places * Run (island), one of the Banda Islands in Indonesia * Run (stream), a stream in the Dutch province of North Brabant People * Run (rapper), Joseph Simmons, now known as "Reverend Run", from the hip-hop group ...

'' (2013, TV series) * ''

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'' (2013) * '' Joy of Fatherhood'' (2014) * ''

Age of Cannibals ''Age of Cannibals'' () is a 2014 German drama film directed by Johannes Naber, starring Devid Striesow, Katharina Schüttler and Sebastian Blomberg. It tells the story of two business consultants who travel to impoverished and corrupt countries ...

'' (2014) * '' 13 Minutes'' (2015) * ' (2015) * ''

Heidi ''Heidi'' (; ) is a work of children's fiction published in 1881 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, originally published in two parts as ''Heidi: Her Years of Wandering and Learning'' (german: Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre) and ''Heidi: How She Used ...

'' (2015) * '' The King's Choice'' (2016) * ''

Alone in Berlin ''Every Man Dies Alone'' or ''Alone in Berlin'' (german: Jeder stirbt für sich allein) is a 1947 novel by German author Hans Fallada. It is based on the true story of working-class husband and wife Otto and Elise Hampel who, acting alone, beca ...

'' (2016) * '' The Little Drummer Girl'' (2018, TV series) * ''

Dogs of Berlin ''Dogs of Berlin'' is a streaming television series and the second German series produced for Netflix after ''Dark (TV series), Dark''. First pictures of the ongoing production were shown in April 2018, after production started in November 2017. ...

'' (2018, TV series) * ''Die Hochzeit'' (2020)

References

External links

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Acting on Impulse. A portrait of actress Katharina Schüttler, German Films Quarterly 2/2015
Living people 1979 births German film actresses German television actresses Actors from Cologne Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover alumni 21st-century German actresses {{Germany-screen-actor-stub