Ingrid Caven
Acting
Biography
Ingrid Caven was born on August 3, 1938 in Saarbrücken, Germany as Ingrid Schmidt. She is best known for her roles in several films directed by her husband, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, including Love Is Colder Than Death (1969), Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970), and The American Soldier (1970). She continued to appear in Fassbinder's films after their 1972 divorce until his death in 1982.
Born: August 3, 1938
Place of Birth: Saarbrücken, Germany
Known For
Gold Flakes
Werner Schroeter's rhapsody of excess leaps from 1949 Cuba to contemporary France to points in between, while its feverishly shifting visual style evokes and parodies everything from kitschy Mexican telenovelas to silent French art films.
Violanta
A young man raises the dead in a high valley where the power is held by Violanta.
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
Frau Emma Küsters prepares dinner late one seemingly-ordinary afternoon in her seemingly-ordinary Frankfurt kitchen. She wants to add canned sausages to the stew; her irritating daughter-in-law thinks otherwise. But the point is moot: Ernst Küsters has not only murdered the personnel director at the soap factory where he's employed but succeeded that by committing suicide.
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
Technical draftsman Herr R. is a dependable guy. He gets along with his colleagues although his boss wants him to go beyond technical cleanliness to problem solving. He's a dutiful husband; his wife's a social climber and pressures him to seek a promotion, but they also share sweet moments. He's a caring father, helping his son with homework. His parents visit; his mother criticizes his wife. Old schoolmates drop by, as do neighbours. Some comment on his wife's expensive tastes. His promotion may be a long shot, especially after he gives a dull and tipsy toast at an office dinner. But why would Herr R. run amok?
I Only Want You to Love Me
Peter grew up during the economic miracle, bereft of parental care and love. Learning early on that interpersonal relationships are based on the principles of exchange or purchase, he abides by these rules and gives generous presents to his family and his wife, Erika. But when he is unable to keep up this lifestyle, his story takes a horrendous turn...
Fox and His Friends
Fox, a former circus performer, wins the lottery of DM 500,000 and can now have the life and things that he has always wanted. He enters an abusive relationship with wealthy industrialist Eugen in an attempt to climb the social ladder. His desperation for love and affection soon spirals into tragedy.
World on a Wire
World on a Wire (German: Welt am Draht) is a two-part 1973 West German science fiction television serial broadcast on ARD. Shot on 16 mm film, the two-part miniseries is drected by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who co-writes the screenplay with Fritz Müller-Scherz, based on Daniel F. Galouye's 1964 novel Simulacron-3. In the future, Simulacron, a computer project simulating reality, encounters strange occurrences after its leader's death. Dr Fred Stiller questions the sudden disappearance of a friend and wonders if Simulacron holds the answers.
Martha
After the death of her abusive father, lonely librarian Martha finds herself caught up in a strange, sadomasochistic relationship with a monstrous husband whom she begins to suspect may be trying to murder her.
Suspiria
A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
35 Shots of Rum
A widower and his daughter witness the retirement of a colleague of his and the closing of her department at her university.
Filmography
as Passageira
as Miss Vendegast
as La méchante fée
as Self
as Joséphine's German Aunt
as Maja Mertens
as Self
as Vicky
as Self
as Russian Princess
as Sängerin
as La femme du bar
as Lila
as Self
as Madame
as La directrice
as Claudine
as Self
as Dr. Laura
as Malou
as Lissy
as Zora la rouge
as Hotel Manager
as Alma
as Singer
as Lisa
as Lily Brest
as Anne
as Sewing machine saleswoman
as Edda
as Corinna
as Singer in Bar
as The servant of the brothel
as Mother
as Viola Schlumpf, aka 'La Paloma'
as Ilse
as Self
as Secretary Uschi
as Dora
as Artist
as Lola Montez
as Hans's great love
as Geist
as Statistin
as Hannas Kollegin
as (uncredited)
as Schreiendes Mädchen
as Magdalene Fuller
as Neighbor
as Placida
as Zweite Prostituierte
as Sandra