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Adriana Altaras
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Adrijana Altaras
6 April 1960 Zagreb, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
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| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | Berlin University of the Arts |
| Occupation | Actress, theatre director, author |
| Children | 2, including Aaron Altaras |
| Parent(s) | Jakob Altaras and Thea Altaras |
Adriana Altaras (born on April 6, 1960) is a German actress, theater director, and author known for her work in film and on stage. She has also written several books about her life and family history.
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A Childhood Journey
Adriana Altaras was born in Zagreb, which was then part of a country called Yugoslavia. Her parents, Thea and Jakob Altaras, were Jewish and had been part of the Yugoslav Partisans, a resistance group during World War II.
When Adriana was a little girl, her family faced political trouble. Her father began to look into the death of his brother, which caused problems with the government. Because of this, in 1964, four-year-old Adriana and her mother had to leave their home. They escaped to Italy in a car driven by her uncle.
Adriana lived in Italy for a few years and learned to speak Italian. In 1967, she and her mother moved again, this time to Konstanz, Germany, where she grew up.
Career in Theater and Film
Education and Early Career
After finishing high school, Adriana studied at the Berlin University of the Arts. She also spent time studying in New York City. In Berlin, she started her own theater group called the Western Stadthirschen, where she acted, directed plays, and wrote scripts.
Her movie career began in 1982. She became well-known for her role in the 1989 film The Philosopher. Even though she was successful in movies, her main focus was always on the theater.
Success as a Director and Actress
Adriana worked as a theater director at famous theaters in Berlin, like the Berliner Ensemble. One of her biggest successes was directing a play that was very popular with audiences in 2001.
She often worked with the director Rudolf Thome in his films. For her acting in his movie The Microscope, she won a Deutscher Filmpreis, which is a major German film award, in 1988. She won another Deutscher Filmpreis Award in 1998 and a Silver Bear award for acting in 2000.
Other Work and Personal Life
Adriana Altaras worked with the Shoah Foundation, an organization started by director Steven Spielberg. The foundation records the stories of survivors of the Holocaust. Adriana helped by interviewing people and giving talks.
She has two sons, Aaron Altaras, who is also an actor, and Leonard Altaras. She also writes a regular column for the German newspaper Die Zeit Online.
In 2014, a movie called Tito's Glasses was made based on her book Titos Brille. The film follows Adriana as she travels back to her childhood home in Croatia. She explores her family's past and tries to get back property that was taken from them.
Selected Filmography
Adriana Altaras has appeared in many films and TV shows. Here are a few of them:
- 1988: The Microscope
- 1988: The Philosopher
- 2000: Paradiso: Seven Days with Seven Women
- 2004: Alles auf Zucker!
- 2007: Max Minsky and Me
- 2011: Bloch: Inschallah
- 2019: The Perfect Secret
Books by Adriana Altaras
- Titos Brille (Tito's Glasses), 2011
- Doitscha! Eine jüdische Mutter packt aus (Doitscha! A Jewish Mother Unpacks), 2015
- Das Meer und ich waren im besten Alter (The Sea and I Were in Our Prime), 2017
- Die jüdische Souffleuse (The Jewish Prompter), 2018
See also
In Spanish: Adriana Altaras para niños
