REUTERS/Michele TantussiBERLIN, Feb 19 (Reuters) - For German director Margarethe von Trotta, "Ingeborg Bachmann - Journey into the Desert," chronicling six years of the titular Austrian poet's life, is part of a dialogue with the past about how life for women has changed and how much they have achieved.
"Bachmann's search for liberty and freedom - she said 'I cannot be subjugated by men' - what she was searching for, we have achieved now," said von Trotta of the poet and author, who rose to prominence in the 1950s and 1960s.
"She arrives in the desert very weak ... and in the end she says it's her salvation, I'm liberated," said von Trotta.
Born in Berlin, she began working as an actor in the late 1960s before moving into directing, making her first solo debut in 1977.
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