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Ursina Lardi

Actor
The Swiss actor Ursina Lardi, born in Samedan in 1970, completed her training at the 'Ernst Busch' Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin. Since 2012, she has been a permanent member of the ensemble at the Schaubühne Berlin, where she performs regularly. She gained international attention for, among other things, her role in Michael Haneke's film 'The White Ribbon' (2009). Her versatile film work also includes productions such as 'Lore' (2012) and '99 Moons' (2022). She has received multiple awards for her performances, including the Grimme Prize for 'Die Unerhörte' and the Swiss Film Award for both 'Traumland' and '99 Moons'.

Films

Veni Vidi Vici

Veni Vidi Vici

By Daniel Hoesl und Julia Niemann

2024 | 86 min | Comedy

VENI VIDI VICI skewers super-rich privilege in a sharp political satire about winners, losers, and a family where comfort hides cruelty and control.

Orphea in Love

Orphea in Love

By Axel Ranisch

2022 | 107 min | Music, Dance, Theater

Winner of the Grimme Prize 2025: A young call center agent falls in love with a petty criminal street dancer. She is Orpheus, he is Eurydice.

Passing Summer

Passing Summer

By Angela Schanelec

2001 | 85 min | Drama

Two friends in Berlin in the summer, between upheaval, closeness, and farewell. A quiet film about encounters, conversations, and everyday life.

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The Dreamed Ones

The Dreamed Ones

2016 | 89 min | Documentary

The correspondence between Ingeborg Bachmann and Paul Celan forms the basis of the text. The story begins in Vienna in 1948, when she is 22 and he 27, and ends with Celan's suicide in 1971 in Paris. Two young actors, Anja Plaschg and Laurence Rupp, meet in a recording studio to read from their correspondence. The dramatically fluctuating feelings of the letters - between intoxication and fear of loss, delight and horror, closeness and strangeness - are passed on to the actors.

Notes of Berlin

Notes of Berlin

2021 | 103 min | Comedy

While the clubs are still pounding out the music, Berlin is emerging from the twilight. A note is stuck to a lamppost: "For one minute. Please, just stand here in silence and look at the sky, and contemplate how amazing life is." A lone drunk stops and follows the instruction... A not-so-young "Man with Van" wakes up in the morning hungover next to last night's flirt and it dawns on him that it's slowly time for a change. An original Berliner decides at a bizarre WG casting to no longer take part ...

Ain't Nothin' Without You

Ain't Nothin' Without You

1985 | 88 min | Comedy

Martha lives in Hamburg with her young son. She makes films. " She moves in with a Portuguese family "to be closer to the pulse of society". Teresa helps immigrants deal with administrative formalities. Meanwhile, Martha tries to find romance with Alfred, who doesn't really have a handle on things. In his late thirties, he is still studying architecture, and he won't let go of Martha either. The everyday lives of the three of them reflect the realities of West Germany, captured spontaneously and ...