Maia Morgenstern

Maia Morgenstern (born May 1, 1962 in Bucharest ) is a Romanian actress .

Morgenstern began her career as an actress in the theater. She still plays in the Romanian National Theater in Bucharest and in the Bucharest Jewish Theater .

She became known beyond the borders of Romania through the film Tree of Hope . For her leading role in this film, she received the European Film Award for Best Actress in 1993 . This recognition ensured that she was also cast in international productions. In 1994 she played in Nostradamus alongside Rutger Hauer and F. Murray Abraham ; In 1995 she cast Theo Angelopoulos in The View of Odysseus alongside Harvey Keitel . Mel Gibson then cast her in 2004 in The Passion of Christ as Mary, Mother of Jesus. In June 2012, she starred in a short film that was published on the Internet and directed against the largest gold opencast mining project in Roșia Montană , Romania .

Since 2012 she has been the director of the Jewish Theater in Bucharest.

Filmography (selection)

1992: Le Chêne - Tree of Hope ( Le Chêne ) - Director: Lucian Pintilie
1993: Trahir - Director: Radu Mihăileanu
1994: Nostradamus - Director: Roger Christian
1995: The Glance of Odysseus ( To vlemma tou Odyssea ) - Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos
1995: Die Jüdin - Edith Stein ( Siódmy pokój ) - Director: Márta Mészáros as Edith Stein
1997: The Witman Brothers ( Witman fiuk ) - Director: János Szász
2000: Raveparty ( Marie, Nonna, la vierge et moi ) - Director: Francis Renaud
2004: The Passion of the Christ - Director: Mel Gibson
2006: Mansfeld - Director: Andor Szilágyi
2008: The Second Woman - Director: Hans Steinbichler

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