Sandra Hüller, Star Of ‘Anatomy Of A Fall’ And ‘The Zone Of Interest’, Explains Why Praise Makes Her Uncomfortable: “Acting Is A Collective Experience”
deadline.comOn Sandra Hüller’s wall is the first piece of art she ever owned: a photograph she bought from a shop in Munich. “I won’t say its name,” she says archly, “because that would be advertising.” It’s a dynamic, joyous image showing the ensemble cast of Stravinsky’s ballet The Rite of Spring as staged by Pina Bausch, the German choreographer famous for saying, “Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost.” “I just love it,” Hüller says admiringly, turning her head for another look. “These people are all making the same movement, as you can see.
But everybody is doing it completely differently. They have the same task, but you can see each personality in the way they’re doing it.
I love it so much. It’s like they’re almost flying.” It explains a lot about Hüller and her craft. The East German-born actress has been a big deal in European cinema for a while now, since her acclaimed 2006 debut, Requiem (2006) won her the Berlin film festival’s Golden Bear for her performance as a troubled young woman believed to be possessed by demons.
Ten years after that, she charmed Cannes with her starring role in Maren Ade’s offbeat comedy Toni Erdmann, a critical hit that went unrewarded by the jury.
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