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I made a French film called ‘Merry Christmas’ which is a very European film. It’s a World War I piece.
It’s quite a famous story that takes place on Christmas Eve, and the Germans, French, and Scottish are trying to make peace one night and they bury their dead and they play football. I play a German opera singer, in German, which I never have so I am really excited about that.
I get offered a World War II movie at least once a week just because I speak German and was born there. I have always stayed away from it because I didn’t want to be put into that box.
Berlin is still going through a transition since the Cold War – both in what used to be East and West Berlin. I can still sense the confusion and the struggle for identity there in the streets. There’s a pulse to it.
I have three goddaughters – I’m not sure why they trust me, because I have no experience with children – but I try.
I don’t have any romantic ideas about marriage. Trust me. A white dress… ? No. It’s not something for me.
In between films I like to travel and hope to visit every continent before I become a mother.
What I really tried to do with Helen was make her show this sad side of her. She was married off at 16, was so young and living in this castle that can’t leave because of how she looks, and married to a man she hates and three times her age.
When I was younger – it might be a romantic idea – I always thought I might go crazy.
Her beauty didn’t do her any good and she couldn’t use it in any positive way or manipulative way. I just hope that people will look and see and believe in that hope of love, that hope of freedom, even if it was just for a limited time.