Margit Carstensen
Actor · 32 credits · 14 in highly-rated films
Best known for Possession (1981)
Frequent collaborators: Irm Hermann, Kurt Raab, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hanna Schygulla, Ulli Lommel
Best Margit Carstensen movies by genre
Movies (32 total, ranked by score)
1Possession
1981 · ★ 7.3 (1,399 votes)
Horror
2The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
1972 · ★ 7.4 (240 votes)
Drama, Romance
3Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
1975 · ★ 7.7 (35 votes)
Drama
4Chinese Roulette
1977 · ★ 7.2 (101 votes)
Drama
5Martha
1974 · ★ 7.0 (71 votes)
TV Movie, Drama, Thriller
6Satan’s Brew
1976 · ★ 6.4 (35 votes)
Comedy, Drama
7The Third Generation
1979 · ★ 6.0 (51 votes)
Comedy, Crime, Drama
8Fassbinder: Love Without Demands
2015 · ★ 6.4 (7 votes)
Documentary
9Finsterworld
2013 · ★ 6.4 (61 votes)
Drama
10Eine Kirche der Angst vor dem Fremden in mir
2009
Drama
- 11
The Ancestress
1971
TV Movie
12Angry Harvest
1985 · ★ 6.2 (13 votes)
Drama, Romance
13Fear of Fear
1975 · ★ 6.3 (30 votes)
TV Movie, Drama
14Hands off Mississippi
2007 · ★ 6.7 (24 votes)
Family, Adventure, Comedy
15The Coffee House
1970 · ★ 5.3 (3 votes)
TV Movie, Drama
16100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker
1989 · ★ 6.9 (10 votes)
Comedy, Drama
17Nora Helmer
1974 · ★ 7.1 (8 votes)
Drama, TV Movie
18Shattered Glass
2002 · ★ 6.5 (6 votes)
Drama, History
19The 120 Days of Bottrop
1997 · ★ 5.3 (20 votes)
Comedy
20Fassbinder
2015 · ★ 6.2 (9 votes)
Documentary
21Bremen Freedom
1972 · ★ 6.2 (6 votes)
Drama, TV Movie
22The Niklashausen Journey
1970 · ★ 5.8 (9 votes)
Drama, TV Movie
23Manila
2000 · ★ 5.0 (3 votes)
Drama
24Women in New York
1977 · ★ 5.7 (3 votes)
Drama, TV Movie
25Adolf and Marlene
1977 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)
Comedy
- 26
Gesche's Poison
1998
Thriller
27Terror 2000
1993 · ★ 4.9 (15 votes)
Comedy, Horror
28Mister Karl
2008
Documentary
- 29
Der Narr und seine Frau heute Abend in Pancomedia
2002
Drama
- 30
John Gabriel Borkman
2000
Drama
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.