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Ingrid Caven
Born: 1938-08-03 in Saarbrücken, Germany
Ingrid Caven (born Ingrid Schmidt; August 3, 1938) is a German actress best known for her roles in several films directed by her husband, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, including Love Is Colder Than Death (1969), Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970), and The American Soldier (1970). She continued to appear in Fassbinder's films after their 1972 divorce until his death in 1982.
Rated Filmography (58)
Sorted by Score10.0
Der Mond is nur a nackerte Kugel
1981
10.0
Adele Spitzeder
1972
9.0
The Ancestress
1971
9.0
Deepfrozen
2006
8.7
Violanta
1978
8.4
Gold Flakes
1976
8.0
Joan's Dream
1975
8.0
Dirty Daughters oder Die Hure und der Hurensohn
1982
8.0
Frühstück in Rom
1965
7.7
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
1975
7.4
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
1970
7.3
I Only Want You to Love Me
1976
7.2
Fox and His Friends
1975
7.0
Yearning for Sodom
1989
7.0
Martha
1974
6.9
Suspiria
2018
6.8
35 Shots of Rum
2009
6.8
My Little Loves
1974
6.8
Haytabo
1971
6.7
The Merchant of Four Seasons
1972
6.6
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978
6.6
The Death of Maria Malibran
1972
6.5
The Portuguese Woman
2019
6.5
Despair
1978
6.5
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
1992
6.5
The Coffee House
1970
6.4
Satan’s Brew
1976
6.3
Fear of Fear
1975
6.3
Time Regained
1999
6.3
The American Soldier
1976
6.2
My Favorite Season
1993
6.2
Love Is Colder Than Death
1970
6.2
Beware of a Holy Whore
1971
6.1
La Paloma
1974
5.9
Malou
1981
5.8
Day of the Idiots
1981
5.8
The Niklashausen Journey
1970
5.8
Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense
2010
5.8
Silent Night
1995
5.7
Tenderness of the Wolves
1973
5.7
Devil's Paradise
1987
5.5
Gods of the Plague
1970
5.5
Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King
1972
5.5
Playing with Fire
1975
5.5
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
2011
5.3
Fassbinder's Women
2000
5.3
Rio das Mortes
1971
5.2
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
2007
4.9
Nea
1976
4.8
Off Season
1992
4.7
Sleeping Beauty
2017
4.5
Looping
1981
4.4
Shadow of Angels
1976
3.7
The Roaring Fifties
1983
3.6
Tonight or Never
1973
3.0
1 Berlin-Harlem
1974
2.8
The Satin Spider
1986
2.0
Weitertanzen
2008