Eva Mattes

Eva Mattes (; born 14 December 1954) is a German-Austrian actress. She has appeared in four films directed by director Rainer Werner Fassbinder (The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, , Effi Briest and In a Year of 13 Moons). In, she played a bearded film director, based on the recently deceased Fassbinder.

She has also appeared in two films of Werner Herzog, with whom she was in a relationship. Mattes also appeared in Germany, Pale Mother, and in Enemy at the Gates as the mother of Sasha Filippov. On television, she has played Klara Blum in the police procedural series Tatort.

Her parents were the composer Willy Mattes and actress Margit Symo. Mattes lives in Berlin with Austrian artist Wolfgang Georgsdorf and two children.

Awards 1981 Bavarian Film Awards, Best Actress 1979 Cannes Film Festival, Jury's Special Grand Prix

Selected filmography Year Title Role Director Notes 1970 o.k. Phan Ti Mao Michael Verhoeven Mathias Kneissl Katharina Kneissl Reinhard Hauff 1972 The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant Gabriele von Kant Rainer Werner Fassbinder 1972 Hanni Rainer Werner Fassbinder TV film Desaster Rosi Reinhard Hauff TV film 1974 Supermarket Monika Roland Klick Effi Briest Hulda Rainer Werner Fassbinder 1976 Naked Massacre Catherine Denis Héroux 1977 Stroszek Eva Werner Herzog 1978 In a Year of 13 Moons Marie-Ann Weishaupt Rainer Werner Fassbinder 1979 David Toni Peter Lilienthal Union der festen Hand Paula Griguszies TV film Woyzeck Marie Werner Herzog 1980 Germany, Pale Mother Lene Helma Sanders-Brahms Céleste Céleste Albaret Percy Adlon 1984 E.V.A. (based on Rainer Werner Fassbinder) Radu Gabrea 1986 Mo 1988 Eva Margarethe von Trotta Anthology film. Segment "Eva" 1993 Marga Fritsche Bernhard Sinkel 1997 Simone Behrend Matti Geschonneck TV film 1998 Widows – Erst die Ehe, dann das Vergnügen Molly Dollinger Sherry Hormann 2001 Enemy at the Gates Mother Filippova Jean-Jacques Annaud Goebbels und Geduldig Magda Goebbels Kai Wessel TV film 2002–15 Tatort Hauptkommissarin Klara Blum TV series (28 episodes) 2014 Fever Franziska Elfi Mikesch