DIRECTOR · FROM KONSTANZ, GERMANY

Ulrike Ottinger

Born 1942 · 84 years old36 credits since 19731 coming up

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ABOUT ULRIKE

Ulrike Ottinger is an avant-garde, contemporary German artist. She is particularly well-known and successful as a filmmaker, painter and photographer.

Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.

Born6 June 1942

BirthplaceKonstanz, Germany

Known forDirecting

On Cineora5 of 31 titles

Known for

The titles people know Ulrike from.

Movie

Ticket of No Return

1979IMDb6.6

Movie

Freak Orlando

1981IMDb5.9

Movie

Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press

1984IMDb6.3

Movie

Madame X – An Absolute Ruler

1978IMDb5.2

Movie

Seven Women, Seven Sins

1986IMDb5.6

Coming up

What Ulrike is working on next.

The Blood CountessDirector · WriterOut Oct 2026

Career

IMDb rating of each title they made on Cineora, by year.

Titles on Cineora: 5
Average IMDb: 5.9
Highest rated: Ticket of No ReturnIMDb 6.6
Working since: 1973

Size: how widely seen

Filmography

36 credits

The 2020s

1 title

Not on Cineora

Paris Calligrammes

2020

Director · Writer

The 2010s

3 titles

Not on Cineora

Aloha

2016

Director · Writer · Producer

Not on Cineora

Chamisso’s Shadow

2016

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Under Snow

2011

Director · Writer · Producer

The 2000s

8 titles

Not on Cineora

The Korean Wedding Chest

2009

Director · Writer · Producer

Not on Cineora

Still Moving

2009

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Seoul Women Happiness

2008

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Prater

2007

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Twelve Chairs

2004

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Ester

2002

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Southeast Passage

2002

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

The Specimen

2002

Director · Writer

The 1990s

3 titles

Not on Cineora

Exile Shanghai

1997

Director · Producer

Not on Cineora

Taiga

1992

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Countdown

1990

Director · Writer

The 1980s

7 titles · IMDb 5.9 on average

Not on Cineora

Johanna d’Arc of Mongolia

1989

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Superbia – The Pride

1988

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Usinimage

1987

Director · Writer

Movie

Seven Women, Seven Sins

1986IMDb5.6

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

China. The Arts – The People

1985

Director · Writer

Movie

Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press

1984IMDb6.3

Director · Writer · Producer

Movie

Freak Orlando

1981IMDb5.9

Director · Writer

The 1970s

6 titles · IMDb 5.9 on average

Movie

Ticket of No Return

1979IMDb6.6

Director · Writer · Producer

Movie

Madame X – An Absolute Ruler

1978IMDb5.2

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors

1975

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Laocoon & Sons: The Story of the Transformation of Esmeralda del Rio

1975

Director · Writer · Producer

Happy Birthday – Lil Picard

Not on Cineora

Happy Birthday – Lil Picard

1974

Director

Not on Cineora

Berlin Fever

1973

Director

Often works with

The people who keep turning up in Ulrike’s titles.

Tabea BlumenscheinTicket of No Return, Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press and 1 more

Magdalena MontezumaTicket of No Return, Freak Orlando and 1 more

Delphine SeyrigFreak Orlando and Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press

Paul GlauerTicket of No Return and Freak Orlando

Monika von CubeTicket of No Return and Madame X – An Absolute Ruler

LutzeTicket of No Return and Madame X – An Absolute Ruler