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Anna Karina
Solbjerg, Denmark
Anna Karina (22 September 1940 - 14 December 2019) was a Danish film actress, director, and screenwriter who spent most of her working life in France. Karina was known as a muse…
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Anna Karina (22 September 1940 - 14 December 2019) was a Danish film actress, director, and screenwriter who spent most of her working life in France. Karina was known as a muse of the director Jean-Luc Godard, one of the pioneers of the French New Wave. Her notable collaborations with Godard include The Little Soldier (1960), A Woman Is a Woman (1961) and Vivre sa vie (1962). With A Woman Is a Woman, Karina won the Best Actress award at the Berlin Film Festival. In 1972, Karina set up a production company for Vivre ensemble (1973), her directorial debut, which screened in the Critics' Week lineup at the 26th Cannes Film Festival. She also directed the French-Canadian film Victoria (2008). In addition to her work in cinema, she worked as a singer and wrote several novels.
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2026
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Movie Nana Kleinfrankenheim / Odile (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2025
The Wild Palms
Movie Paula Nelson
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2025
Sang titre
Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2023
Quantum Cowboys
Movie Blacky's Memory
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2023
Godard Cinema
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2023
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2022
Sem Título #8: Vai Sobreviver
Movie (archive footage)
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2020
Anna and the Jellyfish
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2020
Anna Karina, Remember
Movie Self
- 2019
- 2019
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2015
Every Day Words Disappear
Movie (archive footage)
- 2009
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2008
Victoria
Movie Victoria
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2007
To Each His Own Cinema
Movie (segment "Artaud Double Bill") (archive footage)
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2005
French Beauty
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2003
I, Cesar
Movie Gloria
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2002
The Truth About Charlie
Movie Karina
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2002
In the Darkness of Time
Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2001
Nom de code : Sacha
Movie Anna Karina
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1999
Godard on TV: 1960-2000
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1999
Set Me Free
Movie Nana Kleinfrankenheim (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1997
Birth of a Nation
Movie Self
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1996
Chloé
Movie Katia
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1995
Up, Down, Fragile
Movie Sarah
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1993
Dark Galaxy
Movie (archive footage)
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1992
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
Movie Self
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1990
Manden der ville være skyldig
Movie Edith
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1988
The Abyss
Movie Catherine
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1987
Cayenne Palace
Movie Lola
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1987
Sacrée soirée
TV show Self
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1987
Matin Bonheur
TV show Self
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1987
Last Song
Movie Susan
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1986
Treasure Island
Movie Mother
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1986
Blockhaus USA
Movie
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1984
Ave Maria
Movie Berthe Granjeux
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1983
A Friend of Vincent
Movie Eleonore
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1982
Champs-Elysées
TV show Self
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1982
Regina Roma
Movie Regina
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1979
The Story of a Mother
Movie Christine Olsen
