Irma Achten
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Irma Achten (born 1956 in Haarlem, Netherlands) is a Dutch film maker and writer.
Biography
Achten studied German and attended Drama School in Amsterdam. She received a 5-year award from the Nederlands Stimuleringsfonds for film in order to write scenarios. These resulted in several short movies, and three features she directed, were produced by Kasander Films.{{cite web |url=http://www.kasanderfilm.nl/ |title=Kasander |publisher=Kasanderfilm.nl |date= |accessdate=2012-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524033412/http://www.kasanderfilm.nl/ |archive-date=2010-05-24 |url-status=dead }}
Her films include Und Morgen wird die Sonne wieder scheinen, Canzonetta, Belle,{{cite web|author=reageer Log in om te reageren |url=http://www.cinema.nl/films/331719/belle |title=Belle |language=nl |publisher=Cinema.nl |date= |accessdate=2012-09-27}} and Marie Antoinette is niet dood (nominated for the Tiger Award and winner of the Audience Award at the Riga Film Festival) and Babs, starring the comedian Brigitte Kaandorp.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0009867/ |title=Irma Achten|publisher=IMDb.com|accessdate=2012-09-28}}} at the Internet Movie Database.
Achten's song "Was hast du mit meinem Herz getan" from the movie Marie Antoinette is niet dood, has become the cult outro for the German heavy metal band, Rammstein.
Achten also wrote the libretti for the operas God's Videotheek, and The Grief of Gravity, and scenarios for the opera films Samson et Dalila, Donna Giovanna and Rigoletto,{{cite web|url=http://www.operaspanga.nl/EN/producties |title=Previous Productions |publisher=Operaspanga.nl |date= |accessdate=2012-09-27}}{{cite web|author=tweede golf, Olga Flash CMS |url=http://www.moniquekrus.nl/-Grief-of-Gravity-cantata-for-symphonic-wind-orchestra-2010-223.html?language=_L1#/223 |title='Grief of Gravity' cantata for symphonic wind orchestra 2010 |publisher=Moniquekrus.nl |date= |accessdate=2012-09-27}} and Buwalsky, a road opera, with a libretto by Jonathan Levi and music by [https://tisch.nyu.edu/about/directory/grad-musical-theater-writing/103959833 Mel Marvin].
Her first novel [https://www.bol.com/nl/f/augustus/9200000108184564/ Augustus] was published in the Netherlands in 2019.
References
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External links
- "Was hast du mit meinem Herz getan" on Rammstein's DVD "Live aus Berlin".
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