The actress and author is tired of holding back. In her work, she increasingly devotes herself to taboo subjects. A conversation about age discrimination, body shaming and her tragic youth in Bavaria.
Interviewed by
Bernhard Bloechl, Berlin
From Baldham to Berlin it takes five hours by train. If everything goes right. For Andrea Sawatzki, the east of Munich is an eternity away. An eternity and dark hours. The actress, who lives with her family in Berlin, spent much of her youth in Baldham – under harrowing conditions, as she describes in her book “Brunnenstraße”, which was published in early 2022. In the office of the Charlottenburg film agency, people are talking about this and her appearance in Doris Dörrie’s current feature film “Freibad”. Without time pressure, which is good, because Andrea Sawatzki has a lot on her mind. It’s about age discrimination and body shaming, dealing with Alzheimer’s patients and feelings of guilt. Let’s go.