A new documentary titled 'Ingeborg Bachmann: Someone who was once me' by director Regina Schilling celebrates the Austrian poet and author on her 100th birth anniversary. The film features Oscar-nominated actress Sandra Hüller.

Bachmann was one of the few women to assert her voice in the male-dominated post-war German literary scene. Her work confronts collective guilt, trauma, and patriarchal violence.

Schilling notes that Bachmann's texts remain visionary, addressing themes like gender identity and 'mansplaining.' 'She was definitely ahead of her time,' the filmmaker said.

Born in 1926 in Klagenfurt, Bachmann was the daughter of an early Nazi Party member. She studied philosophy, psychology, and German literature, writing her doctoral thesis on Martin Heidegger.

Her only completed novel 'Malina' (1971) is considered her magnum opus. Bachmann died at age 47 in 1973 from complications after a fire in her Rome apartment.

The documentary interweaves archival footage, interviews, and improvised scenes with Sandra Hüller. A new biography by Andrea Scholl, 'Two People Are Within Me,' has also been published.

Source: www.dw.com