Margit Carstensen Death: How did Margit Carstensen die?

Famous German actress, Margit Carstensen died after a prolonged illness. She was 83 years old at the time of death and her death occurred on June 1, 2023.

Born on February 29, 1940, Margit Carstensen started her career in film and television in the 1970s. Outside her home country Germany, she was known for playing in several movies and tv shows by film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

Some of these movies and tv shows include Martha (1974), Fear of Fear (1975), Mother Kusters’ Trip to Heaven (1975), Satan’s Brew (1976), Chinese Roulette (1976), Women in New York (1977), Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day (1972), Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980), and more.

Carstensen also starred in other international productions including Possession (1981), by Polish filmmaker, Andrzej Zulawski. Four years later, she was called back by the same director to star in Angry Harvest (1985). The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

She collaborated with director Christoph Schlingensief on two projects; 100 Years of Adolf Hitler: The Last Hour in Fuhrerbunker (1989) and Terror 2000: Germany Out of Control (1992).