Director Ulrike Ottinger on Turning Isabelle Huppert Into a Baroque Vampire in ‘The Blood Countess’: ’She Is Despotic’

Renowned German New Wave artist and filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger returns to the Berlin International Film Festival — where she received an Honorary Golden Bear in 2020 — with a film that took decades to get made. Premiering in the Berlinale’s Special Gala section, “The Blood Countess” is a baroque vampire mystery starring Isabelle Huppert as Countess […]