Motor vehicle headlamp (100, 200) comprising a light source (110, 210) configured to emit light, and an ellipsoidal reflector (130, 230) having a first and a second focal point, the ellipsoidal reflector (130, 230) being configured to focus the light injected by the light source (110, 210) via the first focal point (131, 231) to the second focal point and to have the light exit through a reflector light exit opening (132, 232), characterized by a collimator (140, 240) having a collimator light entrance surface (141, 241) and a collimator light exit surface (142, 242), wherein the reflector light exit opening (132, 232) is disposed in front of the collimator light entrance surface (141, 241) at an entrance focal distance (145, 245) of the collimator, wherein a first image plane (170, 270) is associated with the collimator in an exit focal length (146, 246) of the collimator, and wherein the collimator (140, 240) is arranged to focus the light emerging from the ellipsoid reflector (130, 230) towards the first image plane (170, 270) into a light beam and to generate a light image there, and a projection optical system (160, 260) having a second image plane (180, 280) assigned thereto in an input focal length (161, 261), the first image plane (170, 270) and the second image plane (180, 280) being mutually intersecting or overlapping, wherein the projection optical system (160, 260) is configured to project the light image in the radiation direction of the motor vehicle headlamp (100, 200), wherein an optical element (150, 250) with at least one optically effective edge (151, 152, 251, 252) is positioned in the beam path of the light beam between the collimator (140, 240) and the projection optics (160, 260), which optical element (150, 250) is configured to limit the light beam by means of the at least one optically effective edge so that it partially arrives at the projection optics (160, 260), and the optical element (150, 250) is arranged such that the first and/or the second image plane (170, 270, 180, 280) passes through the optical element (150, 250). a light source (110, 210) configured to emit light, and an ellipsoidal reflector (130, 230) having a first and a second focal point, the ellipsoidal reflector (130, 230) being configured to focus the light injected by the light source (110, 210) via the first focal point (131, 231) to the second focal point and to have the light exit through a reflector light exit opening (132, 232), characterized by a collimator (140, 240) having a collimator light entrance surface (141, 241) and a collimator light exit surface (142, 242), wherein the reflector light exit opening (132, 232) is disposed in front of the collimator light entrance surface (141, 241) at an entrance focal distance (145, 245) of the collimator, wherein a first image plane (170, 270) is associated with the collimator in an exit focal length (146, 246) of the collimator, and wherein the collimator (140, 240) is arranged to focus the light emerging from the ellipsoid reflector (130, 230) towards the first image plane (170, 270) into a light beam and to generate a light image there, and a projection optical system (160, 260) having a second image plane (180, 280) assigned thereto in an input focal length (161, 261), the first image plane (170, 270) and the second image plane (180, 280) being mutually intersecting or overlapping, wherein the projection optical system (160, 260) is configured to project the light image in the radiation direction of the motor vehicle headlamp (100, 200), wherein an optical element (150, 250) with at least one optically effective edge (151, 152, 251, 252) is positioned in the beam path of the light beam between the collimator (140, 240) and the projection optics (160, 260), which optical element (150, 250) is configured to limit the light beam by means of the at least one optically effective edge so that it partially arrives at the projection optics (160, 260), and the optical element (150, 250) is arranged such that the first and/or the second image plane (170, 270, 180, 280) passes through the optical element (150, 250).