Motor vehicle headlamp comprising a light source configured to emit light, and an ellipsoidal reflector having a first and a second focal point, the ellipsoidal reflector being configured to focus the light injected by the light source via the first focal point to the second focal point and to have the light exit through a reflector light exit opening , characterized by a collimator having a collimator light entrance surface and a collimator light exit surface , wherein the reflector light exit opening is disposed in front of the collimator light entrance surface at an entrance focal distance of the collimator, wherein a first image plane is associated with the collimator in an exit focal length of the collimator, and wherein the collimator is arranged to focus the light emerging from the ellipsoid reflector towards the first image plane into a light beam and to generate a light image there, and a projection optical system having a second image plane assigned thereto in an input focal length , the first image plane and the second image plane being mutually intersecting or overlapping, wherein the projection optical system is configured to project the light image in the radiation direction of the motor vehicle headlamp , wherein an optical element with at least one optically effective edge is positioned in the beam path of the light beam between the collimator and the projection optics , which optical element 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 , and the optical element is arranged such that the first and/or the second image plane passes through the optical element . a light source configured to emit light, and an ellipsoidal reflector having a first and a second focal point, the ellipsoidal reflector being configured to focus the light injected by the light source via the first focal point to the second focal point and to have the light exit through a reflector light exit opening , characterized by a collimator having a collimator light entrance surface and a collimator light exit surface , wherein the reflector light exit opening is disposed in front of the collimator light entrance surface at an entrance focal distance of the collimator, wherein a first image plane is associated with the collimator in an exit focal length of the collimator, and wherein the collimator is arranged to focus the light emerging from the ellipsoid reflector towards the first image plane into a light beam and to generate a light image there, and a projection optical system having a second image plane assigned thereto in an input focal length , the first image plane and the second image plane being mutually intersecting or overlapping, wherein the projection optical system is configured to project the light image in the radiation direction of the motor vehicle headlamp , wherein an optical element with at least one optically effective edge is positioned in the beam path of the light beam between the collimator and the projection optics , which optical element 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 , and the optical element is arranged such that the first and/or the second image plane passes through the optical element . <EOS>