children birth_place image_size nationality ethnicity name parents birth_date spouse article_title birth_name alma_mater
aaron altaras leonard altaras zagreb , sfr yugoslavia , -lrb- now croatia -rrb- 200px german jewish adriana altaras jakob and thea altaras 06 april 1960 wolfgang böhmer adriana altaras
 adrijana altaras berlin university of the arts
adriana altaras

adriana altaras -lrb- born 1960 in zagreb -rrb- is a croatia-born german actress , theater director and writer .
altaras was born on 6 april 1960 in zagreb to a croatian jewish family of jakob and thea altaras .
due to political persecution she escaped zagreb , with her mother , in 1964 .
they were smuggled from zagreb to italy , in a car , by her italian uncle .
she stayed with her mother in italy for a few years , enough that she learns italian .
from italy she moved to konstanz , germany in 1967 .
after high school education , altaras graduated from the berlin university of the arts .
altaras completed her academic studies in new york city .
she founded the western stadthirschen theater in berlin where she works as an actress , director and writer .
in 1982 she made her movie debut , and in 1989 she had a lead role in der philosoph , directed by rudolf thome .
however , the focus of her work remained with the various theater projects .
she worked as a theater director at the berliner ensemble and neuköllner oper in berlin .
in 1998 she received the deutscher filmpreis award .
in addition to the theater and film work , she worked with steven spielberg 's shoah foundation as an interviewer and lecturer .
altaras has two sons with composer wolfgang böhmer ; aaron altaras and leonard altaras .
