Maia Morgenstern

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29th May 2022 | FlixCatalog Staff

Maia Morgenstern is a Romanian film and stage actress, described by Florin Mitu of AMOS News as "a symbol of Romanian theater and film". In the English-speaking world, she is probably best known for the role of Mary, the mother of Jesus, in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. In Romania, she has been nationally known since her 1992 role as Nela in Balanta, a film known in the United States as The Oak, set during the waning days of Communist Romania.Born in Bucharest, in a Jewish family, she graduated from the Film and Theatre Academy of Bucharest in 1985. She then played at Teatrul Tineretului (Youth Theater) in Piatra Neamt; until 1988, and at the Teatrul Evreiesc de Stat (State Jewish Theatre) in Bucharest 1988-1990. From 1990-1998 she was a member of the company of the National Theatre in Bucharest, and since 1998 of Teatrul Bulandra, also in Bucharest; in addition, she continues to act at the State Jewish Theatre and other Bucharest theaters and elsewhere in Romania. Among her notable stage roles in recent years, in a Romanian-language production of The Blue Angel (Ingerul Albastru in Romanian) at Bucharest's Odeon Theater, in 2001-2002 she played (to great critical acclaim) Lola Lola, the character made famous by Marlene Dietrich. At the same time, she was also playing the role of Kathleen Hogan in a Romanian-language production of Israel Horovitz's Park Your Car in Harvard Yard at the State Jewish Theater.Morgenstern has appeared in numerous films, primarily in Hungarian and Romanian-language roles. In The Passion of the Christ, she performs a role in Aramaic, but like the other actors in the cast of that film, she simply memorized her lines phonetically.Her surname, Morgenstern, means "Morning Star" in German, a title of the Virgin Mary, the character she played in The Passion of the Christ. Mel Gibson, a devout Traditionalist Catholic, thought this of great significance when casting her. In interviews, she has defended The Passion against allegations of anti-Semitism, saying that the high priest Caiaphas is portrayed not as a representative of the Jewish people, but as a leader of the establishment, adding that "Authorities throughout history have persecuted individuals with revolutionary ideas."She has been married twice, and has 3 children: Tudor Aaron, Eva Leea Cabiria and Ana Isadora. - IMDb Mini Biography By: MediaPro Pictures

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Streaming Availability

Amazon Video has the most number of Maia Morgenstern’s flixes, followed by Amazon Prime Video compared to other streaming platforms. See the full graph below.

Releases by Year

Maia Morgenstern on average has worked on 2 movies per year from 1984 to 2021. See the full graphs of the number of Maia Morgenstern movies released per year from 2009 till 2021.

Top Genres

Maia Morgenstern works mostly in Drama Genre followed by Romance Genre flixes. 66% of Maia Morgenstern movies are Drama Genre movies. See Top Genres that Maia Morgenstern worked on in the graph below.

Average IMDB Score

On average the IMDB score of the movies that Maia Morgenstern has worked on is 6.6.

6.6 / 10

Maia Morgenstern's Movies and Tv Series available to Stream now ..

Comedy,Drama
The Oak (1992)

A description of Romania before Ceausescu's downfall, through the story of Nela. Daughter of a former colonel of the Securitate, the romanian political police. She refused to become as her ...

8/10105 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Depicts the final twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, on the day of his crucifixion in Jerusalem.

7.2/10127 min

Available in 15 platform(s).

6.7/10104 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Comedy,Drama
The Bra (2018)

Train driver Nurlan is heading to Baku for the last time before retirement. On its way round the neighborhoods of the city his train snags a blue bra off a washing line. To escape from his ...

6.6/1090 min

Available in 8 platform(s).

An ancient dying land is brought back to life by the primal force of a young mute girl, who witnesses the fatal clash between her farmer father and those who want to poison his fields, in a magic journey of redemption.

5.4/1085 min

Available in 2 platform(s).

A couple of Italo-American journalists go missing during their work assignment in Romania.

2.4/1088 min

Available in 5 platform(s).