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Nastassja Kinski

Nastassja Kinski

7 films · 455 frames · top-billed in 4 · 19752000

Born 24 January 1961 · Berlin, Germany

Nastassja Aglaia Kinski is a German actress and former model who has appeared in more than 60 films in Europe and the United States. Her worldwide breakthrough was with Stay as You Are (1978). She then came to global prominence with her Golden Globe Award-winning performance as the title character in the Roman Polanski-directed film Tess (1979). Other films in which she acted include the Francis Ford Coppola musical romance film One from the Heart (1982), erotic horror film Cat People (1982) from Paul Schrader, and the Wim Wenders drama films Paris, Texas (1984) and Faraway, So Close! (1993). She also appeared in the biographical drama film An American Rhapsody (2001).

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 7 films · 455 frames · top-billed in 4 · 19752000

  • Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress1981

How their films are shot

Measured across 455 frames from the 7 films we hold. This is the look of the work Nastassja takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 7 films we hold, 57% of their frames are night, 51% low key — the look of the work Nastassja takes.

Time of day

Night57%
Day33%
Interior4%
Dusk4%

Lighting

Low key51%
Natural36%
Silhouette7%
High key5%

Shot size

Medium41%
Wide26%
Closeup19%
Fullbody7%

Camera angle

Eye level81%
High angle11%
Low angle8%

Mood

Neutral58%
Tense17%
Lonely14%
Ominous8%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

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