all the more tragic because she was actually brilliant. she was, i think, not only one of the best writers, she was one of the biggest great thinkers of her time, and she was never recognised for that. krieps has been recognised in her career. while she first reached international audiences with her part in paul thomas anderson's 2017 film phantom thread, starring daniel day—lewis as a dress designer, her recent role in the film corsage as empress sissi of austria, won her the best performance prize in the un certain regard section at cannes. sissi, like ingeborg bachmann, was a free thinker, restrained by the confines of her era, and krieps says she likes playing those so—called difficult women. i think it's my... i wouldn't say my duty, because who am i, you know? the world doesn't need me. but i think it needs all of us, and it needs all of us women to start showing different kinds of how to be a woman.