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Volker Schlöndorff

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Volker Schlöndorff

Born
(age 87)
Birthplace
Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
Credits
158 titles

Biography

Volker Schlöndorff is a Berlin-based German filmmaker. He won an Oscar as well as the Palme d'or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival for The Tin Drum (1979), the film version of the novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Günter Grass. In 1991, he was the Head of the Jury at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival. Schlöndorff has adapted many literary works for his movies, including some critically well-received US productions, but he is also engaged in post-war German politics. He served as the chief executive for the UFA studio in Babelsberg. Schlöndorff also teaches film and literature at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, where he conducts an Intensive Summer Seminar. He was married to fellow film director Margarethe von Trotta from 1971 to 1991. He is currently married to Angelika Schlöndorff, and the couple has one daughter.

Latest project Best work, ranked IMDb

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 107

YearTitleRole
TBA Ulrich Matthes - Leidenschaft und Haltung Film Self
2026 Igor and After Film
2026 Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm TV Self (1 ep)
2025 Pan Olbrychski Film Self
2024 Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit Film Self
2024 Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg Film Self
2023 The Stones and Brian Jones Film Self
2023 German Genius TV Volker Schlöndorff (1 ep)
2022 Merkel Film Self
2022 Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer Film Self
2022 Alain Resnais, the Audacious Film Self
2022 Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors Film Self
2022 Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion Film Self
2022 Studio 3 - Live aus Babelsberg TV Self (2 ep)
2021 A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner Film Self
2020 Volker Schlöndorff: The Beat of the Drum Film Self - Filmmaker
2020 Last Year in Dachau Film Self - Narrator (voice)
2020 Melville, le dernier samouraï Film Self
2019 Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power Film Self - Filmmaker
2019 Hollywood's Second World War Film Self
2019 Fuck the Message Film Self
2018 Was tut sich - im deutschen Film? TV Himself (1 ep)
2018 Sympathisanten - Unser deutscher Herbst Film Self
2017 Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder Film Self
2017 Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life Film Self
2016 Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another World Film Self
2015 Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century Film Self - Filmmaker
2015 From Caligari to Hitler Film Self - Filmmaker
2015 The Poet and the Filmmaker: Volker Schlöndorff on Baal Film Interviewer
2015 Fassbinder Film Self
2014 Henri Langlois vu par... Film Self
2014 Bewegte Republik Deutschland TV Self (4 ep)
2012 Open Opera – Wer wird Carmen? TV Self (7 ep)
2012 Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections Film Self
2012 Square TV Self (1 ep)
2011 Günther Jauch TV Self (1 ep)
2011 Nuits transparentes Film
2011 Was wurde aus...? TV himself (1 ep)
2010 Cave of Forgotten Dreams Film Narrator (French version) (voice) (uncredited)
2010 Michael Nyman in Progress Film Self
2010 Museums-Check mit Markus Brock TV Self (1 ep)
2010 Code Name: Melville Film Self
2010 Westpol TV self (1 ep)
2010 Memories of Last Year in Marienbad Film Himself - Narrator
2010 Melville Steps Out of the Shadows Film Interviewee
2009 Unraveling the Enigma: The Making of Marienbad Film Self
2009 Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial Film himself
2008 Malle's Fire Within Film Self
2007 Strike Film
2006 Filmmakers in Action Film Self
2006 Billy Wilder Speaks Film Self - Filmmaker / Interviewer
2005 Knef - Die frühen Jahre Film Self
2005 Gottschalk meets Petersen Film Himself
2005 Who is Helene Schwarz? Film Self
2005 Von Sex bis Simmel Film Self
2004 Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands Film Self (Interviewee)
2003 Die Verhoevens Film Himself
2003 Un film et son époque TV Self (1 ep)
2002 Gero von Boehm begegnet... TV Self (1 ep)
2002 Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song Film Self

Crew credits 60

YearTitleJob
TBA Love Me Again Film Thanks
TBA Afrika Film Director, Writer
2026 Visitation Film Writer, Director, Producer
2022 The Forest Maker Film Director, Producer, Writer
2017 The Nameless Day Film Writer, Director
2017 Return to Montauk Film Producer, Director, Screenplay
2014 Henri Langlois vu par... Film Director
2014 Diplomacy Film Director, Screenplay
2012 Calm at Sea Film Director, Writer
2010 Memories of Last Year in Marienbad Film Producer, Editor
2007 Ulzhan Film Director
2007 Strike Film Director
2006 Billy Wilder Speaks Film Editor, Director
2005 Enigma – Eine uneingestandene Liebe Film Director
2004 The Ninth Day Film Director
2002 Ten Minutes Older: The Cello Film Director
2002 The Enlightenment Film Director
2002 Ein Produzent hat Seele oder er hat keine Film Director
2002 Everyman's Feast Film Producer
2000 The Legend of Rita Film Director, Screenplay
1998 Palmetto Film Director
1996 The Ice Princess Film Executive Producer
1996 The Ogre Film Director, Screenplay
1992 Billy, How Did You Do It? TV Director (6 ep)
1992 The Michael Nyman Songbook Film Director
1992 Billy, How Did You Do It? Film Director
1991 Voyager Film Director, Screenplay
1990 The Handmaid's Tale Film Director
1987 A Gathering of Old Men Film Director
1985 Death of a Salesman Film Director
1984 Swann in Love Film Director
1982 War and Peace Film Writer, Director
1981 Circle of Deceit Film Writer, Director
1980 The Candidate Film Director, Writer
1979 The Tin Drum Film Screenplay, Director
1978 Germany in Autumn Film Screenplay, Director
1978 Beto Nervio contra el poder de las tinieblas Film Associate Producer
1977 Portrait of Valeska Gert Film Director, Writer
1976 Coup de Grâce Film Director
1976 Henry James Stories TV Director, Adaptation, Scenario Writer (1 ep)
1975 Georginas Gründe Film Director, Writer
1975 The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum Film Screenplay, Director
1974 Stayover in Tirol Film Director, Writer, Producer
1972 A Free Woman Film Writer, Director, Producer
1972 The Morals of Ruth Halbfass Film Director, Screenplay
1971 The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach Film Director, Writer, Producer
1971 Rio das Mortes Film Idea
1970 Baal Film Director, Producer, Screenplay
1969 Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel Film Director, Writer
1967 Der Paukenspieler Film Director, Writer
1967 Degree of Murder Film Director, Writer
1966 Young Törless Film Writer, Director
1965 Viva Maria! Film Assistant Director
1963 The Fire Within Film Assistant Director
1963 Méditerranée Film Co-Director
1962 Le Doulos Film First Assistant Director
1962 A Very Private Affair Film Assistant Director
1961 Last Year at Marienbad Film Second Assistant Director
1961 Léon Morin, Priest Film Assistant Director
1960 Who Cares... Film Writer, Director, Editor
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