Acting

Heiner Müller

Born: January 9, 1929
Died: December 30, 1995 (aged 66)
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
Credits: 45 titles

Biography

Heiner Müller was a German dramatist, poet, writer, essayist and theatre director. His "enigmatic, fragmentary pieces" are a significant contribution to postmodern drama and postdramatic theatre.

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Signature work

Known For

Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars

1987

Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me

2003

Die Zeit ist aus den Fugen

1990

Mão Morta Müller no Hotel Hessischer Hof

1998

Der Ausländer

2004

Hamlet

2020

Hamletmachine

2026

A Warlike Sense for the Beautiful Things

2011

Acting credits 38

Year	Title	Role
TBA	At Work in the Ruins of Morality Film
2018	Happy Lamento Film	Self (archive footage)
2012	Rigor Was His Mark of Quality Film
2012	Autoren erzählen TV	Self (1 ep)
2009	Ich will nicht wissen, wer ich bin - Heiner Müller Film	Self (archive footage)
2004	Der Ausländer Film
2002	Das Jahrhundert des Theaters TV	Self (1 ep)
1997	The Poet as Metaphor Slingshot Film
1996	Epic Theater & Post-heroic Management Film
1996	Heiner Müller in Time Flight Film
1996	He Who Smokes Looks Cold-Blooded Film
1995	Queen of Hearts on Judgment Day Film
1995	On the Way to a Theater of Darknesses Film
1995	Unter Deutschen Film	Self
1995	The Voice of the Playwright Film
1995	Omnivore Democracy Film
1995	My Rendezvous with Death Film
1994	The World is Not Bad, but Full Film
1994	I Owe the World a Dead Person Film
1994	Under the Sign of Mars Film
1993	Anti-Opera Film
1993	The Death of Seneca Film
1993	Plowshare of Evil Film
1993	The Last of the Mohicans Film
1993	Mind, Power, Castration Film
1992	Frederick of Prussia Film
1991	“Wastage” of humans / Comrade Mauser / “Victim of History” Film
1991	Every Frozen Structure has its Academy Film
1991	Rome, as Far Away as the Moon Film
1990	Heiner Müller on Legal Questions Film
1990	Some Kind of Shadow Machines Were Passing by Film
1990	Die Zeit ist aus den Fugen Film
1989	Conversation with Heiner Müller in Garath Film
1989	Portrait of Heiner Müller for his 60th Birthday Film
1988	Keine Hand wäscht die Andere Film
1987	Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars Film
1981	"Kino 81" - Stillness, a film magazine by film critics Film	Self
1979	Zeugen des Jahrhunderts TV	Self (1 ep)

Crew credits 7

Year	Title	Job
TBA	Hamletmachine Film	Writer
2026	Hamletmachine Film	Original Concept
2020	Hamlet Film	Author
2011	A Warlike Sense for the Beautiful Things Film	Theatre Play
2003	Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me Film	Poem
1998	Mão Morta Müller no Hotel Hessischer Hof Film	Writer
1976	Die Schlacht - Szenen aus Deutschland Film	Writer