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Volker Schlöndorff
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1939Born, Wiesbaden
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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.…
Known for
The Tin DrumScreenplay
Last Year at MarienbadSecond Assistant Director
Cave of Forgotten DreamsNarrator (French version) (voice) (uncredited)
Le DoulosMan in Bar (uncredited)
The Handmaid's TaleDirector2026Igor and AfterMovie
2023German GeniusVolker Schlöndorff · 1 episodeShow
2022The Forest MakerDirector · Writer · ProducerMovie
2017The Nameless DayWriter · DirectorMovie
2017Return to MontaukProducer · Director · ScreenplayMovie
2015The Poet and the Filmmaker: Volker Schlöndorff on BaalInterviewerMovie
2014Henri Langlois vu par...DirectorMovie
2014DiplomacyScreenplay · DirectorMovie
2012Calm at SeaDirector · WriterMovie
2011Nuits transparentesMovie
2010Cave of Forgotten DreamsNarrator (French version) (voice) (uncredited)Movie
2010Melville Steps Out of the ShadowsIntervieweeMovie
2010Memories of Last Year in MarienbadProducer · EditorMovie
2007UlzhanDirectorMovie
2007StrikeDirectorMovie
2006Billy Wilder SpeaksEditor · DirectorMovie
2005Enigma – Eine uneingestandene LiebeDirectorMovie
2004The Ninth DayDirectorMovie
2002Ten Minutes Older: The CelloDirectorMovie
2002The EnlightenmentDirectorMovie
2002Ein Produzent hat Seele oder er hat keineDirectorMovie
2002Everyman's FeastProducerMovie
2000The Legend of RitaScreenplay · DirectorMovie
2000Schrott - Die AtzenposseMovie
1998PalmettoDirectorMovie
1996The Ice PrincessExecutive ProducerMovie
1996The OgreDirector · ScreenplayMovie
1992Billy, How Did You Do It?Director · 6 episodesShow
1992The Michael Nyman SongbookDirectorMovie
1992Billy, How Did You Do It?DirectorMovie
1991VoyagerDirector · ScreenplayMovie
1990The Handmaid's TaleDirectorMovie
1987A Gathering of Old MenDirectorMovie
1985Death of a SalesmanDirectorMovie
1984Swann in LoveDirectorMovie
1982War and PeaceWriter · DirectorMovie
1981Circle of DeceitWriter · DirectorMovie
1980The CandidateDirector · WriterMovie
1979The Tin DrumScreenplay · DirectorMovie
1978CinématonN°572Movie
1978Germany in AutumnDirector · ScreenplayMovie
1978Beto Nervio contra el poder de las tinieblasAssociate ProducerMovie
1977Portrait of Valeska GertWriter · DirectorMovie
1976Coup de GrâceDirectorMovie
1976Henry James StoriesDirector · 1 episode · Adaptation, Scenario Writer · 1 episodeShow
1975Georginas GründeWriter · DirectorMovie
1975The Lost Honor of Katharina BlumScreenplay · DirectorMovie
1974Stayover in TirolProducer · Writer · DirectorMovie
1972A Free WomanWriter · Director · ProducerMovie
1972The Morals of Ruth HalbfassDirector · ScreenplayMovie
1971Mathias KneißlMovie
1971The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of KombachWriter · Director · ProducerMovie
1971Rio das MortesIdeaMovie
197011 Uhr 20Barkeepeer Henry · 3 episodesShow
1970BaalDirector · Producer · ScreenplayMovie
1969Michael Kohlhaas - The RebelDirector · WriterMovie
1967Der PaukenspielerDirector · WriterMovie
1967Degree of MurderDirector · WriterMovie
1967Neuer Deutscher Film ReportMovie
1966Young TörlessDirector · WriterMovie
1965Viva Maria!Assistant DirectorMovie
1964Chance at LoveGerman soldier (segment "Chance du guerrier, La") (uncredited)Movie
1963The Fire WithinAssistant DirectorMovie
1963MéditerranéeCo-DirectorMovie
1962Le DoulosMan in Bar (uncredited) · First Assistant DirectorMovie
1962A Very Private AffairAssistant DirectorMovie
1961Last Year at MarienbadSecond Assistant DirectorMovie
1961Léon Morin, PriestGerman Soldier (uncredited) · Assistant DirectorMovie
1960Who Cares...Writer · Editor · DirectorMovie
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