Volker Schlöndorff

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

101

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-03-31 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany

Volker Schlöndorff

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.

Known For

Le Doulos
7.4%

Le Doulos

Dec 13, 1962

Léon Morin, Priest
7.0%

Léon Morin, Priest

Sep 22, 1961

From Caligari to Hitler
7.4%

From Caligari to Hitler

May 28, 2015

Billy Wilder Speaks
7.0%

Billy Wilder Speaks

Jun 22, 2006

American Masters
6.9%

American Masters

Jun 23, 1986

Hands Up!
5.8%

Hands Up!

Jan 21, 1985

Merkel
6.8%

Merkel

Nov 24, 2022

German Genius
5.5%

German Genius

May 23, 2023

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Acting

2025
Pan Olbrychski as Self
2024
Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit as Self
2024
Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg as Self
2024
The Stones and Brian Jones as Self
2023
German Genius as Volker Schlöndorff
2022
Merkel as Self
2022
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer as Self
2022
Alain Resnais, l'audacieux as Self
2022
Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors as Volker Schlöndorff
2022
Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion as Self
2022
Studio 3 – Live aus Babelsberg as Self
2021
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner as Self
2020
Volker Schlöndorff: The Beat of the Drum as Self - Filmmaker
2020
Last Year in Dachau as Self - Narrator (voice)
2020
Melville, le dernier samouraï as Self
2019
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power as Self - Filmmaker
2019
Hollywood's Second World War as Self
2019
Fuck the Message as Self
2018
Was tut sich - im deutschen Film? as Himself
2018
Sympathisanten - Unser deutscher Herbst as Self
2017
Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder as Self
2016
Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another World as Self
2015
Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century as Self - Filmmaker
2015
From Caligari to Hitler as Self - Filmmaker
2015
The Poet and the Filmmaker: Volker Schlöndorff on Baal as Interviewer
2015
Fassbinder as Self
2014
Henri Langlois vu par... as Self
2014
Bewegte Republik Deutschland as Self
2012
Open Opera – Wer wird Carmen? as Self
2012
Square as Self
2011
Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections as Self
2011
Günther Jauch as Self
2011
Nuits transparentes
2011
Was wurde aus...? as himself
2010
Cave of Forgotten Dreams as Narrator (French version) (voice) (uncredited)
2010
Michael Nyman in Progress as Self
2010
Museums-Check mit Markus Brock as Self
2010
Code Name: Melville as Self
2010
Westpol: Eins zu eins as self
2010
Memories of Last Year in Marienbad as Himself - Narrator
2010
Melville Steps Out of the Shadows as Interviewee
2009
Unraveling the Enigma: The Making of Marienbad as Self
2009
Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial as himself
2008
Malle's Fire Within as Self
2006
Filmmakers in Action as Self
2006
Billy Wilder Speaks as Self - Filmmaker / Interviewer
2005
Knef - Die frühen Jahre as Self
2005
Gottschalk meets Petersen as Himself
2005
Who is Helene Schwarz? as Self
2005
Von Sex bis Simmel as Self
2004
Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands as Self (Interviewee)
2003
Die Verhoevens as Himself
2003
Un film et son époque as Self
2002
Gero von Boehm begegnet... as Self
2002
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song as Self
2002
Ein Produzent hat Seele oder er hat keine as Self
2002
Im Glashaus - Das philosophische Quartett as himself
2001
Volker Schlöndorff Remembers The Tin Drum as Self
2000
Abendschau as Self
2000
Abendschau as self
2000
Schrott - Die Atzenposse
1999
maybrit illner as Self
1999
Volle Kanne as Self
1999
Beckmann as Self
1998
Alpha Forum as Self
1997
Nachtstudio as Self
1997
Im Dialog as self
1995
Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self
1995
The Night of the Filmmakers as Self
1992
Billy, How Did You Do It? as Self
1992
Morgenmagazin as Self
1992
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me as Self
1992
Billy, How Did You Do It? as Self
1991
Film Hour as Self
1990
Zeil um Zehn as Self
1990
Romy Award as Self
1989
ZDF-Mittagsmagazin as Self
1987
Nachtcafé as Self
1986
American Masters as Self
1986
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ as Self - The Director
1985
Humor ist eine ernste Sache - Der Filmregisseur Kurt Hoffmann as Self
1985
Hands Up! as Self (1981 footage)
1984
Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
1982
Champs-Elysées as Self
1979
Bayerischer Filmpreis as Self
1979
NDR Talk Show as Self
1978
Cinématon as N°572
1976
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema as Self
1976
Kölner Treff as Self
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
1974
3 nach 9 as Self
1974
Spécial cinéma as Self
1973
Je später der Abend as Self
1971
Mathias Kneißl
1970
11 Uhr 20 as Barkeepeer Henry
1967
Titel, Thesen, Temperamente as Self
1967
Neuer Deutscher Film Report
1964
Chance at Love as German soldier (segment "Chance du guerrier, La") (uncredited)
1962
Le Doulos as Man in Bar (uncredited)
1961
Léon Morin, Priest as German Soldier (uncredited)
1951
Deutscher Filmpreis as Self

Crew

Love Me Again as Thanks

Directing

2022
The Forest Maker as Director
2017
The Nameless Day as Director
2017
Return to Montauk as Director
2014
Henri Langlois vu par... as Director
2014
Diplomacy as Director
2012
Calm at Sea as Director
2007
Ulzhan as Director
2007
Strike as Director
2006
Billy Wilder Speaks as Director
2005
Enigma – Eine uneingestandene Liebe as Director
2004
The Ninth Day as Director
2002
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello as Director
2002
The Enlightenment as Director
2002
Ein Produzent hat Seele oder er hat keine as Director
2000
The Legend of Rita as Director
1998
Palmetto as Director
1996
The Ogre as Director
1992
Billy, How Did You Do It? as Director
1992
The Michael Nyman Songbook as Director
1992
Billy, How Did You Do It? as Director
1991
Voyager as Director
1990
The Handmaid's Tale as Director
1987
A Gathering of Old Men as Director
1985
Death of a Salesman as Director
1984
Swann in Love as Director
1982
Krieg und Frieden as Director
1981
Circle of Deceit as Director
1980
The Candidate as Director
1979
The Tin Drum as Director
1978
Germany in Autumn as Director
1977
Portrait of Valeska Gert as Director
1976
Coup de Grâce as Director
1976
Nouvelles d'Henry James as Director
1975
Georginas Gründe as Director
1975
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum as Director
1974
Stayover in Tirol as Director
1972
A Free Woman as Director
1972
The Morals of Ruth Halbfass as Director
1971
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach as Director
1970
Baal as Director
1969
Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel as Director
1967
Der Paukenspieler as Director
1967
A Degree of Murder as Director
1966
Young Törless as Director
1965
Viva Maria! as Assistant Director
1963
The Fire Within as Assistant Director
1963
Méditerranée as Co-Director
1962
Le Doulos as First Assistant Director
1962
A Very Private Affair as Assistant Director
1961
Léon Morin, Priest as Assistant Director
1961
Last Year at Marienbad as Second Assistant Director
1960
Who Cares... as Director

Editing

Production

2022
The Forest Maker as Producer
2017
Return to Montauk as Producer
2010
Memories of Last Year in Marienbad as Producer
2002
Everyman's Feast as Producer
1978
Beto Nervio contra el poder de las tinieblas as Associate Producer
1974
Stayover in Tirol as Producer
1972
A Free Woman as Producer
1971
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach as Producer
1970
Baal as Producer

Writing

2022
The Forest Maker as Writer
2017
The Nameless Day as Writer
2017
Return to Montauk as Screenplay
2014
Diplomacy as Screenplay
2012
Calm at Sea as Writer
2000
The Legend of Rita as Screenplay
1996
The Ogre as Screenplay
1991
Voyager as Screenplay
1982
Krieg und Frieden as Writer
1981
Circle of Deceit as Writer
1980
The Candidate as Writer
1979
The Tin Drum as Screenplay
1978
Germany in Autumn as Screenplay
1977
Portrait of Valeska Gert as Writer
1976
Nouvelles d'Henry James as Writer
1976
Nouvelles d'Henry James as Adaptation
1975
Georginas Gründe as Writer
1975
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum as Screenplay
1974
Stayover in Tirol as Writer
1972
A Free Woman as Writer
1972
The Morals of Ruth Halbfass as Screenplay
1971
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach as Writer
1971
Rio das Mortes as Idea
1970
Baal as Screenplay
1969
Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel as Writer
1967
Der Paukenspieler as Writer
1967
A Degree of Murder as Writer
1966
Young Törless as Writer
1960
Who Cares... as Writer
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