Volker Schlöndorff

Director, Writer, Producer

Birthplace: Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany

Has studied economy and political sciences as well as at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinematographique (IDHEC) in Paris, France. Worked as an assistant director with Louis Malle, Jean-Pierre Melville and Alain Resnais. Founded his own production company Bioskop Film together with Reinhard Hauff and Eberhard Junkersdorf in 1973. Has directed several operas in Frankfurt a/M, Berlin (Germany) and Paris, France. Since 1992 chief executive of the german production company Sudio Babelsberg GmbH (former UFA/DEFA).

Known For

The Tin Drum
The Tin Drum

(1979)

Young Törless
Young Törless

(1966)

Calm at Sea
Calm at Sea

(2011)

Diplomacy
Diplomacy

(2014)

Volker Schlöndorff Movies

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  • 2024 |
    Peter Lorre - Hinter der Maske des Bösen
  • 2024 |

    Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg

    asSelf - Director, A Degree of Murder
  • 2021 |
    Der Waldmacher
  • 2021 |
    Zeitzeugengespräch
  • 2020 |
    Friedemann Vogel - Verkörperung des Tanzes
  • 2018 |
    Sympathisanten: Unser Deutscher Herbst
  • 2017 |
    Der namenlose Tag
  • 2017 |
    Return to Montauk
  • 2016 |
    Töne bedeuten mir mehr als Worte - Klaus Doldinger
  • 2015 |
    Le Poête et le Cinéaste: Volker Schlöndorff à propos de 'Baal'
  • 2014 |
    From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses
  • 2014 |
    Diplomacy
  • 2011 |
    Calm at Sea
  • 2011 |

    Cave of Forgotten Dreams

    asSelf - Narrator (French version)
  • 2010 |
    Babelsberg d'est en ouest
  • 2010 |
    Michael Nyman in Progress
  • 2010 |
    Souvenirs d'une année à Marienbad
  • 2010 |
    Wiesbaden - Kaleidoskop einer Stadt
  • 2007 |
    Ulzhan
  • 2004 |
    The Ninth Day
  • 2000 |
    Never Stop Beginning - The UFA-Star Carola Höhn
  • 2000 |
    Schrott - Die Atzenposse
  • 2000 |
    The Legend of Rita
  • 1996 |
    The Ogre
  • 1998 |
    Palmetto
  • 1992 |
    The Michael Nyman Songbook
  • 1991 |
    Voyager
  • 1990 |
    The Handmaid's Tale
  • 1985 |
    Nuits Transparentes (Carnet Filmé: 1er janvier 1985 - 31 décembre 1985)
  • 1984 |
    Swann in Love
  • 1981 |
    Circle of Deceit
  • 1981 |
    Hands Up!
  • 1980 |
    The Candidate
  • 1979 |
    The Tin Drum
  • 1977 |
    Portrait of Valeska Gert
  • 1976 |
    Coup de Grâce
  • 1975 |
    The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
  • 1972 |
    A Free Woman
  • 1972 |
    The Morals of Ruth Halbfass
  • 1971 |
    Der Paukenspieler
  • 1971 |
    Der plötzliche Reichtum der armen Leute von Kombach
  • 1969 |
    Man on Horseback
  • 1967 |
    A Degree of Murder
  • 1966 |
    Young Törless

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  • 2020 |

    Strike

  • 2019 |

    War and Peace