Volker Schlöndorff

Born: 1939-03-31

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.


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Cave of Forgotten Dreams

as Narrator (French version) (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 2010-11-03

Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France,...

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Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg

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Released: 2024-05-03

An exploration of the life of Anita Pallenberg, European actress and rock ’n’ roll muse. Told in...

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The Stones and Brian Jones

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Released: 2024-04-25

A look at the relationships and rivalries within The Rolling Stones in their formative years, as...

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Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

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Released: 2022-10-27

With exclusive behind-the-scenes access into Herzog’s everyday life, rare archive material and...

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Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’

as Self - The Director
Released: 1986-06-23

Playwright Arthur Miller, director Volker Schlöndorff and actor Dustin Hoffman are seen creating...

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Léon Morin, Priest

as German Soldier (uncredited)
Released: 1961-09-22

The widow Barny lives in Nazi-occupied France, looking after her half-Jewish daughter in a small...

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Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power

as Self - Filmmaker
Released: 2019-11-07

The views and thoughts of Canadian writer Margaret Atwood have never been more relevant than...

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Cinématon

as N°572
Released: 1978-12-20

Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the...

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Merkel

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Released: 2022-11-24

Driven by extensive archive material and interviews with those who know her, this is the...

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The Night of the Filmmakers

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Released: 1995-02-12

A meditation on the first 100 years of German cinema, featuring an assembly of German filmmakers.

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Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

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Released: 2002-03-21

The films, affairs and struggles of the iconic star of The Blue Angel as told by Rosemary...

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From Caligari to Hitler

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Released: 2015-05-28

Film journalist and critic Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1919, when the Republic...

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Hands Up!

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Released: 1985-01-21

The reunion of a group of former medical students results in a flood of bitter memories.

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Henri Langlois vu par...

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Released: 2014-07-27

Thirteen filmmakers talk about Henri Langlois and their relationship with him.

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Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion

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Released: 2022-08-07

Austrian actress Romy Schneider (1938) and French actor Alain Delon (1935), once fervent lovers...

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Billy Wilder Speaks

as Self - Filmmaker / Interviewer
Released: 2006-06-22

In 1988, German filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff sat down with legendary director Billy Wilder...

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A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner

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Released: 2021-02-24

Born in Berlin in 1896, Lotte Eisner became famous for her passionate involvement in the world...

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Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors

as Volker Schlöndorff
Released: 2022-09-01

From the 1950s onwards, Erika and Ulrich Gregor brought countless film historical milestones to...

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Mathias Kneißl

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Released: 1971-05-27

Inspired by the real life events of Mathias Kneißl, a marginal man, son of poor farmers from...

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Chance at Love

as Un militaire allemand (segment "Chance du guerrier, La") (uncredited)
Released: 1964-10-30

Four sketches revolving around the themes of luck and love.

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Code Name: Melville

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Released: 2008-11-15

Mixing interviews, rare archival footage and film extracts, the film shows how Melville's works...

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Fassbinder

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Released: 2015-04-30

A film portrait of the influential Bavarian actor, director and screenwriter who publicly...

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Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema

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Released: 1976-12-02

BBC documentary about the rise of the New German Cinema and several of its most important figures.

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Who is Helene Schwarz?

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Released: 2005-02-13

Only the chosen few know this woman who started working as a secretary for the German Film and...

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Hollywood's Second World War

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Released: 2019-09-03

For the USA, World War 2 was an all-out war - to mobilize the masses, the US government launched...

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Billy, How Did You Do It?

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Released: 1992-01-25

An interview between Volker Schlöndorff and Billy Wilder.

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Malle's Fire Within

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Released: 2008-05-13

In these interviews, conducted in 2008, actor Alexandra Stewart and filmmakers Philippe Collin...

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I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me

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Released: 1992-06-11

A documentary about the life and work of director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

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Unraveling the Enigma: The Making of Marienbad

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Released: 2009-06-23

Interviews with Alain Resnais' collaborators about the making of Last Year at Marienbad,...

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Last Year in Dachau

as Self - Narrator (voice)
Released: 2020-07-10

Near Munich, in Bavaria, Germany, is the Schleißheim Palace, where French filmmaker Alain...

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Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial

as himself
Released: 2009-02-20

This documentary explores the creation of the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin as designed by...

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Filmmakers in Action

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Released: 2006-09-15

What is the state of cinema and what being a filmmaker means? What are the measures taken to...

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Neuer Deutscher Film Report

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Released: 1967-01-01

Interview film with the protagonists of the New German Cinema in 1966.

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Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder

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Released: 2017-10-28

A funny walk through the life story of Billy Wilder (1906-2002), a cinematic genius; a portrait...

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Film Lesson

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Released: 1991-12-20

Werner Herzog interviews guests on the art of filmmaking.

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Sympathisanten - Unser deutscher Herbst

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Released: 2018-05-24

West Germany in the 1970s. Many artists, journalists and intellectuals were branded as...

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Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century

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Released: 2015-10-17

An unparalleled portrait of Arthur Miller (1915-2005), a major writer who left an indelible mark...

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Melville, le dernier samouraï

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Released: 2020-03-29

Like nobody else Jean-Pierre Melville influenced modern filmmaking. This documentary follows his...

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Nuits transparentes

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Released: 2011-04-14

Strolling through France (Roanne, Nice and Carcassonne) with some excursions abroad (Munich,...

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Michael Nyman in Progress

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Released: 2010-10-08

Featuring unprecedented access to Michael Nyman's working life, this film shows one of the great...

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Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another World

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Released: 2016-11-25

Documentary of German electronic musical group Tangerine Dream.

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Volker Schlöndorff: The Beat of the Drum

as Self - Filmmaker
Released: 2020-08-27

The life and work of the brilliant German filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff, a cross-border artist...

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Volker Schlöndorff Remembers The Tin Drum

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Released: 2001-11-13

A documentary-montage of sketches, photos, storyboards, and film excerpts that is accompanied...

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Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands

as Self (Interviewee)
Released: 2004-04-28

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Knef - Die frühen Jahre

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Released: 2005-11-25

A documentary about the life of the actress Hildegard Knef.

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Die Harald Schmidt Show

as Self
First aired: 1995-12-05

The Harald Schmidt Show is a German late night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian...

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Beckmann

as Self
First aired: 1999-01-25

Reinhold Beckmann hosts a weekly talk show.

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NDR Talk Show

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First aired: 1979-02-09

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Nachtcafé

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First aired: 1987-02-14

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Champs-Elysées

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First aired: 1982-01-16

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Kölner Treff

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First aired: 1976-01-25

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Maybrit Illner

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First aired: 1999-10-21

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Spécial cinéma

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First aired: 1974-09-25

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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

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First aired: 1975-01-12

A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

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American Masters

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First aired: 1986-06-23

American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers,...

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German Genius

as Volker Schlöndorff
First aired: 2023-05-23

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Un film et son époque

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First aired: 2003-05-17

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Billy, How Did You Do It?

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First aired: 1992-08-08

Director Billy Wilder is interviewed by German critic Hellmut Karasek and director Volker...

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