Volker Schlöndorff
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.
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
as Narrator (French version) (voice) (uncredited)Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France,...
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Léon Morin, Priest
as German Soldier (uncredited)The widow Barny lives in Nazi-occupied France, looking after her half-Jewish daughter in a small...
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Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg
as SelfAn exploration of the life of Anita Pallenberg, European actress and rock ’n’ roll muse. Told in...
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Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
as Self - FilmmakerThe views and thoughts of Canadian writer Margaret Atwood have never been more relevant than...
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From Caligari to Hitler
as Self - FilmmakerFilm journalist and critic Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1919, when the Republic...
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Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
as SelfWith exclusive behind-the-scenes access into Herzog’s everyday life, rare archive material and...
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Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion
as SelfAustrian actress Romy Schneider (1938) and French actor Alain Delon (1935), once fervent lovers...
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Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
as SelfThe films, affairs and struggles of the iconic star of The Blue Angel as told by Rosemary...
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The Stones and Brian Jones
as SelfA look at the relationships and rivalries within The Rolling Stones in their formative years, as...
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Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
as Volker SchlöndorffFrom the 1950s onwards, Erika and Ulrich Gregor brought countless film historical milestones to...
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Merkel
as SelfDriven by extensive archive material and interviews with those who know her, this is the...
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Neuer Deutscher Film Report
as uncreditedInterview film with the protagonists of the New German Cinema in 1966.
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A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
as SelfBorn in Berlin in 1896, Lotte Eisner became famous for her passionate involvement in the world...
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Cinématon
as N°572Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the...
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Billy, How Did You Do It?
as SelfAn interview between Volker Schlöndorff and Billy Wilder.
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I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
as SelfA documentary about the life and work of director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
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Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder
as SelfA funny walk through the life story of Billy Wilder (1906-2002), a cinematic genius; a portrait...
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Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial
as himselfThis documentary explores the creation of the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin as designed by...
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Code Name: Melville
as SelfMixing interviews, rare archival footage and film extracts, the film shows how Melville's works...
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Henri Langlois vu par...
as SelfThirteen filmmakers talk about Henri Langlois and their relationship with him.
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Hollywood's Second World War
as SelfFor the USA, World War 2 was an all-out war - to mobilize the masses, the US government launched...
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Billy Wilder Speaks
as Self - Filmmaker / InterviewerIn 1988, German filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff sat down with legendary director Billy Wilder...
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Hands Up!
as Self (1981 footage)The reunion of a group of former medical students results in a flood of bitter memories.
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Sympathisanten - Unser deutscher Herbst
as SelfWest Germany in the 1970s. Many artists, journalists and intellectuals were branded as...
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Chance at Love
as German soldier (segment "Chance du guerrier, La") (uncredited)Four sketches revolving around the themes of luck and love.
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Mathias Kneißl
as uncreditedInspired by the real life events of Mathias Kneißl, a marginal man, son of poor farmers from...
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Malle's Fire Within
as SelfIn these interviews, conducted in 2008, actor Alexandra Stewart and filmmakers Philippe Collin...
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The Night of the Filmmakers
as SelfA meditation on the first 100 years of German cinema, featuring an assembly of German filmmakers.
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Last Year in Dachau
as Self - Narrator (voice)Near Munich, in Bavaria, Germany, is the Schleißheim Palace, where French filmmaker Alain...
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Melville, le dernier samouraï
as SelfLike nobody else Jean-Pierre Melville influenced modern filmmaking. This documentary follows his...
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Filmmakers in Action
as SelfWhat is the state of cinema and what being a filmmaker means? What are the measures taken to...
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Michael Nyman in Progress
as SelfFeaturing unprecedented access to Michael Nyman's working life, this film shows one of the great...
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Fassbinder
as SelfA film portrait of the influential Bavarian actor, director and screenwriter who publicly...
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Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
as Self - The DirectorPlaywright Arthur Miller, director Volker Schlöndorff and actor Dustin Hoffman are seen creating...
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Melville Steps Out of the Shadows
as IntervieweeA documentary about the making of Jean-Pierre Melville's 1949 film "Le silence de la mer"
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Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century
as Self - FilmmakerAn unparalleled portrait of Arthur Miller (1915-2005), a major writer who left an indelible mark...
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Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands
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Nuits transparentes
as uncreditedStrolling through France (Roanne, Nice and Carcassonne) with some excursions abroad (Munich,...
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Unraveling the Enigma: The Making of Marienbad
as SelfInterviews with Alain Resnais' collaborators about the making of Last Year at Marienbad,...
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Volker Schlöndorff: The Beat of the Drum
as Self - FilmmakerThe life and work of the brilliant German filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff, a cross-border artist...
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Film Lesson
as SelfWerner Herzog interviews guests on the art of filmmaking.
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Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another World
as SelfDocumentary of German electronic musical group Tangerine Dream.
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Humor ist eine ernste Sache - Der Filmregisseur Kurt Hoffmann
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Who is Helene Schwarz?
as SelfOnly the chosen few know this woman who started working as a secretary for the German Film and...
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Volker Schlöndorff Remembers The Tin Drum
as SelfA documentary-montage of sketches, photos, storyboards, and film excerpts that is accompanied...
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Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
as SelfBBC documentary about the rise of the New German Cinema and several of its most important figures.
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Knef - Die frühen Jahre
as SelfA documentary about the life of the actress Hildegard Knef.
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Abendschau
as SelfThe Berliner Abendschau is the news magazine for Berlin.
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Abendschau
as selfThe Berliner Abendschau is the news magazine for Berlin.
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Die Harald Schmidt Show
as SelfThe Harald Schmidt Show is a German late night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian...
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as SelfA talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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American Masters
as SelfAmerican Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers,...
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Billy, How Did You Do It?
as SelfDirector Billy Wilder is interviewed by German critic Hellmut Karasek and director Volker...
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