Volker Schlöndorff
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
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.
Acting
(2025)
Pan Olbrychski
as Self
(2024)
The Stones and Brian Jones
as Self
(2024)
(2024)
(2022)
Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
as Volker Schlöndorff
(2022)
(2022)
(2022)
Merkel
as Self
(2022)
Alain Resnais, l'audacieux
as Self
(2021)
(2020)
(2020)
Volker Schlöndorff: The Beat of the Drum
as Self - Filmmaker
(2020)
Last Year in Dachau
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2019)
Hollywood's Second World War
as Self
(2019)
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
as Self - Filmmaker
(2019)
Fuck the Message
as Self
(2018)
(2017)
(2016)
(2015)
From Caligari to Hitler
as Self - Filmmaker
(2015)
Fassbinder
as Self
(2015)
Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century
as Self - Filmmaker
(2015)
The Poet and the Filmmaker: Volker Schlöndorff on Baal
as Interviewer
(2014)
Henri Langlois vu par...
as Self
(2011)
(2011)
(2010)
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
as Narrator (French version) (voice) (uncredited)
(2010)
Code Name: Melville
as Self
(2010)
Memories of Last Year in Marienbad
as Himself - Narrator
(2010)
Michael Nyman in Progress
as Self
(2010)
Melville Steps Out of the Shadows
as Interviewee
(2009)
(2009)
(2008)
Malle's Fire Within
as Self
(2006)
Billy Wilder Speaks
as Self - Filmmaker / Interviewer
(2006)
Filmmakers in Action
as Self
(2005)
Von Sex bis Simmel
as Self
(2005)
Who is Helene Schwarz?
as Self
(2005)
Gottschalk meets Petersen
as Himself
(2005)
Knef - Die frühen Jahre
as Self
(2004)
Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands
as Self (Interviewee)
(2003)
Die Verhoevens
as Himself
(2002)
(2002)
(2001)
(2000)
(1995)
The Night of the Filmmakers
as Self
(1992)
(1992)
Billy, How Did You Do It?
as Self
(1991)
Film Hour
as Self
(1986)
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
as Self - The Director
(1985)
(1985)
Hands Up!
as Self (1981 footage)
(1978)
Cinématon
as N°572
(1976)
(1975)
(1971)
(1967)
(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)
Crew
Love Me Again
Thanks
Heimsuchung
Writer, Director
(2022)
The Forest Maker
Director, Producer, Writer
(2017)
Return to Montauk
Producer, Director, Screenplay
(2017)
The Nameless Day
Writer, Director
(2014)
Diplomacy
Director, Screenplay
(2014)
Henri Langlois vu par...
Director
(2012)
Calm at Sea
Director, Writer
(2010)
Memories of Last Year in Marienbad
Producer, Editor
(2007)
Strike
Director
(2007)
Ulzhan
Director
(2006)
Billy Wilder Speaks
Editor, Director
(2005)
(2004)
The Ninth Day
Director
(2002)
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
Director
(2002)
The Enlightenment
Director
(2002)
(2002)
Everyman's Feast
Producer
(2000)
The Legend of Rita
Director, Screenplay
(1998)
Palmetto
Director
(1996)
The Ogre
Director, Screenplay
(1992)
Billy, How Did You Do It?
Director
(1992)
The Michael Nyman Songbook
Director
(1991)
Voyager
Director, Screenplay
(1990)
The Handmaid's Tale
Director
(1987)
A Gathering of Old Men
Director
(1985)
Death of a Salesman
Director
(1984)
Swann in Love
Director
(1982)
Krieg und Frieden
Writer, Director
(1981)
Circle of Deceit
Writer, Director
(1980)
The Candidate
Director, Writer
(1979)
The Tin Drum
Screenplay, Director
(1978)
Germany in Autumn
Screenplay, Director
(1978)
Beto Nervio contra el poder de las tinieblas
Associate Producer
(1977)
Portrait of Valeska Gert
Director, Writer
(1976)
Coup de Grâce
Director
(1975)
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
Screenplay, Director
(1975)
Georginas Gründe
Director, Writer
(1974)
Stayover in Tirol
Director, Writer, Producer
(1972)
A Free Woman
Writer, Director, Producer
(1972)
The Morals of Ruth Halbfass
Director, Screenplay
(1971)
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach
Director, Writer, Producer
(1971)
Rio das Mortes
Idea
(1970)
Baal
Director, Producer, Screenplay
(1969)
Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel
Director, Writer
(1967)
A Degree of Murder
Director, Writer
(1967)
Der Paukenspieler
Director, Writer
(1966)
Young Törless
Writer, Director
(1965)
Viva Maria!
Assistant Director
(1963)
Méditerranée
Co-Director
(1963)
The Fire Within
Assistant Director
(1962)
A Very Private Affair
Assistant Director
(1962)
Le Doulos
First Assistant Director
(1961)
Léon Morin, Priest
Assistant Director
(1961)
Last Year at Marienbad
Second Assistant Director
(1960)
Who Cares...
Writer, Director, Editor