
Volker Schlöndorff
Known for exceptional directing in global cinema.
Profession
Directing
Birthday
31 Mar 1939
Age
87 Years
Born In
Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
Total Projects
104
Years Active
75 Yrs
Avg Rating
6.9 ★
Overview
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...
Known For
Filmography

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Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm
Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm
as Self

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Pan Olbrychski
Pan Olbrychski
as Self

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Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit
Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit
as Self

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Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg
Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg
as Self

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The Stones and Brian Jones
The Stones and Brian Jones
as Self

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German Genius
German Genius
as Volker Schlöndorff

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Merkel
Merkel
as Self

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Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
as Self

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Alain Resnais, the Audacious
Alain Resnais, the Audacious
as Self

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Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
as Self

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Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion
Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion
as Self

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Studio 3 - Live aus Babelsberg
Studio 3 - Live aus Babelsberg
as Self

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A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
as Self

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Volker Schlöndorff: The Beat of the Drum
Volker Schlöndorff: The Beat of the Drum
as Self - Filmmaker

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Last Year in Dachau
Last Year in Dachau
as Self - Narrator (voice)

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Melville, le dernier samouraï
Melville, le dernier samouraï
as Self

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Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
as Self - Filmmaker

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Hollywood's Second World War
Hollywood's Second World War
as Self

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Fuck the Message
Fuck the Message
as Self

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Was tut sich - im deutschen Film?
Was tut sich - im deutschen Film?
as Himself

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Sympathisanten - Unser deutscher Herbst
Sympathisanten - Unser deutscher Herbst
as Self

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Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder
Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder
as Self

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Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
as Self

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Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another World
Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another World
as Self

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Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century
Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century
as Self - Filmmaker

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From Caligari to Hitler
From Caligari to Hitler
as Self - Filmmaker

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The Poet and the Filmmaker: Volker Schlöndorff on Baal
The Poet and the Filmmaker: Volker Schlöndorff on Baal
as Interviewer

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Fassbinder
Fassbinder
as Self

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Henri Langlois vu par...
Henri Langlois vu par...
as Self

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Bewegte Republik Deutschland
Bewegte Republik Deutschland
as Self

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Open Opera – Wer wird Carmen?
Open Opera – Wer wird Carmen?
as Self

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Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections
Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections
as Self

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Square
Square
as Self

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Günther Jauch
Günther Jauch
as Self

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Nuits transparentes
Nuits transparentes

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Was wurde aus...?
Was wurde aus...?
as himself

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Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
as Narrator (French version) (voice) (uncredited)

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Michael Nyman in Progress
Michael Nyman in Progress
as Self

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Museums-Check mit Markus Brock
Museums-Check mit Markus Brock
as Self

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Code Name: Melville
Code Name: Melville
as Self

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Westpol
Westpol
as self

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Memories of Last Year in Marienbad
Memories of Last Year in Marienbad
as Himself - Narrator

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Melville Steps Out of the Shadows
Melville Steps Out of the Shadows
as Interviewee

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Unraveling the Enigma: The Making of Marienbad
Unraveling the Enigma: The Making of Marienbad
as Self

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Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial
Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial
as himself

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Malle's Fire Within
Malle's Fire Within
as Self

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Filmmakers in Action
Filmmakers in Action
as Self

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Billy Wilder Speaks
Billy Wilder Speaks
as Self - Filmmaker / Interviewer

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Knef - Die frühen Jahre
Knef - Die frühen Jahre
as Self

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Gottschalk meets Petersen
Gottschalk meets Petersen
as Himself

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Who is Helene Schwarz?
Who is Helene Schwarz?
as Self

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Von Sex bis Simmel
Von Sex bis Simmel
as Self

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Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands
Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands
as Self (Interviewee)

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Die Verhoevens
Die Verhoevens
as Himself

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Un film et son époque
Un film et son époque
as Self

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Gero von Boehm begegnet...
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
as Self

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Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
as Self

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Ein Produzent hat Seele oder er hat keine
Ein Produzent hat Seele oder er hat keine
as Self

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Im Glashaus - Das philosophische Quartett
Im Glashaus - Das philosophische Quartett
as himself

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Volker Schlöndorff Remembers The Tin Drum
Volker Schlöndorff Remembers The Tin Drum
as Self

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Abendschau
Abendschau
as Self

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Abendschau
Abendschau
as self

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Schrott - Die Atzenposse
Schrott - Die Atzenposse

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maybrit illner
maybrit illner
as Self

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Volle Kanne
Volle Kanne
as Self

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Beckmann
Beckmann
as Self

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Alpha Forum
Alpha Forum
as Self

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Nachtstudio
Nachtstudio
as Self

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Im Dialog
Im Dialog
as self

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Die Harald Schmidt Show
Die Harald Schmidt Show
as Self

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The Night of the Filmmakers
The Night of the Filmmakers
as Self

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Billy, How Did You Do It?
Billy, How Did You Do It?
as Self

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Morgenmagazin
Morgenmagazin
as Self

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I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
as Self

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Billy, How Did You Do It?
Billy, How Did You Do It?
as Self

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Film Lesson
Film Lesson
as Self

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Zeil um Zehn
Zeil um Zehn
as Self

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Romy Award
Romy Award
as Self

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ZDF-Mittagsmagazin
ZDF-Mittagsmagazin
as Self

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Nachtcafé
Nachtcafé
as Self

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Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
as Self - The Director

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American Masters
American Masters
as Self

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Humor ist eine ernste Sache - Der Filmregisseur Kurt Hoffmann
Humor ist eine ernste Sache - Der Filmregisseur Kurt Hoffmann
as Self

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Hands Up!
Hands Up!
as Self (1981 footage)

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Goldene Kamera
Goldene Kamera
as Self

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Champs-Elysées
Champs-Elysées
as Self

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Bavarian Film Awards
Bavarian Film Awards
as Self

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NDR Talk Show
NDR Talk Show
as Self

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Cinématon
Cinématon
as N°572

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Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
as Self

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Kölner Treff
Kölner Treff
as Self

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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self

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De qui dépend que l’oppression demeure ?
De qui dépend que l’oppression demeure ?
as Self

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3 nach 9
3 nach 9
as Self

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Spécial cinéma
Spécial cinéma
as Self

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Je später der Abend
Je später der Abend
as Self

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Mathias Kneißl
Mathias Kneißl

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11 Uhr 20
11 Uhr 20
as Barkeepeer Henry

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Titel, Thesen, Temperamente
Titel, Thesen, Temperamente
as Self

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Neuer Deutscher Film Report
Neuer Deutscher Film Report

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Chance at Love
Chance at Love
as German soldier (segment "Chance du guerrier, La") (uncredited)

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Le Doulos
Le Doulos
as Man in Bar (uncredited)

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Léon Morin, Priest
Léon Morin, Priest
as German Soldier (uncredited)

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German Film Award
German Film Award
as Self