Volker Schlöndorff
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- March 31, 1939
- Birthplace
- Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
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.
Filmography
- Afrika
Afrika TBA
Director, Writer
Love Me Again TBA
Thanks
- Ulrich Matthes - Leidenschaft und Haltung
Ulrich Matthes - Leidenschaft und Haltung TBA
as Self
Visitation 2026
Writer, Director, Producer
Igor and After 2026
Actor
Pan Olbrychski 2025
as Self
Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit 2024
as Self
Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg 2024
as Self
The Stones and Brian Jones 2023
as Self
Merkel 2022
as Self
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer 2022
as Self
Alain Resnais, the Audacious 2022
as Self
Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors 2022
as Self
Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion 2022
as Self
The Forest Maker 2022
Director, Producer, Writer
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner 2021
as Self
Volker Schlöndorff: The Beat of the Drum 2020
as Self - Filmmaker
Last Year in Dachau 2020
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Melville, le dernier samouraï 2020
as Self
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power 2019
as Self - Filmmaker
Hollywood's Second World War 2019
as Self
- Fuck the Message
Fuck the Message 2019
as Self
Sympathisanten - Unser deutscher Herbst 2018
as Self
Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder 2017
as Self
The Nameless Day 2017
Writer, Director
Return to Montauk 2017
Producer, Director, Screenplay
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life 2017
as Self
Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another World 2016
as Self
Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century 2015
as Self - Filmmaker
From Caligari to Hitler 2015
as Self - Filmmaker
- The Poet and the Filmmaker: Volker Schlöndorff on Baal
The Poet and the Filmmaker: Volker Schlöndorff on Baal 2015
as Interviewer
Fassbinder 2015
as Self
Henri Langlois vu par... 2014
as Self, Director
Diplomacy 2014
Director, Screenplay
Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections 2012
as Self
Calm at Sea 2012
Director, Writer
Nuits transparentes 2011
Actor
Cave of Forgotten Dreams 2010
as Narrator (French version) (voice) (uncredited)
Michael Nyman in Progress 2010
as Self
Code Name: Melville 2010
as Self
Melville Steps Out of the Shadows 2010
as Interviewee
- Memories of Last Year in Marienbad
Memories of Last Year in Marienbad 2010
as Himself - Narrator, Producer, Editor
Unraveling the Enigma: The Making of Marienbad 2009
as Self
Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial 2009
as himself
Malle's Fire Within 2008
as Self
Ulzhan 2007
Director
Strike 2007
Actor, Director
Filmmakers in Action 2006
as Self
Billy Wilder Speaks 2006
as Self - Filmmaker / Interviewer, Editor, Director
Knef - Die frühen Jahre 2005
as Self
Enigma – Eine uneingestandene Liebe 2005
Director
- Gottschalk meets Petersen
Gottschalk meets Petersen 2005
as Himself
- Who is Helene Schwarz?
Who is Helene Schwarz? 2005
as Self
- Von Sex bis Simmel
Von Sex bis Simmel 2005
as Self
The Ninth Day 2004
Director
Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands 2004
as Self (Interviewee)
- Die Verhoevens
Die Verhoevens 2003
as Himself
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello 2002
Director
The Enlightenment 2002
Director
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song 2002
as Self
- Ein Produzent hat Seele oder er hat keine
Ein Produzent hat Seele oder er hat keine 2002
as Self, Director
Everyman's Feast 2002
Producer
Volker Schlöndorff Remembers The Tin Drum 2001
as Self
The Legend of Rita 2000
Director, Screenplay
- Schrott - Die Atzenposse
Schrott - Die Atzenposse 2000
Actor
Palmetto 1998
Director
The Ice Princess 1996
Executive Producer
The Ogre 1996
Director, Screenplay
The Night of the Filmmakers 1995
as Self
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me 1992
as Self
- The Michael Nyman Songbook
The Michael Nyman Songbook 1992
Director
Billy, How Did You Do It? 1992
as Self, Director
Voyager 1991
Director, Screenplay
The Handmaid's Tale 1990
Director
A Gathering of Old Men 1987
Director
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ 1986
as Self - The Director
Humor ist eine ernste Sache - Der Filmregisseur Kurt Hoffmann 1985
as Self
Death of a Salesman 1985
Director
Hands Up! 1985
as Self (1981 footage)
Swann in Love 1984
Director
War and Peace 1982
Director, Writer
Circle of Deceit 1981
Director, Writer
The Candidate 1980
Director, Writer
The Tin Drum 1979
Director, Screenplay
Cinématon 1978
as N°572
Germany in Autumn 1978
Director, Screenplay
Beto Nervio contra el poder de las tinieblas 1978
Associate Producer
Portrait of Valeska Gert 1977
Director, Writer
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema 1976
as Self
Coup de Grâce 1976
Director
- Georginas Gründe
Georginas Gründe 1975
Director, Writer
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum 1975
Director, Screenplay
De qui dépend que l’oppression demeure ? 1975
as Self
- Stayover in Tirol
Stayover in Tirol 1974
Director, Writer, Producer
A Free Woman 1972
Director, Writer, Producer
The Morals of Ruth Halbfass 1972
Director, Screenplay
Mathias Kneißl 1971
Actor
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach 1971
Director, Writer, Producer
Rio das Mortes 1971
Idea
Baal 1970
Director, Producer, Screenplay
Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel 1969
Director, Writer
- Der Paukenspieler
Der Paukenspieler 1967
Director, Writer
Degree of Murder 1967
Director, Writer
Neuer Deutscher Film Report 1967
Actor
Young Törless 1966
Writer, Director
Viva Maria! 1965
Assistant Director
Chance at Love 1964
as German soldier (segment "Chance du guerrier, La") (uncredited)
The Fire Within 1963
Assistant Director
Méditerranée 1963
Co-Director
Le Doulos 1962
as Man in Bar (uncredited), First Assistant Director
A Very Private Affair 1962
Assistant Director
Last Year at Marienbad 1961
Second Assistant Director
Léon Morin, Priest 1961
as German Soldier (uncredited), Assistant Director
Who Cares... 1960
Director, Writer, Editor
Credits from TMDB.