Volker Schlöndorff
Born March 31, 1939 (Age: 87)
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Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
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.
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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Filmography
The Stones and Brian Jones
2024
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as Self
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Age: 85
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
2022
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as Self
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Age: 83
Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections
2012
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as Self
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Age: 73
Nuits transparentes
2011
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as
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Age: 72
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
2010
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as Narrator (French version) (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 71
Melville Steps Out of the Shadows
2010
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as Interviewee
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Age: 70
Unraveling the Enigma: The Making of Marienbad
2009
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as Self
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Age: 70
Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial
2009
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as himself
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Age: 69
Knef - Die frühen Jahre
2005
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as Self
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Age: 66
No Image
Gottschalk meets Petersen
2005
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as Himself
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Age: 66
No Image
Who is Helene Schwarz?
2005
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as Self
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Age: 65
No Image
Von Sex bis Simmel
2005
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as Self
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Age: 65
Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands
2004
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as Self (Interviewee)
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Age: 65
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
2002
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as Self
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Age: 62
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Ein Produzent hat Seele oder er hat keine
2002
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as Self
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Age: 62
No Image
Schrott - Die Atzenposse
2000
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as
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Age: 60
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
1992
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as Self
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Age: 53
Billy, How Did You Do It?
1992
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as Self
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Age: 52
Humor ist eine ernste Sache - Der Filmregisseur Kurt Hoffmann
1985
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as Self
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Age: 46
Hands Up!
1985
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as Self (1981 footage)
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Age: 45
Cinématon
1978
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as N°572
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Age: 39
De qui dépend que l’oppression demeure ?
1975
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as Self
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Age: 35
Chance at Love
1964
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as German soldier (segment "Chance du guerrier, La") (uncredited)
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Age: 25
Le Doulos
1962
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as Man in Bar (uncredited)
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Age: 23
Léon Morin, Priest
1961
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as German Soldier (uncredited)
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Age: 22