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 c…
Known For
Last Year at Marienbad
Second Assistant Director
The Tin Drum
Director
Le Doulos
Man in Bar (uncredited)
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Narrator (French version) (voice) (uncredited)
The Fire Within
Assistant Director
Diplomacy
Director
Léon Morin, Priest
German Soldier (uncredited)
Death of a Salesman
Director
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Filmography
Acting (103)
Movies (62)
Pan Olbrychski
2025as Self
The Stones and Brian Jones
2024as Self
Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg
2024as Self
Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit
2024as Self
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
2022as Self
Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
2022as Self
Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion
2022as Self
Merkel
2022as Self
Alain Resnais, the Audacious
2022as Self
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
2021as Self
Melville, le dernier samouraï
2020as Self
Last Year in Dachau
2020as Self - Narrator (voice)
Volker Schlöndorff: The Beat of the Drum
2020as Self - Filmmaker
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
2019as Self - Filmmaker
Hollywood's Second World War
2019as Self
Fuck the Message
2019as Self
Sympathisanten - Unser deutscher Herbst
2018as Self
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
2017as Self
Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder
2017as Self
Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another World
2016as Self
Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century
2015as Self - Filmmaker
Fassbinder
2015as Self
From Caligari to Hitler
2015as Self - Filmmaker
The Poet and the Filmmaker: Volker Schlöndorff on Baal
2015as Interviewer
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014as Self
Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections
2012as Self
Nuits transparentes
2011
Michael Nyman in Progress
2010as Self
Code Name: Melville
2010as Self
Memories of Last Year in Marienbad
2010as Himself - Narrator
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
2010as Narrator (French version) (voice) (uncredited)
Melville Steps Out of the Shadows
2010as Interviewee
Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial
2009as himself
Unraveling the Enigma: The Making of Marienbad
2009as Self
Malle's Fire Within
2008as Self
Filmmakers in Action
2006as Self
Billy Wilder Speaks
2006as Self - Filmmaker / Interviewer
Von Sex bis Simmel
2005as Self
Who is Helene Schwarz?
2005as Self
Knef - Die frühen Jahre
2005as Self
Gottschalk meets Petersen
2005as Himself
Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands
2004as Self (Interviewee)
Die Verhoevens
2003as Himself
Ein Produzent hat Seele oder er hat keine
2002as Self
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
2002as Self
Volker Schlöndorff Remembers The Tin Drum
2001as Self
Schrott - Die Atzenposse
2000
The Night of the Filmmakers
1995as Self
Billy, How Did You Do It?
1992as Self
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
1992as Self
Film Hour
1991as Self
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
1986as Self - The Director
Hands Up!
1985as Self (1981 footage)
Humor ist eine ernste Sache - Der Filmregisseur Kurt Hoffmann
1985as Self
Cinématon
1978as N°572
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
1976as Self
De qui dépend que l’oppression demeure ?
1975as Self
Mathias Kneißl
1971
Neuer Deutscher Film Report
1967
Chance at Love
1964as German soldier (segment "Chance du guerrier, La") (uncredited)
Le Doulos
1962as Man in Bar (uncredited)
Léon Morin, Priest
1961as German Soldier (uncredited)
Television (41)
German Genius
2023as Volker Schlöndorff
Studio 3 - Live aus Babelsberg
2022as Self
Was tut sich - im deutschen Film?
2018as Himself
Bewegte Republik Deutschland
2014as Self
Square
2012as Self
Open Opera – Wer wird Carmen?
2012as Self
Günther Jauch
2011as Self
Was wurde aus...?
2011as himself
Westpol: Eins zu eins
2010as self
Museums-Check mit Markus Brock
2010as Self
Un film et son époque
2003as Self
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
2002as Self
Im Glashaus - Das philosophische Quartett
2002as himself
Abendschau
2000as self
Volle Kanne
1999as Self
maybrit illner
1999as Self
Beckmann
1999as Self
Alpha Forum
1998as Self
Im Dialog
1997as self
Nachtstudio
1997as Self
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995as Self
Morgenmagazin
1992as Self
Billy, How Did You Do It?
1992as Self
Film Lesson
1991as Self
Romy Award
1990as Self
Zeil um Zehn
1990as Self
ZDF-Mittagsmagazin
1989as Self
Nachtcafé
1987as Self
American Masters
1986as Self
Goldene Kamera
1984as Self
Champs-Elysées
1982as Self
NDR Talk Show
1979as Self
Bavarian Film Awards
1979as Self
Kölner Treff
1976as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975as Self
Spécial cinéma
1974as Self
3 nach 9
1974as Self
Je später der Abend
1973as Self
11 Uhr 20
1970as Barkeepeer Henry
Titel, Thesen, Temperamente
1967as Self
German Film Award
1951as Self
Crew (75)
Movies (71)
Visitation
2026 UpcomingDirector
Oct 15
Visitation
2026 UpcomingProducer
Oct 15
Visitation
2026 UpcomingWriter
Oct 15
The Forest Maker
2022Director
The Nameless Day
2017Writer
Return to Montauk
2017Producer
Diplomacy
2014Director
Diplomacy
2014Screenplay
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014Director
Calm at Sea
2012Director
Memories of Last Year in Marienbad
2010Producer
Ulzhan
2007Director
Strike
2007Director
Billy Wilder Speaks
2006Editor
Enigma – Eine uneingestandene Liebe
2005Director
The Ninth Day
2004Director
Ein Produzent hat Seele oder er hat keine
2002Director
Everyman's Feast
2002Producer
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
2002Director
The Enlightenment
2002Director
The Legend of Rita
2000Director
Palmetto
1998Director
The Ogre
1996Director
The Ogre
1996Screenplay
The Ice Princess
1996Executive Producer
The Michael Nyman Songbook
1992Director
Billy, How Did You Do It?
1992Director
Voyager
1991Director
The Handmaid's Tale
1990Director
A Gathering of Old Men
1987Director
Death of a Salesman
1985Director
Swann in Love
1984Director
War and Peace
1982Director
Circle of Deceit
1981Director
Circle of Deceit
1981Writer
The Candidate
1980Director
The Candidate
1980Writer
The Tin Drum
1979Director
The Tin Drum
1979Screenplay
Beto Nervio contra el poder de las tinieblas
1978Associate Producer
Germany in Autumn
1978Director
Germany in Autumn
1978Screenplay
Portrait of Valeska Gert
1977Director
Coup de Grâce
1976Director
Georginas Gründe
1975Director
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
1975Screenplay
Stayover in Tirol
1974Director
A Free Woman
1972Director
A Free Woman
1972Producer
A Free Woman
1972Writer
The Morals of Ruth Halbfass
1972Director
Rio das Mortes
1971Idea
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach
1971Writer
Baal
1970Director
Baal
1970Producer
Baal
1970Screenplay
Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel
1969Director
Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel
1969Writer
Der Paukenspieler
1967Director
Der Paukenspieler
1967Writer
Degree of Murder
1967Director
Young Törless
1966Writer
Viva Maria!
1965Assistant Director
Méditerranée
1963Co-Director
The Fire Within
1963Assistant Director
A Very Private Affair
1962Assistant Director
Le Doulos
1962First Assistant Director
Last Year at Marienbad
1961Second Assistant Director
Léon Morin, Priest
1961Assistant Director
Who Cares...
1960Writer
Love Me Again
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