Volker Schlöndorff

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

104

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.

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    NDR Talk Show

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    maybrit illner

  • Die Harald Schmidt Show

    Die Harald Schmidt Show

  • Champs-Elysées

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    Abendschau

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    Abendschau

  • Kölner Treff

    Kölner Treff

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    Nachtcafé

  • Volle Kanne

    Volle Kanne

  • Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

  • Morgenmagazin

    Morgenmagazin

  • 3 nach 9

    3 nach 9

  • American Masters

    American Masters

  • Goldene Kamera

    Goldene Kamera

  • Beckmann

    Beckmann

  • Romy Award

    Romy Award

  • ZDF-Mittagsmagazin

    ZDF-Mittagsmagazin

  • Fassbinder

    Fassbinder

  • Bavarian Film Awards

    Bavarian Film Awards

  • Mathias Kneißl

    Mathias Kneißl

  • German Film Award

    German Film Award

  • Alpha Forum

    Alpha Forum

  • Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

    Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

  • Knef - Die frühen Jahre

    Knef - Die frühen Jahre

  • Filmmakers in Action

    Filmmakers in Action

  • Henri Langlois vu par...

    Henri Langlois vu par...

  • Square

    Square

  • Im Dialog

    Im Dialog

  • Alain Resnais, the Audacious

    Alain Resnais, the Audacious

  • Nachtstudio

    Nachtstudio

  • Léon Morin, Priest

    Léon Morin, Priest

  • Westpol: Eins zu eins

    Westpol: Eins zu eins

  • Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

    Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

  • Hollywood's Second World War

    Hollywood's Second World War

  • Gero von Boehm begegnet...

    Gero von Boehm begegnet...

  • Titel, Thesen, Temperamente

    Titel, Thesen, Temperamente

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    Pan Olbrychski

  • Malle's Fire Within

    Malle's Fire Within

  • Sympathisanten - Unser deutscher Herbst

    Sympathisanten - Unser deutscher Herbst

  • Je später der Abend

    Je später der Abend

  • Un film et son époque

    Un film et son époque

  • Zeil um Zehn

    Zeil um Zehn

  • Günther Jauch

    Günther Jauch

  • German Genius

    German Genius

  • Billy, How Did You Do It?

    Billy, How Did You Do It?

  • Studio 3 - Live aus Babelsberg

    Studio 3 - Live aus Babelsberg

  • Cave of Forgotten Dreams

    Cave of Forgotten Dreams

  • Le Doulos

    Le Doulos

  • Museums-Check mit Markus Brock

    Museums-Check mit Markus Brock

  • Film Hour

    Film Hour

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    Was wurde aus...?

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    Im Glashaus - Das philosophische Quartett

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    Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power

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    11 Uhr 20

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    Film Lesson

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

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

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    Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion

  • Chance at Love

    Chance at Love

  • Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg

    Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg

  • Cinématon

    Cinématon

  • Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema

    Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema

  • Hands Up!

    Hands Up!

  • Was tut sich - im deutschen Film?

    Was tut sich - im deutschen Film?

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    Die Verhoevens

  • Merkel

    Merkel

  • Bewegte Republik Deutschland

    Bewegte Republik Deutschland

  • I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me

    I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me

  • Von Sex bis Simmel

    Von Sex bis Simmel

  • Code Name: Melville

    Code Name: Melville

  • The Night of the Filmmakers

    The Night of the Filmmakers

  • A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner

    A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner

  • Billy, How Did You Do It?

    Billy, How Did You Do It?

  • Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’

    Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’

  • Billy Wilder Speaks

    Billy Wilder Speaks

  • Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century

    Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century

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    Unraveling the Enigma: The Making of Marienbad

  • Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors

    Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors

  • Neuer Deutscher Film Report

    Neuer Deutscher Film Report

  • Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another World

    Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another World

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    Melville, le dernier samouraï

  • Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections

    Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections

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    Gottschalk meets Petersen

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    Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands

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    Who is Helene Schwarz?

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    The Stones and Brian Jones

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    From Caligari to Hitler

  • Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder

    Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder

  • Last Year in Dachau

    Last Year in Dachau

  • Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial

    Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial

  • Volker Schlöndorff Remembers The Tin Drum

    Volker Schlöndorff Remembers The Tin Drum

  • The Poet and the Filmmaker: Volker Schlöndorff on Baal

    The Poet and the Filmmaker: Volker Schlöndorff on Baal

  • Humor ist eine ernste Sache - Der Filmregisseur Kurt Hoffmann

    Humor ist eine ernste Sache - Der Filmregisseur Kurt Hoffmann

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    Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit

  • De qui dépend que l’oppression demeure ?

    De qui dépend que l’oppression demeure ?

  • Volker Schlöndorff: The Beat of the Drum

    Volker Schlöndorff: The Beat of the Drum

  • Open Opera – Wer wird Carmen?

    Open Opera – Wer wird Carmen?

  • Schrott - Die Atzenposse

    Schrott - Die Atzenposse

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    Melville Steps Out of the Shadows

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    Nuits transparentes

  • Memories of Last Year in Marienbad

    Memories of Last Year in Marienbad

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    Ein Produzent hat Seele oder er hat keine

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    Michael Nyman in Progress

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    Fuck the Message