Highest rated as cast or director
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.
Directed 47
2020s
- 2026
Visitation
Director
- 2022
The Forest Maker
Director
2010s
- 2017
The Nameless Day
Director
Return to Montauk
Director
- 2014
Henri Langlois vu par...
Director
- 2012
Calm at Sea
Director
2000s
- 2007
Ulzhan
Director
Strike
Director
- 2006
Billy Wilder Speaks
Director
- 2005
Enigma – Eine uneingestandene Liebe
Director
- 2004
- 2002
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
Director
The Enlightenment
Director
- 2000
The Legend of Rita
Director
1990s
- 1998
- 1996
The Ogre
Director
- 1992
Billy, How Did You Do It?
Director
Billy, How Did You Do It?
Director
- 1991
- 1990
1980s
- 1987
A Gathering of Old Men
Director
- 1985
Death of a Salesman
Director
- 1984
- 1982
War and Peace
Director
- 1981
- 1980
The Candidate
Director
1970s
- 1979
- 1978
Germany in Autumn
Director
- 1977
Portrait of Valeska Gert
Director
- 1976
Coup de Grâce
Director
- 1975
- 1972
The Morals of Ruth Halbfass
Director
- 1971
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach
Director
- 1970
Baal
Director
1960s
- 1969
Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel
Director
- 1967
Degree of Murder
Director
- 1966
Young Törless
Director
- 1965
- 1963
Méditerranée
Co-Director
- 1962
- 1961
Léon Morin, Priest
Assistant Director
- 1960
Who Cares...
Director
Wrote 25
2020s
- 2026
Visitation
Writer
- 2022
The Forest Maker
Writer
2010s
- 2017
The Nameless Day
Writer
Return to Montauk
Screenplay
- 2014
- 2012
Calm at Sea
Writer
2000s
- 2000
The Legend of Rita
Screenplay
1990s
- 1996
The Ogre
Screenplay
- 1991
1980s
- 1982
War and Peace
Writer
- 1981
- 1980
The Candidate
Writer
1970s
- 1979
- 1978
Germany in Autumn
Screenplay
- 1977
Portrait of Valeska Gert
Writer
- 1975
- 1972
The Morals of Ruth Halbfass
Screenplay
- 1971
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach
Writer
Rio das Mortes
Idea
- 1970
Baal
Screenplay
1960s
- 1969
Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel
Writer
- 1967
Degree of Murder
Writer
- 1966
Young Törless
Writer
- 1960
Who Cares...
Writer
Acted in 12
2020s
- 2026
Igor and After
Movie
- 2023
2010s
- 2011
Nuits transparentes
Movie
- 2010
Melville Steps Out of the Shadows
Interviewee
2000s
- 2007
Strike
Movie
1970s
- 1978
Cinématon
N°572
- 1971
Mathias Kneißl
Movie
- 1970
11 Uhr 20
Barkeepeer Henry · 3 episodes
1960s
- 1967
Neuer Deutscher Film Report
Movie
- 1964
Chance at Love
German soldier (segment "Chance du guerrier, La") (uncredited)
- 1962
- 1961
Léon Morin, Priest
German Soldier (uncredited)
Produced 9
2020s
- 2026
Visitation
Producer
- 2022
The Forest Maker
Producer
2010s
- 2017
Return to Montauk
Producer
2000s
- 2002
Everyman's Feast
Producer
1990s
- 1996
The Ice Princess
Executive Producer
1970s
- 1978
Beto Nervio contra el poder de las tinieblas
Associate Producer
- 1972
- 1971
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach
Producer
- 1970
Baal
Producer
Edited 2
2000s
- 2006
Billy Wilder Speaks
Editor
1960s
- 1960
Who Cares...
Editor
Appearances63
2020s
- 2025
Pan Olbrychski
Self
- 2024
Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit
Self
- 2023
- 2022
Alain Resnais, the Audacious
Self
Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
Self
Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion
Self
- 2021
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
Self
- 2020
Volker Schlöndorff: The Beat of the Drum
Self - Filmmaker
Last Year in Dachau
Self - Narrator (voice)
Melville, le dernier samouraï
Self
2010s
- 2019
Hollywood's Second World War
Self
- 2018
Sympathisanten - Unser deutscher Herbst
Self
- 2017
Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder
Self
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
Self
- 2016
Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another World
Self
- 2015
Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century
Self - Filmmaker
From Caligari to Hitler
Self - Filmmaker
Fassbinder
Self
- 2014
Henri Langlois vu par...
Self
- 2012
Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections
Self
- 2010
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Narrator (French version) (voice) (uncredited)
Michael Nyman in Progress
Self
Code Name: Melville
Self
2000s
- 2009
Unraveling the Enigma: The Making of Marienbad
Self
Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial
himself
- 2008
Malle's Fire Within
Self
- 2006
Billy Wilder Speaks
Self - Filmmaker / Interviewer
- 2005
Knef - Die frühen Jahre
Self
- 2004
Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands
Self (Interviewee)
- 2003
Un film et son époque
Self · 1 episode
- 2002
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
Self
- 2001
Volker Schlöndorff Remembers The Tin Drum
Self
- 2000
1990s
- 1999
- 1995
The Night of the Filmmakers
Self
- 1992
Billy, How Did You Do It?
Self · 6 episodes
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
Self
Billy, How Did You Do It?
Self
- 1991
Film Lesson
Self · 1 episode
1980s
- 1987
- 1986
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
Self - The Director
- 1985
Humor ist eine ernste Sache - Der Filmregisseur Kurt Hoffmann
Self
Hands Up!
Self (1981 footage)
- 1982
1970s
- 1979
- 1978
- 1976
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
Self
- 1975
De qui dépend que l’oppression demeure ?
Self
- 1974
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