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Volker Schlöndorff

Volker Schlöndorff

Known For Directing
Birthday Mar 31, 1939 (86)
Birthplace Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 08, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 F ... ilm 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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Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

2010

as Narrator (French version) (voice) (uncredited)

Billy Wilder Speaks

Billy Wilder Speaks

2006

Editor

The Tin Drum

The Tin Drum

1979

Screenplay

Billy Wilder Speaks

Billy Wilder Speaks

2006

Director

Palmetto

Palmetto

1998

Director

The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale

1990

Director

A Gathering of Old Men

A Gathering of Old Men

1987

Director

Death of a Salesman

Death of a Salesman

1985

Director

The Tin Drum

The Tin Drum

1979

Director

Organization Category Movie
Golden Globes Best International Feature The Tin Drum Nominated
Television Credits

11 Uhr 20

as Barkeepeer Henry

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 08, 1970

German Genius

as Volker Schlöndorff

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 23, 2023

Open Opera – Wer wird Carmen?

as Self

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Aug 12, 2012

Billy, How Did You Do It?

as Self

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Aug 08, 1992

Bewegte Republik Deutschland

as Self

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Jan 01, 2014

Deutscher Filmpreis

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 01, 1951

Spécial cinéma

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 25, 1974

Studio 3 – Live aus Babelsberg

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 03, 2022

NDR Talk Show

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 09, 1979

Nachtstudio

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 03, 1997

Titel, Thesen, Temperamente

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Dec 04, 1967

Un film et son époque

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 17, 2003

ZDF-Mittagsmagazin

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1989

American Masters

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 23, 1986

Die Harald Schmidt Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 05, 1995

Günther Jauch

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 11, 2011

Museums-Check mit Markus Brock

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 30, 2010

Goldene Kamera Verleihung

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 25, 1966

Romy Award

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1990

Bayerischer Filmpreis

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 01, 1979

Was tut sich - im deutschen Film?

as Himself

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 04, 2018

Volle Kanne

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 30, 1999

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 12, 1975

Square

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 08, 2012

Kölner Treff

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 25, 1976

Champs-Elysées

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 16, 1982

Nachtcafé

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 14, 1987

maybrit illner

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 21, 1999

Alpha Forum

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 07, 1998

3 nach 9

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 19, 1974

Beckmann

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 25, 1999

Je später der Abend

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 18, 1973

Gero von Boehm begegnet...

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 09, 2002

Im Glashaus - Das philosophische Quartett

as himself

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 20, 2002

Was wurde aus...?

as himself

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 02, 2011

Zeil um Zehn

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 02, 1990

Abendschau

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 04, 2000

Abendschau

as self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 04, 2000

Im Dialog

as self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 17, 1997

Westpol: Eins zu eins

as self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 20, 2010

Morgenmagazin

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 19, 1992

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