Volker Schlöndorff
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing53
movieVisitation
2026
Director
movieThe Forest Maker
2022
Director
movieThe Nameless Day
2017
Director
movieReturn to Montauk
2017
Director
movieDiplomacy
2014
Director
movieCalm at Sea
2012
Director
movieUlzhan
2007
Director
movieStrike
2007
Director
movieBilly Wilder Speaks
2006
Director
movieThe Ninth Day
2004
Director
movieThe Enlightenment
2002
Director
movieThe Legend of Rita
2000
Director
moviePalmetto
1998
Director
movieThe Ogre
1996
Director
tvBilly, How Did You Do It?
1992
Director
movieVoyager
1991
Director
movieThe Handmaid's Tale
1990
Director
movieA Gathering of Old Men
1987
Director
movieDeath of a Salesman
1985
Director
movieSwann in Love
1984
Director
movieWar and Peace
1982
Director
movieCircle of Deceit
1981
Director
movieThe Candidate
1980
Director
movieThe Tin Drum
1979
Director
movieGermany in Autumn
1978
Director
movieCoup de Grâce
1976
Director
movieA Free Woman
1972
Director
movieBaal
1970
Director
movieDegree of Murder
1967
Director
movieYoung Törless
1966
Director
movieViva Maria!
1965
Assistant Director
movieThe Fire Within
1963
Assistant Director
movieMéditerranée
1963
Co-Director
movieLe Doulos
1962
First Assistant Director
movieA Very Private Affair
1962
Assistant Director
movieLast Year at Marienbad
1961
Second Assistant Director
movieLéon Morin, Priest
1961
Assistant Director
movieWho Cares...
1960
Director
Acting105
tvGerman Genius
2023
Volker Schlöndorff
movieMerkel
2022
Self
movieVolker Schlöndorff: The Beat of the Drum
2020
Self - Filmmaker
movieLast Year in Dachau
2020
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieArthur Miller: A Man of His Century
2015
Self - Filmmaker
movieFrom Caligari to Hitler
2015
Self - Filmmaker
tvSquare
2012
Self
movieCave of Forgotten Dreams
2010
Narrator (French version) (voice) (uncredited)
movieMelville Steps Out of the Shadows
2010
Interviewee
movieBilly Wilder Speaks
2006
Self - Filmmaker / Interviewer
movieFritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands
2004
Self (Interviewee)
tvAbendschau
2000
Self / self
tvBeckmann
1999
Self
tvNachtcafé
1987
Self
moviePrivate Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
1986
Self - The Director
movieHands Up!
1985
Self (1981 footage)
movieCinématon
1978
N°572
tv11 Uhr 20
1970
Barkeepeer Henry
movieChance at Love
1964
German soldier (segment "Chance du guerrier, La") (uncredited)
movieLe Doulos
1962
Man in Bar (uncredited)
movieLéon Morin, Priest
1961
German Soldier (uncredited)
Writing29
movieVisitation
2026
Writer
movieReturn to Montauk
2017
Screenplay
movieDiplomacy
2014
Screenplay
movieCalm at Sea
2012
Writer
movieThe Legend of Rita
2000
Screenplay
movieThe Ogre
1996
Screenplay
movieVoyager
1991
Screenplay
movieWar and Peace
1982
Writer
movieThe Candidate
1980
Writer
movieThe Tin Drum
1979
Screenplay
movieGermany in Autumn
1978
Screenplay
Henry James Stories
1976
Adaptation, Scenario Writer
movieA Free Woman
1972
Writer
movieThe Morals of Ruth Halbfass
1972
Screenplay
movieBaal
1970
Screenplay
movieYoung Törless
1966
Writer
movieWho Cares...
1960
Writer
Production11
movieVisitation
2026
Producer
movieThe Forest Maker
2022
Producer
movieReturn to Montauk
2017
Producer
movieEveryman's Feast
2002
Producer
movieThe Ice Princess
1996
Executive Producer
movieBeto Nervio contra el poder de las tinieblas
1978
Associate Producer
movieA Free Woman
1972
Producer
movieBaal
1970
Producer
Editing3
Crew1
movieLove Me Again
Thanks