Volker Schlöndorff

Volker Schlöndorff

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

31/03/1939

Age

86 years old

Place of Birth

Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany

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 F... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2025

Pan Olbrychski

as Self

2022

Merkel

as Self

2020

Last Year in Dachau

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2019

Fuck the Message

as Self

2015

From Caligari to Hitler

as Self - Filmmaker

2015

Fassbinder

as Self

2010

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

as Narrator (French version) (voice) (uncre...

2010

Memories of Last Year in Marienbad

as Himself - Narrator

2006

Billy Wilder Speaks

as Self - Filmmaker / Interviewer

2003

Die Verhoevens

as Himself

1991

Film Hour

as Self

1985

Hands Up!

as Self (1981 footage)

1978

Cinématon

as N°572

1964

Chance at Love

as German soldier (segment "Chance du guerr...

1962

Le Doulos

as Man in Bar (uncredited)

1961

Léon Morin, Priest

as German Soldier (uncredited)

Crew

2022

The Forest Maker

as Director

2022

The Forest Maker

as Producer

2022

The Forest Maker

as Writer

2017

The Nameless Day

as Writer

2017

The Nameless Day

as Director

2017

Return to Montauk

as Producer

2017

Return to Montauk

as Director

2017

Return to Montauk

as Screenplay

2014

Diplomacy

as Director

2014

Diplomacy

as Screenplay

2012

Calm at Sea

as Director

2012

Calm at Sea

as Writer

2007

Ulzhan

as Director

2007

Strike

as Director

2006

Billy Wilder Speaks

as Editor

2006

Billy Wilder Speaks

as Director

2004

The Ninth Day

as Director

2002

The Enlightenment

as Director

2002

Everyman's Feast

as Producer

2000

The Legend of Rita

as Director

2000

The Legend of Rita

as Screenplay

1998

Palmetto

as Director

1996

The Ogre

as Director

1996

The Ogre

as Screenplay

1991

Voyager

as Director

1991

Voyager

as Screenplay

1990

The Handmaid's Tale

as Director

1987

A Gathering of Old Men

as Director

1985

Death of a Salesman

as Director

1984

Swann in Love

as Director

1982

War and Peace

as Director

1982

War and Peace

as Writer

1981

Circle of Deceit

as Director

1981

Circle of Deceit

as Writer

1980

The Candidate

as Director

1980

The Candidate

as Writer

1979

The Tin Drum

as Director

1979

The Tin Drum

as Screenplay

1978

Germany in Autumn

as Director

1978

Germany in Autumn

as Screenplay

1976

Coup de Grâce

as Director

1975

Georginas Gründe

as Director

1975

Georginas Gründe

as Writer

1974

Stayover in Tirol

as Director

1974

Stayover in Tirol

as Producer

1972

A Free Woman

as Producer

1967

Der Paukenspieler

as Director

1967

Der Paukenspieler

as Writer

1963

The Fire Within

as Assistant Director

1963

Méditerranée

as Co-Director

1974

Stayover in Tirol

as Writer

1972

A Free Woman

as Director

1972

A Free Woman

as Writer

1971

Rio das Mortes

as Idea

1970

Baal

as Director

1970

Baal

as Producer

1970

Baal

as Screenplay

1967

A Degree of Murder

as Director

1967

A Degree of Murder

as Writer

1966

Young Törless

as Writer

1966

Young Törless

as Director

1965

Viva Maria!

as Assistant Director

1962

Le Doulos

as First Assistant Director

1962

A Very Private Affair

as Assistant Director

1961

Léon Morin, Priest

as Assistant Director

1961

Last Year at Marienbad

as Second Assistant Director

1960

Who Cares...

as Director

1960

Who Cares...

as Writer

1960

Who Cares...

as Editor