Volker Schlöndorff profile
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Volker Schlöndorff

31st March 1939 Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany 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.

53 Movies 20 TV Shows 108 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Merkel poster
Merkel 24th November 2022 as Self
Hands Up! poster
Hands Up! 21st January 1985 as Self (1981 footage)
Chance at Love poster
Chance at Love 30th October 1964 as German soldier (segment "Chance du guerrier, La") (uncredited)
Le Doulos poster
Le Doulos 13th December 1962 as Man in Bar (uncredited)