Directed credits
41
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Volker Schlöndorff
Directing
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Directed movies: 40Directed series: 1All crew credits: 50
TMDB ID: 10249
IMDb ID: nm0772522
Known for: Directing
Born: March 31, 1939
Age: 86
Place of birth: Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1960 - 2026
Years active: 67
Average TMDB rating: 6.49
Wikidata: Q57316
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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.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Volker Schlöndorff.
5.8
The Forest Maker
Director
2022 Movie
4.0
Henri Langlois vu par...
Director
2014 Movie
7.0
Diplomacy
Director
2014 Movie
6.5
Calm at Sea
Director
2012 Movie
5.9
Ulzhan
Director
2007 Movie
6.9
Strike
Director
2007 Movie
Enigma – Eine uneingestandene Liebe
Director
2005 Movie
6.4
The Ninth Day
Director
2004 Movie
6.7
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
Director
2002 Movie
The Enlightenment
Director
2002 Movie
5.8
The Legend of Rita
Director
2000 Movie
5.9
Palmetto
Director
1998 Movie
6.3
The Ogre
Director
1996 Movie
7.0
Billy, How Did You Do It?
Director
1992 Movie
6.2
Voyager
Director
1991 Movie
6.1
The Handmaid's Tale
Director
1990 Movie
6.0
A Gathering of Old Men
Director
1987 Movie
6.9
Death of a Salesman
Director
1985 Movie
5.5
Swann in Love
Director
1984 Movie
2.0
War and Peace
Director
1982 Movie
5.9
Circle of Deceit
Director
1981 Movie
5.0
The Candidate
Director
1980 Movie
6.9
The Tin Drum
Director
1979 Movie
6.2
Germany in Autumn
Director
1978 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Volker Schlöndorff.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Volker Schlöndorff.
7.6
The Fire Within
Assistant Director
1963 Movie
7.5
Last Year at Marienbad
Second Assistant Director
1961 Movie
7.4
Le Doulos
First Assistant Director
1962 Movie
7.1
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
as Narrator (French version) (voice) (uncredited)
2010 Movie
7.1
Léon Morin, Priest
Assistant Director
1961 Movie
7.0
Diplomacy
Director
2014 Movie
6.9
The Tin Drum
Director
1979 Movie
6.9
Death of a Salesman
Director
1985 Movie
6.9
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
Director
1975 Movie
6.1
The Handmaid's Tale
Director
1990 Movie
6.0
Viva Maria!
Assistant Director
1965 Movie
5.9
Palmetto
Director
1998 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Volker Schlöndorff.
6.9
The Tin Drum
Director
1979 Movie
5.0
A Very Private Affair
Assistant Director
1962 Movie
5.5
Méditerranée
Co-Director
1963 Movie
6.0
Viva Maria!
Assistant Director
1965 Movie
7.0
Diplomacy
Director
2014 Movie
2.0
Everyman's Feast
Producer
2002 Movie
7.1
Léon Morin, Priest
Assistant Director
1961 Movie
6.4
A Free Woman
Director
1972 Movie
6.6
Young Törless
Writer
1966 Movie
5.9
Circle of Deceit
Director
1981 Movie
6.1
The Handmaid's Tale
Director
1990 Movie
6.0
The Nameless Day
Writer
2017 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Volker Schlöndorff.
6.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self • 1 eps
1975 Series
8.0
maybrit illner
as Self • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.1
Die Harald Schmidt Show
as Self • 1 eps
1995 Series
3.5
Morgenmagazin
as Self • 1 eps
1992 Series
6.5
NDR Talk Show
as Self • 2 eps
1979 Series
7.5
American Masters
as Self • 1 eps
1986 Series
6.3
Champs-Elysées
as Self • 1 eps
1982 Series
3.8
Volle Kanne
as Self • 1 eps
1999 Series
Spécial cinéma
as Self • 2 eps
1974 Series
6.0
Abendschau
as Self • 1 eps
2000 Series
6.0
Kölner Treff
as Self • 1 eps
1976 Series
4.7
Nachtcafé
as Self • 1 eps
1987 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Volker Schlöndorff.
6.0
The Nameless Day
Writer
2017 Movie
5.6
Return to Montauk
Producer
2017 Movie
6.9
Billy Wilder Speaks
Editor
2006 Movie
2.0
Everyman's Feast
Producer
2002 Movie
4.7
The Ice Princess
Executive Producer
1996 Movie
Beto Nervio contra el poder de las tinieblas
Associate Producer
1978 Movie
5.0
Rio das Mortes
Idea
1971 Movie
Love Me Again
Thanks
Movie
6.6
Young Törless
Writer
1966 Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Volker Schlöndorff.
7.0
Pan Olbrychski
as Self
2025 Movie
7.5
Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit
as Self
2024 Movie
7.1
Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg
as Self
2024 Movie
7.1
The Stones and Brian Jones
as Self
2024 Movie
6.9
Merkel
as Self
2022 Movie
7.9
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
as Self
2022 Movie
9.0
Alain Resnais, the Audacious
as Self
2022 Movie
Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
as Self
2022 Movie
7.2
Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion
as Self
2022 Movie
8.5
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
as Self
2021 Movie
Volker Schlöndorff: The Beat of the Drum
as Self - Filmmaker
2020 Movie
4.0
Last Year in Dachau
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2020 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Volker Schlöndorff.
Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm
as Self • 1 eps
2026 Series
5.5
German Genius
as Volker Schlöndorff • 1 eps
2023 Series
Square
as Self • 1 eps
2012 Series
10.0
Un film et son époque
as Self • 1 eps
2003 Series
6.0
Abendschau
as Self • 1 eps
2000 Series
8.0
maybrit illner
as Self • 1 eps
1999 Series
3.8
Volle Kanne
as Self • 1 eps
1999 Series
2.0
Beckmann
as Self • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.1
Die Harald Schmidt Show
as Self • 1 eps
1995 Series
Billy, How Did You Do It?
as Self • 6 eps
1992 Series
3.5
Morgenmagazin
as Self • 1 eps
1992 Series
Film Lesson
as Self • 1 eps
1991 Series