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.

Personal Details

• Born: 1939-03-31 in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
• Known For: Directing

Volker Schlöndorff Movies List

Looking for Volker Schlöndorff movies? Here are some of their most popular films and where they rank in their career:

• Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
• Le Doulos (1962)
• Léon Morin, Priest (1961)
• From Caligari to Hitler (2015)
• Billy Wilder Speaks (2006)
• Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer (2022)
• Merkel (2022)
• Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power (2019)
• I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me (1992)
• Hands Up! (1985)

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