Cast & creator
Volker Schlöndorff
Best known for Volle Kanne, Morgenmagazin, Die Harald Schmidt Show
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.
160
film credits
48
television credits
108
1951–2026 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (208)
Showing 208 of 208 credits
Volle Kanne
Self
1999
Morgenmagazin
Self
1992
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self
1995
NDR Talk Show
Self
1979
Kölner Treff
Self
1976
Abendschau
Self
2000Abendschau
self
2000
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982Alpha Forum
Self
1998
maybrit illner
Self
1999ZDF-Mittagsmagazin
Self
19893 nach 9
Self
1974
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974
Nachtcafé
Self
1987
Beckmann
Self
1999
American Masters
Self
1986German Film Award
Self
1951Westpol
self
2010Titel, Thesen, Temperamente
Self
1967Goldene Kamera
Self
1984Im Dialog
self
1997Romy Award
Self
1990Nachtstudio
Self
1997
Ciné regards
Self
1978Bavarian Film Awards
Self
1979
Square
Self
2012Studio 3 - Live aus Babelsberg
Self
2022Gero von Boehm begegnet...
Self
2002Günther Jauch
Self
2011Zeil um Zehn
Self
1990Je später der Abend
Self
1973
The Tin Drum
Screenplay
1979The Tin Drum
Director
1979Museums-Check mit Markus Brock
Self
2010
German Genius
Volker Schlöndorff
2023
Un film et son époque
Self
2003Im Glashaus - Das philosophische Quartett
himself
2002
The Handmaid's Tale
Director
1990
Last Year at Marienbad
Second Assistant Director
1961Was wurde aus...?
himself
2011
Death of a Salesman
Director
1985
Viva Maria!
Assistant Director
1965
Diplomacy
Director
2014Diplomacy
Screenplay
2014
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
Self
2022
The Fire Within
Assistant Director
1963
Swann in Love
Director
1984Henry James Stories
Director
1976Henry James Stories
Adaptation
1976Henry James Stories
Scenario Writer
1976
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
Screenplay
1975The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
Director
1975
A Very Private Affair
Assistant Director
1962
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Narrator (French version) (voice) (uncredited)
2010
11 Uhr 20
Barkeepeer Henry
1970Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm
Self
2026Was tut sich - im deutschen Film?
Himself
2018
Return to Montauk
Producer
2017Return to Montauk
Director
2017Return to Montauk
Screenplay
2017
Méditerranée
Co-Director
1963
Léon Morin, Priest
German Soldier (uncredited)
1961Léon Morin, Priest
Assistant Director
1961
Billy, How Did You Do It?
Self
1992Billy, How Did You Do It?
Director
1992
Circle of Deceit
Writer
1981Circle of Deceit
Director
1981
Le Doulos
Man in Bar (uncredited)
1962Le Doulos
First Assistant Director
1962
The Forest Maker
Director
2022The Forest Maker
Producer
2022The Forest Maker
Writer
2022
Palmetto
Director
1998
Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg
Self
2024
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
Self - Filmmaker
2019
Coup de Grâce
Director
1976Bewegte Republik Deutschland
Self
2014
The Stones and Brian Jones
Self
2023
Cinématon
N°572
1978
Film Lesson
Self
1991
Visitation
Writer
2026Visitation
Director
2026Visitation
Producer
2026
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
Self
2002
The Ogre
Director
1996The Ogre
Screenplay
1996
Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel
Director
1969Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel
Writer
1969
Henri Langlois vu par...
Self
2014Henri Langlois vu par...
Director
2014
Germany in Autumn
Screenplay
1978Germany in Autumn
Director
1978
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
Director
2002
Everyman's Feast
Producer
2002
Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion
Self
2022
The Legend of Rita
Director
2000The Legend of Rita
Screenplay
2000
Young Törless
Writer
1966Young Törless
Director
1966
A Gathering of Old Men
Director
1987
Alain Resnais, the Audacious
Self
2022
Calm at Sea
Director
2012Calm at Sea
Writer
2012
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
Self
2017
The Ninth Day
Director
2004
Voyager
Director
1991Voyager
Screenplay
1991
Hands Up!
Self (1981 footage)
1985Von Sex bis Simmel
Self
2005
Chance at Love
German soldier (segment "Chance du guerrier, La") (uncredited)
1964
Strike
2007Strike
Director
2007Georginas Gründe
Director
1975Georginas Gründe
Writer
1975
Merkel
Self
2022
A Free Woman
Writer
1972A Free Woman
Director
1972A Free Woman
Producer
1972
Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder
Self
2017
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
Self
2021
From Caligari to Hitler
Self - Filmmaker
2015
Pan Olbrychski
Self
2025
Filmmakers in Action
Self
2006
Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
Self
2022
Degree of Murder
Director
1967Degree of Murder
Writer
1967
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
Self
1992
Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century
Self - Filmmaker
2015
Sympathisanten - Unser deutscher Herbst
Self
2018
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
Self - The Director
1986
Neuer Deutscher Film Report
1967
Portrait of Valeska Gert
Director
1977Portrait of Valeska Gert
Writer
1977Ulrich Matthes - Leidenschaft und Haltung
Self
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach
Director
1971The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach
Writer
1971The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach
Producer
1971
Code Name: Melville
Self
2010
Melville, le dernier samouraï
Self
2020
Baal
Director
1970Baal
Producer
1970Baal
Screenplay
1970
The Nameless Day
Writer
2017The Nameless Day
Director
2017
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
Self
1976
The Night of the Filmmakers
Self
1995Who is Helene Schwarz?
Self
2005
Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands
Self (Interviewee)
2004
Knef - Die frühen Jahre
Self
2005
Billy Wilder Speaks
Self - Filmmaker / Interviewer
2006Billy Wilder Speaks
Editor
2006Billy Wilder Speaks
Director
2006
Hollywood's Second World War
Self
2019
Love Me Again
Thanks
Rio das Mortes
Idea
1971
Volker Schlöndorff Remembers The Tin Drum
Self
2001
Igor and After
2026
Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another World
Self
2016
The Morals of Ruth Halbfass
Director
1972The Morals of Ruth Halbfass
Screenplay
1972
Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial
himself
2009
Malle's Fire Within
Self
2008
Beto Nervio contra el poder de las tinieblas
Associate Producer
1978
Humor ist eine ernste Sache - Der Filmregisseur Kurt Hoffmann
Self
1985
Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections
Self
2012
Mathias Kneißl
1971
War and Peace
Writer
1982War and Peace
Director
1982
De qui dépend que l’oppression demeure ?
Self
1975
Enigma – Eine uneingestandene Liebe
Director
2005
Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit
Self
2024
Ulzhan
Director
2007The Michael Nyman Songbook
Director
1992Ein Produzent hat Seele oder er hat keine
Self
2002Ein Produzent hat Seele oder er hat keine
Director
2002
Last Year in Dachau
Self - Narrator (voice)
2020Billy, How Did You Do It?
Self
1992Billy, How Did You Do It?
Director
1992Stayover in Tirol
Director
1974Stayover in Tirol
Writer
1974Stayover in Tirol
Producer
1974
Fassbinder
Self
2015The Poet and the Filmmaker: Volker Schlöndorff on Baal
Interviewer
2015Open Opera – Wer wird Carmen?
Self
2012
The Ice Princess
Executive Producer
1996
Volker Schlöndorff: The Beat of the Drum
Self - Filmmaker
2020Die Verhoevens
Himself
2003
Melville Steps Out of the Shadows
Interviewee
2010Gottschalk meets Petersen
Himself
2005
Michael Nyman in Progress
Self
2010Schrott - Die Atzenposse
2000
The Candidate
Director
1980The Candidate
Writer
1980
Nuits transparentes
2011
Unraveling the Enigma: The Making of Marienbad
Self
2009
The Enlightenment
Director
2002Memories of Last Year in Marienbad
Himself - Narrator
2010Memories of Last Year in Marienbad
Producer
2010Memories of Last Year in Marienbad
Editor
2010Der Paukenspieler
Director
1967Der Paukenspieler
Writer
1967
Who Cares...
Writer
1960Who Cares...
Director
1960Who Cares...
Editor
1960Fuck the Message
Self
2019Afrika
Director
Afrika
Writer