Cast & creator
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Best known for German Film Award, Grimme Award, aspekte
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg (born 8 December 1935) is a German film director and intellectual. For Syberberg, cinema is a form of Gesamtkunstwerk. Many commentators, including Syberberg himself, have characterized his work as a cinematic combination of Bertolt Brecht's doctrine of epic theatre and Richard Wagner's operatic aesthetics. Syberberg is best known for his 'German trilogy', consisting of Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King (1972), Karl May (1974), and Hitler: A Film from Germany (1977), the latter of which receives rare theatrical screenings due to its seven-hour runtime.
50
film credits
10
television credits
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1951–2025 · acting roles
7.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (60)
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German Film Award
Self
1951Grimme Award
Self
1964aspekte
Self
1965Je später der Abend
Self
1973
Hitler: A Film from Germany
Narrator (voice)
1977Hitler: A Film from Germany
Director
1977Hitler: A Film from Germany
Writer
1977Hitler: A Film from Germany
Creator
1977
Hitler: A Film from Germany
Director
1978Hitler: A Film from Germany
Writer
1978
Parsifal
Director
1982
Karl May
Director
1974Karl May
Creator
1974
Karl May
Director
1974Karl May
Writer
1974
Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King
Writer
1972Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King
Director
1972Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King
Producer
1972
Scarabea – How Much Land Does a Man Need?
Director
1969Scarabea – How Much Land Does a Man Need?
Producer
1969Scarabea – How Much Land Does a Man Need?
Writer
1969
The Ister
Himself
2004
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
Self
1976
The Night of the Filmmakers
Self
1995
Fünfter Akt, siebente Szene. Fritz Kortner probt Kabale und Liebe
Writer
1965Fünfter Akt, siebente Szene. Fritz Kortner probt Kabale und Liebe
Director
1965
Sex-Business: Made in Pasing
Self - Interviewer
1970Sex-Business: Made in Pasing
Director
1970Sex-Business: Made in Pasing
Producer
1970Sex-Business: Made in Pasing
Writer
1970
The Night
Director
1985
Brecht Urfaust
Director
1953
Nightsong
Director
2025
Fräulein Else
Director
1987
Romy: Anatomy of a Face
Self
1967Romy: Anatomy of a Face
Director
1967Romy: Anatomy of a Face
Writer
1967
Leaving and Staying
Self
2023
Edith Clever liest Joyce
Director
1987El Mito de Narciso
2011
A Dream, What Else?
Director
1995
Die Grafen Pocci - einige Kapitel zur Geschichte einer Familie
Director
1968
Theodor Hierneis oder Wie man ehem. Hofkoch wird
Director
1973Theodor Hierneis oder Wie man ehem. Hofkoch wird
Producer
1973Theodor Hierneis oder Wie man ehem. Hofkoch wird
Screenplay
1973
Der Gang auf den Berg
Director
1997Nach meinem letzten Umzug...
Director
1972
Mozart Requiem mit dem Finger gelesen
Director
1997The Marquise of O.
Director
1989
Penthesilea
Director
1989
Demmin Cantos
Self
2023Demmin Cantos
Editor
2023Demmin Cantos
Director
2023Demmin Cantos
Writer
2023
Fritz Kortner spricht Monologe für eine Schallplatte
Director
1966Wilhelm von Kobell
Director
1966
Nietzsche: Ecce Homo
Director
2003Nietzsche: Ecce Homo
Cinematography
2003
The Confessions of Winifred Wagner
Director
1978
San Domingo
Director
1970