Cast & creator
Hanna Schygulla
Best known for Scene of the Crime, DAS!, ZIBB
Hanna Schygulla (born 25 December 1943) is a German actress and chanson singer. She is generally considered the most prominent German actress of the New German Cinema. Over 12 years, Hanna Schygulla appeared in 23 Fassbinder movies (including his first feature film), the most-acclaimed being The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979) (for which she won the Silver Bear).
123
film credits
24
television credits
145
1948–2026 · acting roles
6.3
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (147)
Showing 147 of 147 credits
Scene of the Crime
Catharina
1970
DAS!
Self
1991ZIBB
Self
2003
Morgenmagazin
Self
1992
NDR Talk Show
Self
1979
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974
Beckmann
Self
1999
Bambi
Self
1948German Film Award
Self
1951
Poor Things
Martha Von Kurtzroc
2023Im Dialog
self
1997Wortwechsel
Self
1982
Stars in der Manege
Self
1959
Kommissar Stolberg
Marita Dennett
2006
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Eva
1980
The Delta Force
Ingrid
1986Gero von Boehm begegnet...
Self
2002
Peter the Great
Catherine Skevronskaya
1986
Ad Vitam
- Participation -
2018
Werckmeister Harmonies
Tünde Eszter
2001
Dead Again
Inga
1991
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Maria Braun
1979
Everything Went Fine
Swiss Lady
2021
The Devils
Darja Schatowa
1977
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
Marion Andreas
1972
Peter von Kant
Rosemarie
2022
The Mystery of Henri Pick
Ludmila Blavitsky
2019
The Edge of Heaven
Susanne Staub
2007
Yunan
Valeska
2025
One Hundred and One Nights
Mr. Cinéma's Second Ex-wife
19955 nach 10
Self
1981
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Karin Thimm
1972
Faust
Moneylender's Wife
2011
Lili Marleen
Willie
1981
Wrong Move
Therese
1975
The Great Runaway
Frau Piesch
1979
The Future Is Woman
Anna
1984Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm
Self
2026
I Sell My Dreams
Alma
1994
That Night of Varennes
Countess Sophie de la Borde
1982
Circle of Deceit
Ariane Nassar
1981
Godard Cinema
Self
2023
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Anna Epp, Hans's sister
1972
The Girl of Your Dreams
Magda Goebbels
1998
Casanova
Casanova's Mother
1987
Vijay and I
Will's Mother
2013
Beware of a Holy Whore
Hanna
1971
The Clown
Marie
1976
Sheer Madness
Olga
1983
Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful
Self
2020
Katzelmacher
Marie
1969Filmlegenden. Deutsch
Self
2006
Avanti
Suzanne
2012
The Summer of Miss Forbes
Mrs. Forbes
1989
The Story of Piera
Eugenia
1983
Effi Briest
Effi Briest
1974
Barnum
Jenny Lind
1986
Love Is Colder Than Death
Johanna
1970
Der Katzensteg
Regine Hackelberg
1975
Lusitanian Illusion
Erika Mann (voice)
2010
Madame Bäurin
Tante Agathe
1993
Gods of the Plague
Joanna
1970
The Sunset Boys
Ewa Loehwe
1995
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
Hanna
1970
A Love in Germany
Pauline Kropp
1983Intermezzo für fünf Hände
Lisa Wegner
1976Von Sex bis Simmel
Self
2005
The Crossing
Kyona (alt)/Erzählerin (voice)
2021
The Third Generation
Susanne Gast
1979
The Prayer
Sister Myriam
2018Татарская княжна
older Anna Akhmatova
2009
Promised Land
Hanna
2004
Unless
Danielle
2016
Miss Arizona
Mici
1988
The Wonderful Journey of Selma Lagerlöf
Self - Quote Reader (voice)
2020
Heiligendamm
A. van der Qualen
2010Marcello Mastroianni, latin lover
Self
2015Hotel Bogota - Eine einmalige Geschichte
Self
2015
Golem: The Petrified Garden
Michelle
1993
The Blue Exile
The Actress
1993
Magdalena Hausen: Frozen in Time
Magdalena (voice)
2024
Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
Self
2007
The Coffee House
Lisaura
1970
Hey Stranger
Tania
1994
Golem, the Spirit of Exile
L'Esprit de l'Exil
1992
Fassbinder's Women
Self
2000
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
Self
1992Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8
Self
1971
End of the Commune?
Self
1970
Clara, une passion française
Clara
2009
Jail Bait
Ärztin
1973
Warsaw: Year 5703
Stephania
1992
Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary
Self
2017
Lucky
Lotte
2017
Lullaby to my Father
Narrator (voice)
2012
Godard's Passion
Hanna
1982
Forever, Lulu
Elaine
1986
Adventure of Catherine C.
Fanny Hohenstein
1990
The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp
Lucy
1968
Po-lin. Shards of Memory
Narrator - German version (voice)
2008
Scénario du film Passion
Self
1982
Window of the Soul
Self
2001
Passion, le travail et l'amour: Introduction à un scénario
Self
1982
Baal
Luise
1970
The Niklashausen Journey
Johanna
1970
The Night of the Filmmakers
Self
1995
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day: A Series Becomes a Family Reunion
Self
2017
Pioneers in Ingolstadt
Berta
1971
Hunting Scenes from Bavaria
Paula
1969
Once Upon a Time… The Marriage of Maria Braun
Self
2012Alicia Bustamante
Self
2009Alicia Bustamante
Director
2009
Rio das Mortes
Hanna
1971Der Stumme
Martha
1976
Cinémania: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Self
1981
Winter Journey
Martha "Mucky" Brenninger
2006
Lea
Wanda
1996
Mathias Kneißl
Mathilde Schreck
1971Life, Love & Celluloid
Self
1998
L'aide-mémoire
Suzanne
1984
Life's Little Treasures
Léna
1994
Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair
Hilde Jary
2022
The Culture Industry Needs Something Like Me
Self
1976
Whity
Hanna
1971
Hanna Schygulla - Ikone des deutschen Autorenfilms
Self
2021
The Quiet Love
Frau Marx
2005
Das ABC ist subversiv
Narrator
1981
Antonieta
Anna
1982
Irmi
Narrator
2020
The Quiet Roar
Eva
2014Ophelia
Vera
2014
Jakob von Gunten
Lisa Benjamenta
1971
Bremen Freedom
Luisa Mauer
1972
Angelo Nero
Eloide
1998
Fassbinder
Self
2015Hanna Schygulla – quel que soit le songe
self
2012
New Year's Eve
Society Woman
1978Denkste Puppe
Self
2025Denkste Puppe
Director
2025Kuckucksei im Gangsternest
Maria
1969
Fassbinder in Hollywood
Self
2002Grüße von Rosita aus Peru
Narrator (voice)
1976Das unreine Mal
Gerda Albrecht geb. Böhm
2006Die Revolte
Sandra V.
1969Der große Zusammenbruch
2026Abraham's Gold
Barbara 'Bärbel' Hunzinger
1990