Volker Schlöndorff

Regisseur, Schrijver, Acteur, Producer, Redacteur

31 maart 1939 (87 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Verraad op Montmartre
    Verraad op Montmartre1962
  • Voyager
    Voyager1991
  • Calm at Sea
    Calm at Sea2012

Known For

  • Die Blechtrommel
    Die Blechtrommel1979
  • Death of a Salesman
    Death of a Salesman1985
  • The Handmaid's Tale
    The Handmaid's Tale1990
  • L'Année dernière à Marienbad
    L'Année dernière à Marienbad1961
  • Palmetto
    Palmetto1998
  • Diplomatie
    Diplomatie2014
  • Le Feu Follet
    Le Feu Follet1963
  • The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
    The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum1975
  • Young Törless
    Young Törless1966
  • Verraad op Montmartre
    Verraad op Montmartre1962
  • The Legend of Rita
    The Legend of Rita2000
  • Voyager
    Voyager1991
  • Léon Morin, Priest
    Léon Morin, Priest1961
  • Swann in Love
    Swann in Love1984
  • The Ninth Day
    The Ninth Day2004
  • Return to Montauk
    Return to Montauk2017
  • Het genadeschot
    Het genadeschot1976
  • The Ogre
    The Ogre1996
  • Viva Maria!
    Viva Maria!1965
  • Baal
    Baal1970

Cinematografie