Volker Schlöndorff

Born: 1939-03-31

From: Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany

Known For: Directing

Biography

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 F...

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1985

Humor ist eine ernste Sache - Der Filmregisseur Kurt Hoffmann

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2015

From Caligari to Hitler

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2010

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

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2024

The Stones and Brian Jones

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1971

Mathias Kneißl

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1992

I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me

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2010

Code Name: Melville

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2002

Ein Produzent hat Seele oder er hat keine

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1995

The Night of the Filmmakers

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2005

Von Sex bis Simmel

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2003

Die Verhoevens

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1985

Hands Up!

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1986

Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’

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2005

Who is Helene Schwarz?

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1992

Billy, How Did You Do It?

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2008

Malle's Fire Within

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2022

Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors

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2025

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Pan Olbrychski

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2024

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Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit

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Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg

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The Stones and Brian Jones

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2023

German Genius

character - Volker Schlöndorff

2022

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Merkel

character - Self

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Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

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Alain Resnais, l'audacieux

character - Self

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Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors

character - Volker Schlöndorff

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Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion

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Studio 3 – Live aus Babelsberg

character - Self

2021

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A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner

character - Self

2020

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Volker Schlöndorff: The Beat of the Drum

character - Self - Filmmaker

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Last Year in Dachau

character - Self - Narrator (voice)

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Melville, le dernier samouraï

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2019

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Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power

character - Self - Filmmaker

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Hollywood's Second World War

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Fuck the Message

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2018

Was tut sich - im deutschen Film?

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Sympathisanten - Unser deutscher Herbst

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2017

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Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder

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2016

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Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another World

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2015

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Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century

character - Self - Filmmaker

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From Caligari to Hitler

character - Self - Filmmaker

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The Poet and the Filmmaker: Volker Schlöndorff on Baal

character - Interviewer

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Fassbinder

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2014

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Henri Langlois vu par...

character - Self

Bewegte Republik Deutschland

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2012

Open Opera – Wer wird Carmen?

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Square

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2011

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Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections

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Günther Jauch

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Nuits transparentes

Was wurde aus...?

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2010

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Cave of Forgotten Dreams

character - Narrator (French version) (voice) (uncredited)

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Michael Nyman in Progress

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Museums-Check mit Markus Brock

character - Self

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Code Name: Melville

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Westpol: Eins zu eins

character - self

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Memories of Last Year in Marienbad

character - Himself - Narrator

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Melville Steps Out of the Shadows

character - Interviewee

2009

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Unraveling the Enigma: The Making of Marienbad

character - Self

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Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial

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2008

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Malle's Fire Within

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2006

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Filmmakers in Action

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Billy Wilder Speaks

character - Self - Filmmaker / Interviewer

2005

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Knef - Die frühen Jahre

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Gottschalk meets Petersen

character - Himself

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Who is Helene Schwarz?

character - Self

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Von Sex bis Simmel

character - Self

2004

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Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands

character - Self (Interviewee)

2003

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Die Verhoevens

character - Himself

Un film et son époque

character - Self

2002

Gero von Boehm begegnet...

character - Self

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Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

character - Self

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Ein Produzent hat Seele oder er hat keine

character - Self

Im Glashaus - Das philosophische Quartett

character - himself

2001

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Volker Schlöndorff Remembers The Tin Drum

character - Self

2000

Abendschau

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Abendschau

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Schrott - Die Atzenposse

1999

maybrit illner

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Volle Kanne

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Beckmann

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1998

Alpha Forum

character - Self

1997

Nachtstudio

character - Self

Im Dialog

character - self

1995

Die Harald Schmidt Show

character - Self

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The Night of the Filmmakers

character - Self

1992

Billy, How Did You Do It?

character - Self

Morgenmagazin

character - Self

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I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me

character - Self

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Billy, How Did You Do It?

character - Self

1991

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Film Hour

character - Self

1990

Zeil um Zehn

character - Self

Romy Award

character - Self

1989

ZDF-Mittagsmagazin

character - Self

1987

Nachtcafé

character - Self

1986

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Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’

character - Self - The Director

American Masters

character - Self

1985

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Humor ist eine ernste Sache - Der Filmregisseur Kurt Hoffmann

character - Self

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Hands Up!

character - Self (1981 footage)

1984

Goldene Kamera Verleihung

character - Self

1982

Champs-Elysées

character - Self

1979

Bayerischer Filmpreis

character - Self

NDR Talk Show

character - Self

1978

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Cinématon

character - N°572

1976

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Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema

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Kölner Treff

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1975

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

character - Self

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De qui dépend que l’oppression demeure ?

character - Self

1974

3 nach 9

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Spécial cinéma

character - Self

1973

Je später der Abend

character - Self

1971

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Mathias Kneißl

1970

11 Uhr 20

character - Barkeepeer Henry

1967

Titel, Thesen, Temperamente

character - Self

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Neuer Deutscher Film Report

1964

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Chance at Love

character - German soldier (segment "Chance du guerrier, La") (uncredited)

1962

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Le Doulos

character - Man in Bar (uncredited)

1961

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Léon Morin, Priest

character - German Soldier (uncredited)

1951

Deutscher Filmpreis

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The Tin Drum

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)1979-05-02

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The Tin Drum

Volker Schlöndorff: Screenplay (Writing)1979-05-02

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The Legend of Rita

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)2000-09-14

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The Legend of Rita

Volker Schlöndorff: Screenplay (Writing)2000-09-14

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Voyager

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)1991-03-21

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The Ninth Day

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)2004-08-05

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The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)1975-01-10

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The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

Volker Schlöndorff: Screenplay (Writing)1975-01-10

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The Forest Maker

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)2022-04-07

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The Handmaid's Tale

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)1990-02-15

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Palmetto

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)1998-02-20

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Germany in Autumn

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)1978-03-03

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Germany in Autumn

Volker Schlöndorff: Screenplay (Writing)1978-03-03

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Death of a Salesman

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)1985-08-16

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Coup de Grâce

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)1976-10-21

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Strike

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)2007-02-23

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Circle of Deceit

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)1981-10-15

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Circle of Deceit

Volker Schlöndorff: Writer (Writing)1981-10-15

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Young Törless

Volker Schlöndorff: Writer (Writing)1966-05-20

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Young Törless

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)1966-05-20

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The Ogre

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)1996-09-12

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Ulzhan

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)2007-06-28

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Ten Minutes Older: The Cello

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)2002-09-03

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A Gathering of Old Men

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)1987-05-10

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The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)1971-04-14

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The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach

Volker Schlöndorff: Writer (Writing)1971-04-14

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Calm at Sea

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)2012-03-21

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Swann in Love

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)1984-02-23

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Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)1969-04-11

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A Degree of Murder

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)1967-04-19

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Diplomacy

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)2014-03-05

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Diplomacy

Volker Schlöndorff: Screenplay (Writing)2014-03-05

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Billy Wilder Speaks

Volker Schlöndorff: Editor (Editing)2006-06-22

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Baal

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)1970-01-07

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Calm at Sea

Volker Schlöndorff: Writer (Writing)2012-03-21

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Billy, How Did You Do It?

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)1992-01-25

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A Free Woman

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)1972-11-01

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A Free Woman

Volker Schlöndorff: Writer (Writing)1972-11-01

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The Morals of Ruth Halbfass

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)1972-04-12

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Enigma – Eine uneingestandene Liebe

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)2005-09-09

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The Morals of Ruth Halbfass

Volker Schlöndorff: Screenplay (Writing)1972-04-12

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Memories of Last Year in Marienbad

Volker Schlöndorff: Producer (Production)2010-01-01

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Memories of Last Year in Marienbad

Volker Schlöndorff: Editor (Editing)2010-01-01

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Billy Wilder Speaks

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)2006-06-22

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The Forest Maker

Volker Schlöndorff: Producer (Production)2022-04-07

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The Forest Maker

Volker Schlöndorff: Writer (Writing)2022-04-07

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Krieg und Frieden

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)1982-09-30

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Krieg und Frieden

Volker Schlöndorff: Writer (Writing)1982-09-30

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The Candidate

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)1980-04-18

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The Candidate

Volker Schlöndorff: Writer (Writing)1980-04-18

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Voyager

Volker Schlöndorff: Screenplay (Writing)1991-03-21

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Méditerranée

Volker Schlöndorff: Co-Director (Directing)1963-04-23

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Return to Montauk

Volker Schlöndorff: Producer (Production)2017-05-11

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Love Me Again

Volker Schlöndorff: Thanks (Crew)

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The Ogre

Volker Schlöndorff: Screenplay (Writing)1996-09-12

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Der Paukenspieler

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)1967-12-01

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Der Paukenspieler

Volker Schlöndorff: Writer (Writing)1967-12-01

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Return to Montauk

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)2017-05-11

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A Free Woman

Volker Schlöndorff: Producer (Production)1972-11-01

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Viva Maria!

Volker Schlöndorff: Assistant Director (Directing)1965-11-22

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A Very Private Affair

Volker Schlöndorff: Assistant Director (Directing)1962-01-31

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The Fire Within

Volker Schlöndorff: Assistant Director (Directing)1963-10-15

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Léon Morin, Priest

Volker Schlöndorff: Assistant Director (Directing)1961-09-22

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Baal

Volker Schlöndorff: Producer (Production)1970-01-07

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The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach

Volker Schlöndorff: Producer (Production)1971-04-14

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The Enlightenment

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)2002-09-03

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The Nameless Day

Volker Schlöndorff: Writer (Writing)2017-10-09

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The Nameless Day

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)2017-10-09

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Rio das Mortes

Volker Schlöndorff: Idea (Writing)1971-02-15

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Return to Montauk

Volker Schlöndorff: Screenplay (Writing)2017-05-11

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Stayover in Tirol

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)1974-10-08

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Stayover in Tirol

Volker Schlöndorff: Writer (Writing)1974-10-08

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Stayover in Tirol

Volker Schlöndorff: Producer (Production)1974-10-08

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Who Cares...

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)1960-01-02

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Who Cares...

Volker Schlöndorff: Writer (Writing)1960-01-02

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Who Cares...

Volker Schlöndorff: Editor (Editing)1960-01-02

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A Degree of Murder

Volker Schlöndorff: Writer (Writing)1967-04-19

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Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel

Volker Schlöndorff: Writer (Writing)1969-04-11

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Georginas Gründe

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)1975-04-27

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Georginas Gründe

Volker Schlöndorff: Writer (Writing)1975-04-27

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Portrait of Valeska Gert

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)1977-04-01

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Portrait of Valeska Gert

Volker Schlöndorff: Writer (Writing)1977-04-01

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Baal

Volker Schlöndorff: Screenplay (Writing)1970-01-07

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Ein Produzent hat Seele oder er hat keine

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)2002-03-18

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Beto Nervio contra el poder de las tinieblas

Volker Schlöndorff: Associate Producer (Production)1978-01-01

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The Michael Nyman Songbook

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)1992-05-30

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Last Year at Marienbad

Volker Schlöndorff: Second Assistant Director (Directing)1961-05-25

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Henri Langlois vu par...

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)2014-07-27

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Everyman's Feast

Volker Schlöndorff: Producer (Production)2002-01-25

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Le Doulos

Volker Schlöndorff: First Assistant Director (Directing)1962-12-13

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Billy, How Did You Do It?

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)

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Nouvelles d'Henry James

Volker Schlöndorff: Writer (Writing)

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Nouvelles d'Henry James

Volker Schlöndorff: Adaptation (Writing)

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Nouvelles d'Henry James

Volker Schlöndorff: Director (Directing)

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