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Volker Schlöndorff
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Film & TV
Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
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…
Known for
- Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm — Self2026
- Pan Olbrychski — Self2025
- The Stones and Brian Jones — Self2024
- Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit — Self2024
- Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg — Self2024
- German Genius — Volker Schlöndorff2023
- Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors — Self2022
- Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer — Self2022
- Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion — Self2022
- Merkel — Self2022
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1939-03-31 ) 31 March 1939 (age 87) , Wiesbaden , Germany
- Occupations
- Film director, producer, screenwriter
- Years active
- 1960–present
- Movement
- New German Cinema
- Spouses
- Margarethe von Trotta (1971–1991; divorced) Angelika Gruber (? – present)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Wiesbaden
- Spouse
- Margarethe von Trotta
- Occupation
- film producer
- Educated at
- Lycée Henri-IV
- Employer
- European Graduate School
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- German
- Movement
- New German Cinema
- Official website
- www.volkerschloendorff.com
- Image
- MK35043 Volker Schlöndorff.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
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- Volker Schlöndorff
- date of birth
- 1939-03-31
- member of
- Deutsche Filmakademie
- name in native language
- Volker Schlöndorff
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Volker Schlöndorff
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
- nominated for
- European Film Award for Best Film
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- Template:Volker Schlöndorff
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Encyclopedic overview
Volker Schlöndorff ( German pronunciation: [ˈfɔlkɐ ˈʃløːndɔʁf] ; born 31 March 1939) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer who has worked in Germany, France and the United States. He was a prominent member of the New German Cinema of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
He is most known for his anti-war film The Tin Drum (1979), which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the Palme d'Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.
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