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Volker Schlöndorff

German film director, screenwriter and film producer · Germany · On the map · Directors · Born 1939 · age 87

Volker Schlöndorff is a German film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was a prominent member of the New German Cinema of the late 1960s and early 1970s, often collaborating with his then-wife and fellow filmmaker Margarethe von Trotta.

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Known for

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  • Le Doulos 1962
  • Cave of Forgotten Dreams 2010
  • Léon Morin, Priest 1961
  • Diplomacy 2014
  • The Tin Drum 1979

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Filmography 40

208 credits on file

Television 24

Media & music

Awards

Goldener Ochse2024
German Film Honorary Award2023
Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany2019
Brüder-Grimm-Poetikprofessur2011
Carl Zuckmayer Medal2009
Honorary Doctorate of Artois University2002
Konrad Wolf Prize1997
Berliner Bär1995
Palme d'Or1979
Officer of the Legion of Honour
Bavarian Order of Merit
Order of Merit of Brandenburg
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About this person

His 1979 film The Tin Drum, based on Günter Grass' novel of the same name, won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the Palme d'Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.

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Country
Germany
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1939 · age 87

In common with Volker

Lars EidingerAround the same time: Visitation releasedMartina GedeckAround the same time: Visitation releasedArielle DombasleAlso in Calm at Sea (2012)Charles AznavourAlso in The Tin Drum (1979)