Volker Spengler
German actor (1939-2020) · Germany · On the map · Actors · Died at 80
Volker Spengler was a German stage and film actor. Spengler was best known to international audiences as a member of director Rainer Werner Fassbinder's acting ensemble, including his role as the transsexual Erwin/Elvira of Fassbinder's In a Year of 13 Moons (1978).
Volker Spengler is read about 22 times a day, in 12 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 17 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
Dirty SkyFilm2000
Fandango - Members OnlyFilm, Pedro Isaax1996
The OgreFilm, Fieldmarshall Hermann Göring1992
Everything's a LieFilm, Vegetarian1989
100 Years of Adolf Hitler - The Last Hour in the FührerbunkerFilm, Fegelein1988
Sheep in WalesFilm, Shorty1985Kein schöner LandSeries, Knopf1982Marmor, Stein und Eisen brichtFilm1981
Obscene: The Case of Peter HerzlFilm, Peter Herzl1980
Berlin AlexanderplatzSeries, Bruno1978
DespairFilm, Ardalion1977
Adolf and MarleneFilm1975
Mother Küsters Goes to HeavenFilm, Photograph1970
Scene of the CrimeSeries, Norbert1969Der Kampf um den ReigenFilm, Dritter Zeuge1966Die zwei Herren aus VeronaFilm, Thurio1939Born16 February 1939People around Volker
Close ties
Rainer Werner Fassbinder Directed The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
Gottfried John Also in The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)- Margit Carstensen Also in Chinese Roulette (1984)
Kurt Raab Also in Satan's Brew (1981)
Liselotte Eder Also in The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
Ingrid Caven Also in In a Year of 13 Moons and Satan's Brew- Brigitte Mira Also in Chinese Roulette (1984)
Günther Kaufmann Also in The Marriage of Maria Braun and Querelle
Peer Raben Wrote The Marriage of Maria Braun (1980)
Armin Meier Also in The Stationmaster's Wife (1977)
Isolde Barth Also in The Marriage of Maria Braun and Querelle
Harry Baer Also in Veronika Voss and Querelle
Elisabeth Trissenaar Also in In a Year of 13 Moons (2009)- Alexander Allerson Also in Satan's Brew and Despair
Ulli Lommel Also in Chinese Roulette and Satan's Brew
Christoph Schlingensief Directed The German Chainsaw Massacre (1997)
Peter Kern Also in Despair (1983)
Karl-Heinz von Hassel Also in The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
Adrian Hoven Also in Satan's Brew (1977)
Dieter Schidor Produced Querelle (1982)
Michael Fengler Produced The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)- Peter Märthesheimer Produced Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
Udo Kier Also in Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
Hark Bohm Also in The Third Generation and Despair
Known for
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The Marriage of Maria Braun 1979
Veronika Voss 1982
Chinese Roulette 1977
In a Year with 13 Moons 1978
The Third Generation 1979
Filmography 32
36 credits on file
Television 3
About this person
Spengler appeared in about 40 film and television productions between 1966 and 2004, also working with other directors such as Christoph Schlingensief and Volker Schlöndorff. On stage, he performed at Berlin's Volksbühne and with the Berliner Ensemble.
