Volker Schlöndorff

Volker Schlöndorff

March 31, 1939 · 87 years old

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…

Known For

20 titles
1
The Tin Drum

The Tin Drum

1979 · 2h 22m · Movie

In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out.

7.4
2
Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

2010 · 1h 30m · Movie

Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France and captures the oldest known pictorial creations of humanity.

7.4
3
Death of a Salesman

Death of a Salesman

1985 · 2h 16m · Movie

An aging traveling salesman recognizes the emptiness of his life and tries to fix it.

7.2
4
The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale

1990 · 1h 48m · Movie

Under a dystopian religious tyranny, most women cannot conceive children. Those young women who can live in a form of sexual slavery to provide children for influential families.

6.0
5
Palmetto

Palmetto

1998 · 1h 54m · Movie

A recently released ex-con gets involved in a fake kidnapping scheme that turns very real.

6.1
6
Diplomacy

Diplomacy

2014 · 1h 24m · Movie

A historical drama that depicts the relationship between Dietrich von Choltitz, the German military governor of occupied Paris, and Swedish consul-general Raoul Nordling.

7.1
7
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

1975 · 1h 46m · Movie

A young woman's life is scrutinized by police and tabloid press after she spends the night with a suspected terrorist.

7.3
8
Voyager

Voyager

1991 · 1h 57m · Movie

April 1957: Rational engineer Faber's plane crashes in Mexico. He learns that he became a dad in 1938. He takes a ship from NYC to France and meets cute, young Sabeth. Fate?

6.7
9
Young Törless

Young Törless

1966 · 1h 27m · Movie

In a boarding school, a student observes in passive disgust as his two friends manipulate, humiliate and torture a fellow student, justifying their every act.

7.3
10
The Legend of Rita

The Legend of Rita

2000 · 1h 43m · Movie

The riveting true story of Rita Vogt, a 1970s West German terrorist who escapes to the East with the help of the Stasi. She lives in constant fear of having her cover blown, until it unavoidably happens after the German re-unifica...

6.9
11
Swann in Love

Swann in Love

1984 · 1h 50m · Movie

In Belle Époque Paris, a 19th century Parisian aristocrat (Jeremy Irons) falls in love with a lower-class prostitute (Ornella Muti) who seduces him but never loves him.

6.5
12
Return to Montauk

Return to Montauk

2017 · 1h 46m · Movie

The author Max Zorn, now in his early 60s, is on a promotional book tour in New York when he meets up again with the woman he could never forget. They spend a weekend together. 17 years have passed. Can there be a future for their...

5.9
13
Baal

Baal

1970 · 1h 27m · Movie

Baal explores the cult of the genius, an anti-heroic figure who chooses to be a social outcast and live on the fringe of bourgeois morality.

6.4
14
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

2022 · 1h 42m · Movie

Documentary presents a comprehensive portrait of an iconic artist of our time.

7.1
15
A Gathering of Old Men

A Gathering of Old Men

1987 · 1h 31m · Movie

A regular day in a Louisiana sugarcane plantation changes course when a local white farmer is shot in self defense. A group of old, black men takes a courageous step by coming forward en masse to take responsibility for the killin...

6.5
16
The Stones and Brian Jones

The Stones and Brian Jones

2024 · 1h 33m · Movie

The Stones and Brian Jones examines the musical creativity of Jones, the secret to the band's success, through candid interviews with all the essential performers and previously unreleased archive.

7.0
17
Hands Up!

Hands Up!

1985 · 1h 20m · Movie

Four young men and a woman reunite on a freight train ten years after completing their medical studies. They reminisce about their shared past, when Poland was ruled by implacable Stalinism.

6.5
18
Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg

Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg

2024 · 1h 53m · Movie

This intimate documentary reveals the story of a fierce rock 'n' roller, actress, muse and mother who rose to prominence in the 1960s and 1970s.

7.1
19
Fassbinder

Fassbinder

2015 · 1h 35m · Movie

A film portrait of the influential Bavarian actor, director and screenwriter who publicly confessed his homosexuality.

6.6
20
Komm mit mir in das Cinema - Die Gregors

Komm mit mir in das Cinema - Die Gregors

2022 · 2h 35m · Movie

Documentary on 1937 poem by Else Lasker-Schüler, in which the poet writes that "what once was: love" can be found at the cinema.

7.7
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