Hanna Schygulla

Hanna Schygulla

Known for
Acting
Born
December 25, 1943 (age 82)
Birthplace
Chorzów, Polska

Biography

Hanna Schygulla (born 25 December 1943) is a German actress and chanson singer. She is generally considered the most prominent German actress of the New German Cinema. Over 12 years, Hanna Schygulla appeared in 23 Fassbinder movies (including his first feature film), the most-acclaimed being The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979) (for which she won the Silver Bear).

Known For

Filmography

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Heureka

Heureka

Movie

2026
Der große Zusammenbruch

Der große Zusammenbruch

Movie · as Fr. Rau

2026
Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm

Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2025
Yunan poster

Yunan

Movie · as Valeska

2025
Denkste Puppe

Denkste Puppe

Movie · as Self

2024
Magdalena Hausen: Frozen in Time poster

Magdalena Hausen: Frozen in Time

Movie · as Magdalena (voice)

2023
Poor Things poster

Poor Things

Movie · as Martha Von Kurtzroc

2023
Godard Cinema poster

Godard Cinema

Movie · as Self

2022
Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair poster

Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair

Movie · as Hilde Jary

2022
Peter von Kant poster

Peter von Kant

Movie · as Rosemarie

2021
Hanna Schygulla - Ikone des deutschen Autorenfilms poster

Hanna Schygulla - Ikone des deutschen Autorenfilms

Movie · as Self

2021
The Crossing poster

The Crossing

Movie · as Kyona (alt)/Erzählerin (voice)

2021
Everything Went Fine poster

Everything Went Fine

Movie · as Swiss Lady

2020
Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful poster

Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful

Movie · as Self

2020
Irmi poster

Irmi

Movie · as Narrator

2020
The Wonderful Journey of Selma Lagerlöf poster

The Wonderful Journey of Selma Lagerlöf

Movie · as Self - Quote Reader (voice)

2019
The Mystery of Henri Pick poster

The Mystery of Henri Pick

Movie · as Ludmila Blavitsky

2018
The Prayer poster

The Prayer

Movie · as Sister Myriam

2018
Ad Vitam poster

Ad Vitam

TV · as - Participation - · 6 eps

2017
Lucky poster

Lucky

Movie · as Lotte

2017
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day: A Series Becomes a Family Reunion poster

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day: A Series Becomes a Family Reunion

Movie · as Self

2017
Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary poster

Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary

Movie · as Self

2016
Unless poster

Unless

Movie · as Danielle

2015
Marcello Mastroianni, latin lover

Marcello Mastroianni, latin lover

Movie · as Self

2015
Fassbinder poster

Fassbinder

Movie · as Self

2015
Hotel Bogota - Eine einmalige Geschichte

Hotel Bogota - Eine einmalige Geschichte

Movie · as Self

2014
Ophelia

Ophelia

Movie · as Vera

2014
The Quiet Roar poster

The Quiet Roar

Movie · as Eva

2013
Vijay and I poster

Vijay and I

Movie · as Will's Mother

2012
Hanna Schygulla – quel que soit le songe

Hanna Schygulla – quel que soit le songe

Movie · as self

2012
Avanti poster

Avanti

Movie · as Suzanne

2012
Once Upon a Time… The Marriage of Maria Braun poster

Once Upon a Time… The Marriage of Maria Braun

Movie · as Self

2012
Lullaby to my Father poster

Lullaby to my Father

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2011
Faust poster

Faust

Movie · as Moneylender's Wife

2010
Heiligendamm poster

Heiligendamm

Movie · as A. van der Qualen

2010
Lusitanian Illusion poster

Lusitanian Illusion

Movie · as Erika Mann (voice)

2009
Alicia Bustamante

Alicia Bustamante

Movie · as Self

2009
Clara, une passion française poster

Clara, une passion française

Movie · as Clara

2009
Татарская княжна

Татарская княжна

Movie · as older Anna Akhmatova

2008
Po-lin. Shards of Memory poster

Po-lin. Shards of Memory

Movie · as Narrator - German version (voice)

2007
The Edge of Heaven poster

The Edge of Heaven

Movie · as Susanne Staub

2007
Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story poster

Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story

Movie · as Self

2006
Winter Journey poster

Winter Journey

Movie · as Martha "Mucky" Brenninger

2006
Das unreine Mal

Das unreine Mal

Movie · as Gerda Albrecht geb. Böhm

2006
Kommissar Stolberg poster

Kommissar Stolberg

TV · as Marita Dennett · 1 ep

2006
Filmlegenden. Deutsch

Filmlegenden. Deutsch

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2005
The Quiet Love poster

The Quiet Love

Movie · as Frau Marx

2005
Von Sex bis Simmel

Von Sex bis Simmel

Movie · as Self

2004
Promised Land poster

Promised Land

Movie · as Hanna

2003
ZIBB

ZIBB

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
Fassbinder in Hollywood poster

Fassbinder in Hollywood

Movie · as Self

2002
Gero von Boehm begegnet...

Gero von Boehm begegnet...

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
Werckmeister Harmonies poster

Werckmeister Harmonies

Movie · as Tünde Eszter

2001
Window of the Soul poster

Window of the Soul

Movie · as Self

2000
Fassbinder's Women poster

Fassbinder's Women

Movie · as Self

1999
Beckmann poster

Beckmann

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
Life, Love & Celluloid

Life, Love & Celluloid

Movie · as Self

1998
The Girl of Your Dreams poster

The Girl of Your Dreams

Movie · as Magda Goebbels

1998
Angelo Nero poster

Angelo Nero

Movie · as Eloide

1997
Im Dialog

Im Dialog

TV · as self · 1 ep

1996
Lea poster

Lea

Movie · as Wanda

1995
One Hundred and One Nights poster

One Hundred and One Nights

Movie · as Mr. Cinéma's Second Ex-wife

1995
The Night of the Filmmakers poster

The Night of the Filmmakers

Movie · as Self

1995
The Sunset Boys poster

The Sunset Boys

Movie · as Ewa Loehwe

1994
Life's Little Treasures poster

Life's Little Treasures

Movie · as Léna

1994
Hey Stranger poster

Hey Stranger

Movie · as Tania

1994
I Sell My Dreams poster

I Sell My Dreams

TV · as Alma · 6 eps

1993
The Blue Exile poster

The Blue Exile

Movie · as The Actress

1993
Golem: The Petrified Garden poster

Golem: The Petrified Garden

Movie · as Michelle

1993
Madame Bäurin poster

Madame Bäurin

Movie · as Tante Agathe

1992
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me poster

I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me

Movie · as Self

1992
Warsaw: Year 5703 poster

Warsaw: Year 5703

Movie · as Stephania

1992
Golem, the Spirit of Exile poster

Golem, the Spirit of Exile

Movie · as L'Esprit de l'Exil

1992
Morgenmagazin poster

Morgenmagazin

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1991
Dead Again poster

Dead Again

Movie · as Inga

1991
DAS! poster

DAS!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1990
Abraham's Gold

Abraham's Gold

Movie · as Barbara 'Bärbel' Hunzinger

1990
Adventure of Catherine C. poster

Adventure of Catherine C.

Movie · as Fanny Hohenstein

1989
The Summer of Miss Forbes poster

The Summer of Miss Forbes

Movie · as Mrs. Forbes

1988
Miss Arizona poster

Miss Arizona

Movie · as Mici

1987
Casanova poster

Casanova

Movie · as Casanova's Mother

1986
The Delta Force poster

The Delta Force

Movie · as Ingrid

1986
Forever, Lulu poster

Forever, Lulu

Movie · as Elaine

1986
Barnum poster

Barnum

Movie · as Jenny Lind

1986
Peter the Great poster

Peter the Great

TV · as Catherine Skevronskaya · 4 eps

1984
The Future Is Woman poster

The Future Is Woman

Movie · as Anna

1984
L'aide-mémoire poster

L'aide-mémoire

Movie · as Suzanne

1983
A Love in Germany poster

A Love in Germany

Movie · as Pauline Kropp

1983
Sheer Madness poster

Sheer Madness

Movie · as Olga

1983
The Story of Piera poster

The Story of Piera

Movie · as Eugenia

1982
Godard's Passion poster

Godard's Passion

Movie · as Hanna

1982
That Night of Varennes poster

That Night of Varennes

Movie · as Countess Sophie de la Borde

1982
Antonieta poster

Antonieta

Movie · as Anna

1982
Scénario du film Passion poster

Scénario du film Passion

Movie · as Self

1982
Passion, le travail et l'amour: Introduction à un scénario poster

Passion, le travail et l'amour: Introduction à un scénario

Movie · as Self

1982
Wortwechsel

Wortwechsel

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1981
Lili Marleen poster

Lili Marleen

Movie · as Willie

1981
Circle of Deceit poster

Circle of Deceit

Movie · as Ariane Nassar

1981
Cinémania: Rainer Werner Fassbinder poster

Cinémania: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Movie · as Self

1981
Das ABC ist subversiv poster

Das ABC ist subversiv

Movie · as Narrator

1981
5 nach 10

5 nach 10

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1980
Berlin Alexanderplatz poster

Berlin Alexanderplatz

TV · as Eva · 14 eps

1979
The Marriage of Maria Braun poster

The Marriage of Maria Braun

Movie · as Maria Braun

1979
The Third Generation poster

The Third Generation

Movie · as Susanne Gast

1979
The Great Runaway poster

The Great Runaway

TV · as Frau Piesch · 3 eps

1979
NDR Talk Show poster

NDR Talk Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1978
New Year's Eve poster

New Year's Eve

Movie · as Society Woman

1977
The Devils poster

The Devils

TV · as Darja Schatowa · 3 eps

1976
The Culture Industry Needs Something Like Me poster

The Culture Industry Needs Something Like Me

Movie · as Self

1976
The Clown poster

The Clown

Movie · as Marie

1976
Grüße von Rosita aus Peru

Grüße von Rosita aus Peru

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1976
Intermezzo für fünf Hände

Intermezzo für fünf Hände

Movie · as Lisa Wegner

1976
Der Stumme

Der Stumme

Movie · as Martha

1975
Wrong Move poster

Wrong Move

Movie · as Therese

1975
Der Katzensteg poster

Der Katzensteg

Movie · as Regine Hackelberg

1974
Effi Briest poster

Effi Briest

Movie · as Effi Briest

1974
Spécial cinéma poster

Spécial cinéma

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1973
Jail Bait poster

Jail Bait

Movie · as Ärztin

1972
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant poster

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

Movie · as Karin Thimm

1972
Bremen Freedom poster

Bremen Freedom

Movie · as Luisa Mauer

1972
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day poster

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

TV · as Marion Andreas · 5 eps

1971
The Merchant of Four Seasons poster

The Merchant of Four Seasons

Movie · as Anna Epp, Hans's sister

1971
Beware of a Holy Whore poster

Beware of a Holy Whore

Movie · as Hanna

1971
Whity poster

Whity

Movie · as Hanna

1971
Pioneers in Ingolstadt poster

Pioneers in Ingolstadt

Movie · as Berta

1971
Rio das Mortes poster

Rio das Mortes

Movie · as Hanna

1971
Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8

Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8

Movie · as Self

1971
Mathias Kneißl poster

Mathias Kneißl

Movie · as Mathilde Schreck

1971
Jakob von Gunten poster

Jakob von Gunten

Movie · as Lisa Benjamenta

1970
Gods of the Plague poster

Gods of the Plague

Movie · as Joanna

1970
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? poster

Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?

Movie · as Hanna

1970
Love Is Colder Than Death poster

Love Is Colder Than Death

Movie · as Johanna

1970
The Niklashausen Journey poster

The Niklashausen Journey

Movie · as Johanna

1970
The Coffee House poster

The Coffee House

Movie · as Lisaura

1970
Baal poster

Baal

Movie · as Luise

1970
End of the Commune? poster

End of the Commune?

Movie · as Self

1970
Scene of the Crime poster

Scene of the Crime

TV · as Catharina · 1 ep

1969
Katzelmacher poster

Katzelmacher

Movie · as Marie

1969
Hunting Scenes from Bavaria poster

Hunting Scenes from Bavaria

Movie · as Paula

1969
Kuckucksei im Gangsternest

Kuckucksei im Gangsternest

Movie · as Maria

1969
Die Revolte

Die Revolte

Movie · as Sandra V.

1968
The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp poster

The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp

Movie · as Lucy

1959
Stars in der Manege poster

Stars in der Manege

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1951
German Film Award

German Film Award

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1948
Bambi poster

Bambi

TV · as Self · 1 ep