Christoph Schlingensief

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Christoph Schlingensief

Directing October 24, 1960

Oberhausen, Germany

Christoph Maria Schlingensief was a German theatre director, performance artist and filmmaker. Starting as an independent underground filmmaker, Schlingensief later staged product…

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Die Harald Schmidt Show

Die Harald Schmidt Show

7.4 1995 TV Show
NDR Talk Show

NDR Talk Show

6.6 1979 TV Show
Beckmann

Beckmann

4.5 1999 TV Show
Nachtcafé

Nachtcafé

4.7 1987 TV Show
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

6.0 1994 TV Show
Bambi

Bambi

9.0 1948 TV Show
Kulturplatz

Kulturplatz

6.0 2004 TV Show
Through the Night with...

Through the Night with...

7.9 2002 TV Show
Boulevard Bio

Boulevard Bio

7.0 1991 TV Show
Silentium

Silentium

7.2 2004 Movie
00 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter

00 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter

6.4 1994 Movie
The German Chainsaw Massacre

The German Chainsaw Massacre

4.0 1990 Movie

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Christoph Maria Schlingensief was a German theatre director, performance artist and filmmaker. Starting as an independent underground filmmaker, Schlingensief later staged productions for theatres and festivals, often accompanied by public controversies.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Nonkonform

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2020
    Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 2018
    Partisan

    Movie

  4. 2017
    Chance 2000 - Abschied von Deutschland

    Movie Self

  5. 2012
    Crackle of Time: Christoph Schlingensief and his Opera Village in Burkina Faso

    Movie

  6. 2012
    Say Goodbye to the Story (ATT 1/11)

    Movie Director

  7. 2011
    Via Intolleranza II

    Movie Director

  8. 2010
    Erdbeerfelder für immer

    Movie

  9. 2009
    Mea Culpa – A ReadyMadeOpera

    Movie Director

  10. 2009
    Der Deutschland-Komplex

    Movie Camera Operator

  11. 2009
    Eine Kirche der Angst vor dem Fremden in mir

    Movie Writer

  12. 2008
    Christoph Schlingensief - Die Piloten

    Movie Self

  13. 2008
    Germany, Your Artists

    TV show Self

  14. 2008
    The African Twin Towers

    Movie Director

  15. 2007
    Fremdverstümmelung

    Movie Director of Photography

  16. 2007
    The Flying Dutchman in Manaus

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 2005
    Monte Klamotte - Eine Expedition zum Berliner Schuldenberg

    Movie Director

  2. 2005
    Kippenberger - Der Film

    Movie Self

  3. 2005
    Affenführer

    Movie Director

  4. 2005
    Christoph Schlingensief and his Films

    Movie Himself

  5. 2004
    Silentium

    Movie Opernregisseur

  6. 2004
    Kulturplatz

    TV show Self

  7. 2004
    Im Palais

    TV show Self

  8. 2003
    Freakstars 3000

    Movie Self

  9. 2003
    Hamlet_X

    Movie Gynaecologist

  10. 2002
    Through the Night with...

    TV show Self

  11. 2002
    Gero von Boehm begegnet...

    TV show Self

  12. 2002
    Foreigners Out! Schlingensief's Container

    Movie Himself

  13. 2002
    Alle Gefühle glauben an einen glücklichen Ausgang

    Movie Self

  14. 2001
    Hamlet: This Is Your Family

    Movie Himself

  15. 2001
    Aeschbacher

    TV show Self

  16. 2000
    U3000

    TV show Self - Host

  17. 2000
    Schlingensiefs U3000

    TV show Self - Host

  18. 2000
    Failure as a Chance

    Movie Self

  19. 1999
    Volle Kanne

    TV show Self

  20. 1999
    Che: muerte de la utopia?

    Movie

  21. 1999
    Beckmann

    TV show Self

  22. 1998
    Sternstunde Philosophie

    TV show Self

  23. 1998
    Silvester Countdown

    Movie Pole

  24. 1998
    Sabine Christiansen

    TV show Self