Hanna Schygulla

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Hanna Schygulla

Acting 82 December 25, 1943

Chorzów, Polska

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 yea…

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Poor Things

Poor Things

7.6 2023 Movie
DAS!

DAS!

4.7 1991 TV Show
Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime

6.2 1970 TV Show
Morgenmagazin

Morgenmagazin

5.3 1992 TV Show
NDR Talk Show

NDR Talk Show

6.6 1979 TV Show
The Delta Force

The Delta Force

6.0 1986 Movie
The Mystery of Henri Pick

The Mystery of Henri Pick

6.5 2019 Movie
Dead Again

Dead Again

6.4 1991 Movie
Werckmeister Harmonies

Werckmeister Harmonies

7.9 2001 Movie
Beckmann

Beckmann

4.5 1999 TV Show
The Edge of Heaven

The Edge of Heaven

7.2 2007 Movie
The Marriage of Maria Braun

The Marriage of Maria Braun

7.4 1979 Movie

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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).

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Der große Zusammenbruch

    Movie

  2. 2026
    Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm

    TV show Self

  3. 2025
    Yunan

    Movie Valeska

  4. 2025
    Denkste Puppe

    Movie Self

  5. 2024
    Magdalena Hausen: Frozen in Time

    Movie Magdalena (voice)

  6. 2023
    Poor Things

    Movie Martha Von Kurtzroc

  7. 2023
    Godard Cinema

    Movie Self

  8. 2022
    Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair

    Movie Hilde Jary

  9. 2022
    Peter von Kant

    Movie Rosemarie

  10. 2021
    Hanna Schygulla - Ikone des deutschen Autorenfilms

    Movie Self

  11. 2021
    The Crossing

    Movie Kyona (alt)/Erzählerin (voice)

  12. 2021
    Everything Went Fine

    Movie Swiss Lady

  13. 2020
    The Wonderful Journey of Selma Lagerlöf

    Movie Self - Quote Reader (voice)

  14. 2020
    Irmi

    Movie Narrator

  15. 2020
    Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful

    Movie Self

  16. 2019
    The Mystery of Henri Pick

    Movie Ludmila Blavitsky

More credits
  1. 2018
    Ad Vitam

    TV show - Participation -

  2. 2018
    The Prayer

    Movie Sister Myriam

  3. 2017
    Lucky

    Movie Lotte

  4. 2017
    Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary

    Movie Self

  5. 2017
    Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day: A Series Becomes a Family Reunion

    Movie Self

  6. 2016
    Unless

    Movie Danielle

  7. 2015
    Hotel Bogota - Eine einmalige Geschichte

    Movie Self

  8. 2015
    Fassbinder

    Movie Self

  9. 2015
    Marcello Mastroianni, latin lover

    Movie Self

  10. 2014
    Ophelia

    Movie Vera

  11. 2014
    The Quiet Roar

    Movie Eva

  12. 2013
    Vijay and I

    Movie Will's Mother

  13. 2012
    Lullaby to my Father

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  14. 2012
    Avanti

    Movie Suzanne

  15. 2012
    Once Upon a Time… The Marriage of Maria Braun

    Movie Self

  16. 2012
    Hanna Schygulla – quel que soit le songe

    Movie self

  17. 2011
    Faust

    Movie Moneylender's Wife

  18. 2010
    Lusitanian Illusion

    Movie Erika Mann (voice)

  19. 2010
    Heiligendamm

    Movie A. van der Qualen

  20. 2009
    Clara, une passion française

    Movie Clara

  21. 2009
    Татарская княжна

    Movie older Anna Akhmatova

  22. 2009
    Alicia Bustamante

    Movie Self

  23. 2008
    Po-lin. Shards of Memory

    Movie Narrator - German version (voice)

  24. 2007
    Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story

    Movie Self