Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
German film director
1.24body-of-work score · ranked #747 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- December 8, 1935 · Nossendorf
- Nationality
- Germany
- Work
- film director, film producer, film editor, screenwriter
- Movement
- New German Cinema

Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1982 · France / Germany · musical, drama
Hoberman's annual top 10 1983 #1 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1982 #8
0.822 citations - 2
1977 · Germany / France / United Kingdom · drama
Hoberman's annual top 10 1980 #2 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
0.432 citations
Complete filmography
All 17 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1967Romy: Anatomy of a Face
- 1969Scarabea: How Much Land Does a Man Need?
- 1970San Domingo
- 1970Sex-Business: Made in Pasing
- 1972Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King
- 1972Theodor Hierneis oder Wie man ehem. Hofkoch wird
- 1974Karl May
- 1975Winifred Wagner und die Geschichte des Hauses Wahnfried von 1914-1975
- 1977Hitler: A Film from Germany
- 1977Hitler. Ein Film aus Deutschland. 1. Teil: Der Graal
- 1977Hitler. Ein Film aus Deutschland. 2. Teil: Ein deutscher Traum
- 1977Hitler. Ein Film aus Deutschland. 3. Teil: Das Ende eines Wintermärchens
- 1977Hitler. Ein Film aus Deutschland. 4. Teil: Wir Kinder der Hölle
- 1982Parsifal
- 1985Die Nacht
- 1995A Dream, What Else?
- —Demminer Chants