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Volker Schlöndorff

German film director, screenwriter and film producer (born 1939)

3.63body-of-work score · ranked #308 of 2631 directors · 5 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
March 31, 1939 · Wiesbaden
Nationality
Germany
Work
film director, screenwriter, university teacher, film actor
Movement
New German Cinema
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Volker Schlöndorff
Martin Kraft · CC BY-SA 3.0

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. 1
    The Tin DrumDie BlechtrommelMust-See #160

    1979 · France / Germany / Poland · war, drama

    Palme d'Or winner 1979 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1981 #1 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    2.995 citations
  2. 2
    Young TörlessDer junge Törless

    1966 · Germany / France · drama

    Criterion Collection spine #279

    0.161 citation
  3. 3
    Baal

    1970 · Germany · drama

    Criterion Collection spine #914

    0.161 citation
  4. 4
    The Lost Honour of Katharina BlumDie verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum

    1975 · Germany · drama, crime

    Criterion Collection spine #177

    0.161 citation
  5. 5
    Coup de GrâceLe Coup de grâce

    1976 · France / Germany · war, drama

    Criterion Collection spine #192

    0.161 citation

Complete filmography

All 52 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1966Young Törless
  • 1967A Degree of Murder
  • 1969Man on Horseback
  • 1970Baal
  • 1971The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach
  • 1972A Free Woman
  • 1972The Morals of Ruth Halbfass
  • 1974Una notte in Tirolo
  • 1975Georginas Gründe
  • 1975The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum
  • 1976Coup de Grâce
  • 1977Nur zum Spaß - nur zum Spiel. Kaleidoskop Valeska Gert
  • 1977Portrait of Valeska Gert
  • 1978Deutschland im Herbst. Episode 01: Prolog: Beerdigung von Hanns Martin Schleyer
  • 1978Deutschland im Herbst. Episode 03: Staatsakt für Hanns Martin Schleyer
  • 1978Deutschland im Herbst. Episode 13: Die verschobene Antigone
  • 1978Deutschland im Herbst. Episode 14: Die Beerdigung in Stuttgart
  • 1978Germany in Autumn
  • 1979The Tin Drum
  • 1980The Candidate
  • 1981Circle of Deceit
  • 1981Der Paukenspieler. 3. EP: Ein unheimlicher Moment
  • 1984Un amour de Swann
  • 1985Death of a Salesman
  • 1987A Gathering of Old Men
  • 1987Krieg und Frieden
  • 1987Krieg und Frieden. 04. Episode: Abschied von vorgestern
  • 1987Krieg und Frieden. 05. Episode: Gespräche im Weltraum
  • 1987Krieg und Frieden. 06. Episode: Atombunker
  • 1987Krieg und Frieden. 07. Episode: Kill Your Sister
  • 1987Krieg und Frieden. 08. Episode: Libanon
  • 1990The Handmaid's Tale
  • 1991Voyager
  • 1992Billy, How Did You Do It?
  • 1992The Michael Nyman Songbook
  • 1996The Ogre
  • 1998Palmetto
  • 2000The Legend of Rita
  • 2002Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
  • 2004The Ninth Day
  • 2005Enigma - Eine uneingestandene Liebe
  • 2006Strike
  • 2007Ulzhan
  • 2011Calm at Sea
  • 2014Diplomacy
  • 2017Return to Montauk
  • 2017The Nameless Day
  • 2022The Forest Maker
  • 2026Visitation
  • —Strajk - Die Heldin Von Danzig, Strike
  • —Wen kümmert's?
  • —Zeitzeugengespräch (2021)