Hanna Schygulla
December 25, 1943 (82 years old) in 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 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
Credits
- 2026 · Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm as Self
- 2025 · Yunan as Valeska
- 2023 · Poor Things as Martha Von Kurtzroc
- 2023 · Godard Cinema as Self
- 2023 · Godard Cinema as
- 2022 · Peter von Kant as Rosemarie
- 2021 · The Crossing as Kyona (alt)/Erzählerin (voice)
- 2021 · Everything Went Fine as Swiss Lady
- 2020 · The Wonderful Journey of Selma Lagerlöf as Self - Quote Reader (voice)
- 2020 · Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful as Self
- 2019 · The Mystery of Henri Pick as Ludmila Blavitsky
- 2018 · Ad Vitam as - Participation -
- 2018 · The Prayer as Sister Myriam
- 2017 · Lucky as Lotte
- 2017 · Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day: A Series Becomes a Family Reunion as Self
- 2016 · Unless as Danielle
- 2015 · Fassbinder as Self
- 2015 · Marcello Mastroianni, latin lover as Self
- 2014 · Ophelia as Vera
- 2014 · The Quiet Roar as Eva
- 2013 · Vijay and I as Will's Mother
- 2012 · Avanti as Suzanne
- 2011 · Faust as Moneylender's Wife
- 2010 · Lusitanian Illusion as Erika Mann (voice)
- 2009 · Clara, une passion française as Clara
- 2009 · Татарская княжна as older Anna Akhmatova
- 2009 · Alicia Bustamante as Self
- 2008 · Po-lin. Shards of Memory as Narrator - German version (voice)
- 2007 · The Edge of Heaven as Susanne Staub
- 2006 · Winter Journey as Martha "Mucky" Brenninger
- 2006 · Kommissar Stolberg as Marita Dennett
- 2006 · Filmlegenden. Deutsch as Self
- 2005 · Von Sex bis Simmel as Self
- 2004 · Promised Land as Hanna
- 2003 · ZIBB as Self
- 2002 · Gero von Boehm begegnet... as Self
- 2001 · Janela da Alma as Self
- 2001 · Werckmeister Harmonies as Tünde Eszter
- 1999 · Beckmann as Self
- 1998 · The Girl of Your Dreams as Magda Goebbels
- 1997 · Im Dialog as self
- 1996 · Lea as Wanda
- 1995 · Kulturzeit as self
- 1995 · The Sunset Boys as Ewa Loehwe
- 1995 · One Hundred and One Nights as Mr. Cinéma's Second Ex-wife
- 1994 · I Sell My Dreams as Alma
- 1994 · Life's Little Treasures as Léna
- 1994 · Hey Stranger as Tania
- 1993 · The Blue Exile as The Actress
- 1993 · Madame Bäurin as Tante Agathe
- 1993 · Golem: The Petrified Garden as Michelle
- 1992 · Warsaw: Year 5703 as Stephania
- 1992 · Morgenmagazin as Self
- 1992 · I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me as Self
- 1991 · Dead Again as Inga
- 1991 · DAS! as Self
- 1990 · Abraham's Gold as Barbara 'Bärbel' Hunzinger
- 1989 · The Summer of Miss Forbes as Mrs. Forbes
- 1987 · Casanova as Casanova's Mother
- 1986 · Barnum as Jenny Lind
- 1986 · Forever, Lulu as Elaine
- 1986 · The Delta Force as Ingrid
- 1986 · Peter the Great as Catherine Skevronskaya
- 1984 · The Future Is Woman as Anna
- 1984 · L'aide-mémoire as Suzanne
- 1983 · A Love in Germany as Pauline Kropp
- 1983 · Sheer Madness as Olga
- 1983 · The Story of Piera as Eugenia
- 1982 · Antonieta as Anna
- 1982 · Godard's Passion as Hanna
- 1982 · That Night of Varennes as Countess Sophie de la Borde
- 1982 · Scénario du film Passion as Self
- 1982 · Wortwechsel as Self
- 1981 · Circle of Deceit as Ariane Nassar
- 1981 · 5 nach 10 as Self
- 1981 · Lili Marleen as Willie
- 1980 · Berlin Alexanderplatz as Eva
- 1979 · The Great Runaway as Frau Piesch
- 1979 · The Third Generation as Susanne Gast
- 1979 · The Marriage of Maria Braun as Maria Braun
- 1979 · NDR Talk Show as Self
- 1976 · The Clown as Marie
- 1976 · Der Stumme as Martha
- 1975 · Der Katzensteg as Regine Hackelberg
- 1975 · Wrong Move as Therese
- 1974 · Spécial cinéma as Self
- 1974 · Effi Briest as Effi Briest
- 1973 · Jail Bait as Ärztin
- 1972 · Bremen Freedom as Luisa Mauer
- 1972 · Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day as Marion Andreas
- 1972 · The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant as Karin Thimm
- 1972 · The Merchant of Four Seasons as Anna Epp, Hans's sister
- 1971 · Beware of a Holy Whore as Hanna
- 1971 · Whity as Hanna
- 1971 · Rio das Mortes as Hanna
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Catharina
- 1970 · The Niklashausen Journey as Johanna
- 1970 · Gods of the Plague as Joanna
- 1970 · Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? as Hanna
- 1970 · End of the Commune? as Self
- 1970 · The Coffee House as Lisaura
- 1970 · Love Is Colder Than Death as Johanna
- 1970 · Baal as Luise
- 1969 · Kuckucksei im Gangsternest as Maria
- 1969 · Katzelmacher as Marie
- 1969 · Die Revolte as Sandra V.
- 1969 · Hunting Scenes from Bavaria as Paula
- 1959 · Stars in the Ring as Self
- 1951 · German Film Award as Self
- Future · Der große Zusammenbruch as
- 2025 · Denkste Puppe as Self
- 2024 · Magdalena Hausen: Frozen in Time as Magdalena (voice)
- 2022 · Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair as Hilde Jary
- 2021 · Hanna Schygulla - Ikone des deutschen Autorenfilms as Self
- 2020 · Irmi as Narrator
- 2017 · Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary as Self
- 2015 · Hotel Bogota - Eine einmalige Geschichte as Self
- 2012 · Lullaby to my Father as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · Once Upon a Time… The Marriage of Maria Braun as Self
- 2012 · Hanna Schygulla – quel que soit le songe as self
- 2010 · Heiligendamm as A. van der Qualen
- 2007 · Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story as Self
- 2006 · Das unreine Mal as Gerda Albrecht geb. Böhm
- 2005 · The Quiet Love as Frau Marx
- 2002 · Fassbinder in Hollywood as Self
- 2000 · Fassbinder's Women as Self
- 1998 · Angelo Nero as Eloide
- 1998 · Life, Love & Celluloid as Self
- 1995 · The Night of the Filmmakers as Self
- 1992 · Golem, the Spirit of Exile as L'Esprit de l'Exil
- 1990 · Adventure of Catherine C. as Fanny Hohenstein
- 1988 · Miss Arizona as Mici
- 1982 · Passion, le travail et l'amour: Introduction à un scénario as Self
- 1981 · Cinémania: Rainer Werner Fassbinder as Self
- 1981 · Das ABC ist subversiv as Narrator
- 1978 · New Year's Eve as Society Woman
- 1976 · Intermezzo für fünf Hände as Lisa Wegner
- 1976 · The Culture Industry Needs Something Like Me as Self
- 1976 · Grüße von Rosita aus Peru as Narrator (voice)
- 1971 · Jakob von Gunten as Lisa Benjamenta
- 1971 · Mathias Kneißl as Mathilde Schreck
- 1971 · Pioneers in Ingolstadt as Berta
- 1971 · Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8 as Self
- 1968 · The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp as Lucy
- 1948 · Bambi as Self