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
- 2025 · Yunan as Valeska
- 2024 · Magdalena Hausen: Frozen in Time as Magdalena (voice)
- 2023 · Godard Cinema as Self
- 2021 · Hanna Schygulla - Ikone des deutschen Autorenfilms as Self
- 2021 · The Crossing as Kyona (alt)/Erzählerin (voice)
- 2020 · Irmi as Narrator
- 2020 · Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful as Self
- 2018 · The Prayer as Sister Myriam
- 2017 · Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary as Self
- 2010 · Heiligendamm as A. van der Qualen
- 2009 · Alicia Bustamante as Self
- 2006 · Filmlegenden. Deutsch as Self
- 2005 · The Quiet Love as Frau Marx
- 2004 · Promised Land as Hanna
- 2001 · Janela da Alma as Self
- 1998 · The Girl of Your Dreams as Magda Goebbels
- 1998 · Life, Love & Celluloid as Self
- 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
- 1993 · Golem: The Petrified Garden as Michelle
- 1992 · Warsaw: Year 5703 as Stephania
- 1990 · Adventure of Catherine C. as Fanny Hohenstein
- 1988 · Miss Arizona as Mici
- 1984 · The Future Is Woman as Anna
- 1982 · The Night of Varennes as Countess Sophie de la Borde
- 1981 · Cinémania: Rainer Werner Fassbinder as Self
- 1979 · The Third Generation as Susanne Gast
- 1976 · The Clown as Marie
- 1974 · Effi Briest as Effi Briest
- 1971 · Beware of a Holy Whore as Hanna
- 1971 · Rio das Mortes as Hanna
- 1971 · The Merchant of Four Seasons as Anna Epp, Hans's sister
- 1970 · The Niklashausen Journey as Johanna
- 1970 · Gods of the Plague as Joanna
- 1970 · Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? as Hanna
- Future · Der große Zusammenbruch as
- 2025 · Denkste Puppe as Self
- 2023 · Poor Things as Martha Von Kurtzroc
- 2022 · Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair as Hilde Jary
- 2022 · Peter von Kant as Rosemarie
- 2021 · Everything Went Fine as Swiss Lady
- 2020 · The Wonderful Journey of Selma Lagerlöf as Self - Quote Reader (voice)
- 2019 · The Mystery of Henri Pick as Ludmila Blavitsky
- 2018 · Ad Vitam as - Participation -
- 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 · Hotel Bogota - Eine einmalige Geschichte as Self
- 2015 · Fassbinder as Self
- 2015 · Marcello Mastroianni, latin lover as Self
- 2014 · Ophelia as Vera
- 2014 · The Quiet Roar as Eva
- 2012 · Lullaby to my Father as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · Avanti as Suzanne
- 2012 · Once Upon a Time… The Marriage of Maria Braun as Self
- 2012 · Hanna Schygulla – quel que soit le songe as self
- 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
- 2008 · Po-lin. Shards of Memory as Narrator - German version (voice)
- 2007 · Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story as Self
- 2007 · The Edge of Heaven as Susanne Staub
- 2006 · Das unreine Mal as Gerda Albrecht geb. Böhm
- 2006 · Winter Journey as Martha "Mucky" Brenninger
- 2006 · Kommissar Stolberg as Marita Dennett
- 2005 · Von Sex bis Simmel as Self
- 2003 · ZIBB as Self
- 2002 · Fassbinder in Hollywood as Self
- 2002 · Gero von Boehm begegnet... as Self
- 2001 · Werckmeister Harmonies as Tünde Eszter
- 2000 · Fassbinder's Women as Self
- 1999 · Beckmann as Self
- 1998 · Angelo Nero as Eloide
- 1997 · Im Dialog as self
- 1996 · Lea as Wanda
- 1995 · Kulturzeit as self
- 1995 · The Sunset Boys as Ewa Loehwe
- 1995 · The Night of the Filmmakers as Self
- 1994 · Hey Stranger as Tania
- 1993 · The Blue Exile as The Actress
- 1993 · Madame Bäurin as Tante Agathe
- 1992 · Golem, the Spirit of Exile as L'Esprit de l'Exil
- 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 · 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 · Passion, le travail et l'amour: Introduction à un scénario as Self
- 1982 · Scénario du film Passion as Self
- 1982 · Wortwechsel as Self
- 1981 · Circle of Deceit as Ariane Nassar
- 1981 · Das ABC ist subversiv as Narrator
- 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 Marriage of Maria Braun as Maria Braun
- 1979 · NDR Talk Show as Self
- 1978 · New Year's Eve as Society Woman
- 1976 · Intermezzo für fünf Hände as Lisa Wegner
- 1976 · Der Stumme as Martha
- 1976 · The Culture Industry Needs Something Like Me as Self - Interviewee (uncredited)
- 1976 · Grüße von Rosita aus Peru as Narrator (voice)
- 1975 · Der Katzensteg as Regine Hackelberg
- 1975 · Wrong Move as Therese
- 1974 · Spécial cinéma as Self
- 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
- 1971 · Jakob von Gunten as Lisa Benjamenta
- 1971 · Whity as Hanna
- 1971 · Mathias Kneißl as Mathilde Schreck
- 1971 · Pioneers in Ingolstadt as Berta
- 1971 · Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8 as Self
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Catharina
- 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
- 1968 · The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp as Lucy
- 1959 · Stars in the Ring as Self
- 1951 · German Film Award as Self
- 1948 · Bambi as Self