Volker Schlöndorff: movies and TV shows
Volker Schlöndorff has 205 credits in the archive: 157 films and 48 TV series, from 1951 to 2026. Highest rated: Spécial cinéma (9.5/10).
Career timeline
1951 – 2026 · busiest year: 2010 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm | Self | TV | — | 87 |
| 2026 | Visitation | Film | — | 87 | |
| 2026 | Visitation | Film | — | 87 | |
| 2026 | Visitation | Film | — | 87 | |
| 2026 | Igor and After | Film | — | 87 | |
| 2025 | Pan Olbrychski | Self | Film | 7.0 | 86 |
| 2024 | Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg | Self | Film | 7.2 | 85 |
| 2024 | The Stones and Brian Jones | Self | Film | 7.1 | 85 |
| 2024 | Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit | Self | Film | 7.5 | 85 |
| 2023 | German Genius | Volker Schlöndorff | TV | 5.5 | 84 |
| 2022 | Studio 3 - Live aus Babelsberg | Self | TV | — | 83 |
| 2022 | The Forest Maker | Film | 6.2 | 83 | |
| 2022 | The Forest Maker | Film | 6.2 | 83 | |
| 2022 | The Forest Maker | Film | 6.2 | 83 | |
| 2022 | Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer | Self | Film | 7.9 | 83 |
| 2022 | Alain Resnais, the Audacious | Self | Film | 9.0 | 83 |
| 2022 | Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion | Self | Film | 7.2 | 83 |
| 2022 | Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors | Self | Film | — | 83 |
| 2022 | Merkel | Self | Film | 7.0 | 83 |
| 2021 | A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner | Self | Film | 8.5 | 82 |
| 2020 | Last Year in Dachau | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 4.0 | 81 |
| 2020 | Melville, le dernier samouraï | Self | Film | 7.4 | 81 |
| 2020 | Volker Schlöndorff: The Beat of the Drum | Self - Filmmaker | Film | 7.0 | 81 |
| 2019 | Hollywood's Second World War | Self | Film | 8.0 | 80 |
| 2019 | Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power | Self - Filmmaker | Film | 6.8 | 80 |
| 2019 | Fuck the Message | Self | Film | — | 80 |
| 2018 | Was tut sich - im deutschen Film? | Himself | TV | — | 79 |
| 2018 | Sympathisanten - Unser deutscher Herbst | Self | Film | 5.0 | 79 |
| 2017 | Return to Montauk | Film | 5.6 | 78 | |
| 2017 | Return to Montauk | Film | 5.6 | 78 | |
| 2017 | Return to Montauk | Film | 5.6 | 78 | |
| 2017 | Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life | Self | Film | 5.2 | 78 |
| 2017 | The Nameless Day | Film | 6.0 | 78 | |
| 2017 | The Nameless Day | Film | 6.0 | 78 | |
| 2017 | Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder | Self | Film | 7.3 | 78 |
| 2016 | Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another World | Self | Film | — | 77 |
| 2015 | From Caligari to Hitler | Self - Filmmaker | Film | 7.4 | 76 |
| 2015 | Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century | Self - Filmmaker | Film | 7.5 | 76 |
| 2015 | Fassbinder | Self | Film | 6.2 | 76 |
| 2015 | The Poet and the Filmmaker: Volker Schlöndorff on Baal | Interviewer | Film | — | 76 |
| 2014 | Diplomacy | Film | 7.0 | 75 | |
| 2014 | Diplomacy | Film | 7.0 | 75 | |
| 2014 | Henri Langlois vu par... | Self | Film | 4.0 | 75 |
| 2014 | Henri Langlois vu par... | Film | 4.0 | 75 | |
| 2014 | Bewegte Republik Deutschland | Self | TV | — | 75 |
| 2012 | Square | Self | TV | — | 73 |
| 2012 | Calm at Sea | Film | 6.6 | 73 | |
| 2012 | Calm at Sea | Film | 6.6 | 73 | |
| 2012 | Open Opera – Wer wird Carmen? | Self | TV | — | 73 |
| 2012 | Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections | Self | Film | — | 73 |
| 2011 | Günther Jauch | Self | TV | — | 72 |
| 2011 | Was wurde aus...? | himself | TV | — | 72 |
| 2011 | Nuits transparentes | Film | — | 72 | |
| 2010 | Westpol | self | TV | — | 71 |
| 2010 | Museums-Check mit Markus Brock | Self | TV | — | 71 |
| 2010 | Cave of Forgotten Dreams | Narrator (French version) (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 71 |
| 2010 | Melville Steps Out of the Shadows | Interviewee | Film | — | 71 |
| 2010 | Code Name: Melville | Self | Film | 6.7 | 71 |
| 2010 | Memories of Last Year in Marienbad | Himself - Narrator | Film | — | 71 |
| 2010 | Memories of Last Year in Marienbad | Film | — | 71 | |
| 2010 | Memories of Last Year in Marienbad | Film | — | 71 | |
| 2010 | Michael Nyman in Progress | Self | Film | 1.5 | 71 |
| 2009 | Unraveling the Enigma: The Making of Marienbad | Self | Film | — | 70 |
| 2009 | Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial | himself | Film | — | 70 |
| 2008 | Malle's Fire Within | Self | Film | 9.0 | 69 |
| 2007 | Ulzhan | Film | 5.9 | 68 | |
| 2007 | Strike | Film | 7.2 | 68 | |
| 2006 | Filmmakers in Action | Self | Film | 7.2 | 67 |
| 2006 | Billy Wilder Speaks | Self - Filmmaker / Interviewer | Film | 6.7 | 67 |
| 2006 | Billy Wilder Speaks | Film | 6.7 | 67 | |
| 2006 | Billy Wilder Speaks | Film | 6.7 | 67 | |
| 2005 | Knef - Die frühen Jahre | Self | Film | 8.0 | 66 |
| 2005 | Von Sex bis Simmel | Self | Film | 8.0 | 66 |
| 2005 | Gottschalk meets Petersen | Himself | Film | — | 66 |
| 2005 | Who is Helene Schwarz? | Self | Film | 7.0 | 66 |
| 2005 | Enigma – Eine uneingestandene Liebe | Film | 10.0 | 66 | |
| 2004 | The Ninth Day | Film | 6.5 | 65 | |
| 2004 | Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands | Self (Interviewee) | Film | 7.3 | 65 |
| 2003 | Un film et son époque | Self | TV | 10.0 | 64 |
| 2003 | Die Verhoevens | Himself | Film | 10.0 | 64 |
| 2002 | Im Glashaus - Das philosophische Quartett | himself | TV | — | 63 |
| 2002 | Gero von Boehm begegnet... | Self | TV | — | 63 |
| 2002 | Everyman's Feast | Film | 4.0 | 63 | |
| 2002 | Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song | Self | Film | 6.5 | 63 |
| 2002 | Ten Minutes Older: The Cello | Film | 6.6 | 63 | |
| 2002 | Ein Produzent hat Seele oder er hat keine | Self | Film | 5.0 | 63 |
| 2002 | Ein Produzent hat Seele oder er hat keine | Film | 5.0 | 63 | |
| 2002 | The Enlightenment | Film | — | 63 | |
| 2001 | Volker Schlöndorff Remembers The Tin Drum | Self | Film | 10.0 | 62 |
| 2000 | Abendschau | Self | TV | 4.3 | 61 |
| 2000 | Abendschau | self | TV | 4.3 | 61 |
| 2000 | The Legend of Rita | Film | 6.0 | 61 | |
| 2000 | The Legend of Rita | Film | 6.0 | 61 | |
| 2000 | Schrott - Die Atzenposse | Film | 8.0 | 61 | |
| 1999 | Volle Kanne | Self | TV | 4.4 | 60 |
| 1999 | maybrit illner | Self | TV | 9.0 | 60 |
| 1999 | Beckmann | Self | TV | 4.3 | 60 |
| 1998 | Alpha Forum | Self | TV | — | 59 |
| 1998 | Palmetto | Film | 6.0 | 59 | |
| 1997 | Nachtstudio | Self | TV | — | 58 |
| 1997 | Im Dialog | self | TV | — | 58 |
| 1996 | The Ogre | Film | 6.4 | 57 | |
| 1996 | The Ogre | Film | 6.4 | 57 | |
| 1996 | The Ice Princess | Film | 5.8 | 57 | |
| 1995 | Die Harald Schmidt Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 56 |
| 1995 | The Night of the Filmmakers | Self | Film | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1992 | Morgenmagazin | Self | TV | 5.3 | 53 |
| 1992 | Billy, How Did You Do It? | Self | TV | — | 53 |
| 1992 | Billy, How Did You Do It? | TV | — | 53 | |
| 1992 | I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me | Self | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 1992 | The Michael Nyman Songbook | Film | — | 53 | |
| 1992 | Billy, How Did You Do It? | Self | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1992 | Billy, How Did You Do It? | Film | 6.0 | 53 | |
| 1991 | Film Lesson | Self | TV | — | 52 |
| 1991 | Voyager | Film | 6.2 | 52 | |
| 1991 | Voyager | Film | 6.2 | 52 | |
| 1990 | Romy Award | Self | TV | 9.0 | 51 |
| 1990 | Zeil um Zehn | Self | TV | — | 51 |
| 1990 | The Handmaid's Tale | Film | 6.1 | 51 | |
| 1989 | ZDF-Mittagsmagazin | Self | TV | 6.0 | 50 |
| 1987 | Nachtcafé | Self | TV | 4.7 | 48 |
| 1987 | A Gathering of Old Men | Film | 6.2 | 48 | |
| 1986 | American Masters | Self | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1986 | Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ | Self - The Director | Film | — | 47 |
| 1985 | Death of a Salesman | Film | 6.9 | 46 | |
| 1985 | Hands Up! | Self (1981 footage) | Film | 5.6 | 46 |
| 1985 | Humor ist eine ernste Sache - Der Filmregisseur Kurt Hoffmann | Self | Film | — | 46 |
| 1984 | Goldene Kamera | Self | TV | 5.7 | 45 |
| 1984 | Swann in Love | Film | 5.6 | 45 | |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées | Self | TV | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1982 | War and Peace | Film | 4.5 | 43 | |
| 1982 | War and Peace | Film | 4.5 | 43 | |
| 1981 | Circle of Deceit | Film | 6.1 | 42 | |
| 1981 | Circle of Deceit | Film | 6.1 | 42 | |
| 1980 | The Candidate | Film | 6.0 | 41 | |
| 1980 | The Candidate | Film | 6.0 | 41 | |
| 1979 | NDR Talk Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 40 |
| 1979 | Bavarian Film Awards | Self | TV | — | 40 |
| 1979 | The Tin Drum | Film | 7.0 | 40 | |
| 1979 | The Tin Drum | Film | 7.0 | 40 | |
| 1978 | Ciné regards | Self | TV | — | 39 |
| 1978 | Germany in Autumn | Film | 6.3 | 39 | |
| 1978 | Germany in Autumn | Film | 6.3 | 39 | |
| 1978 | Cinématon | N°572 | Film | 4.9 | 39 |
| 1978 | Beto Nervio contra el poder de las tinieblas | Film | 7.0 | 39 | |
| 1977 | Portrait of Valeska Gert | Film | 9.0 | 38 | |
| 1977 | Portrait of Valeska Gert | Film | 9.0 | 38 | |
| 1976 | Kölner Treff | Self | TV | 6.8 | 37 |
| 1976 | Coup de Grâce | Film | 6.4 | 37 | |
| 1976 | Henry James Stories | TV | 8.0 | 37 | |
| 1976 | Henry James Stories | TV | 8.0 | 37 | |
| 1976 | Henry James Stories | TV | 8.0 | 37 | |
| 1976 | Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema | Self | Film | — | 37 |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self | TV | 6.0 | 36 |
| 1975 | Georginas Gründe | Film | 8.0 | 36 | |
| 1975 | Georginas Gründe | Film | 8.0 | 36 | |
| 1975 | The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum | Film | 7.0 | 36 | |
| 1975 | The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum | Film | 7.0 | 36 | |
| 1975 | De qui dépend que l’oppression demeure ? | Self | Film | 10.0 | 36 |
| 1974 | Spécial cinéma | Self | TV | 9.5 | 35 |
| 1974 | 3 nach 9 | Self | TV | 7.2 | 35 |
| 1974 | Stayover in Tirol | Film | 7.0 | 35 | |
| 1974 | Stayover in Tirol | Film | 7.0 | 35 | |
| 1974 | Stayover in Tirol | Film | 7.0 | 35 | |
| 1973 | Je später der Abend | Self | TV | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1972 | A Free Woman | Film | 6.6 | 33 | |
| 1972 | A Free Woman | Film | 6.6 | 33 | |
| 1972 | A Free Woman | Film | 6.6 | 33 | |
| 1972 | The Morals of Ruth Halbfass | Film | 5.0 | 33 | |
| 1972 | The Morals of Ruth Halbfass | Film | 5.0 | 33 | |
| 1971 | The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach | Film | 6.5 | 32 | |
| 1971 | The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach | Film | 6.5 | 32 | |
| 1971 | The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach | Film | 6.5 | 32 | |
| 1971 | Mathias Kneißl | Film | 6.5 | 32 | |
| 1971 | Rio das Mortes | Film | 5.3 | 32 | |
| 1970 | 11 Uhr 20 | Barkeepeer Henry | TV | 5.2 | 31 |
| 1970 | Baal | Film | 5.5 | 31 | |
| 1970 | Baal | Film | 5.5 | 31 | |
| 1970 | Baal | Film | 5.5 | 31 | |
| 1969 | Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel | Film | 6.2 | 30 | |
| 1969 | Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel | Film | 6.2 | 30 | |
| 1967 | Titel, Thesen, Temperamente | Self | TV | 6.5 | 28 |
| 1967 | Degree of Murder | Film | 6.3 | 28 | |
| 1967 | Degree of Murder | Film | 6.3 | 28 | |
| 1967 | Neuer Deutscher Film Report | Film | 9.0 | 28 | |
| 1967 | Der Paukenspieler | Film | 10.0 | 28 | |
| 1967 | Der Paukenspieler | Film | 10.0 | 28 | |
| 1966 | Young Törless | Film | 6.6 | 27 | |
| 1966 | Young Törless | Film | 6.6 | 27 | |
| 1965 | Viva Maria! | Film | 6.1 | 26 | |
| 1964 | Chance at Love | German soldier (segment "Chance du guerrier, La") (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 25 |
| 1963 | The Fire Within | Film | 7.6 | 24 | |
| 1963 | Méditerranée | Film | 5.6 | 24 | |
| 1962 | A Very Private Affair | Film | 5.1 | 23 | |
| 1962 | Le Doulos | Man in Bar (uncredited) | Film | 7.4 | 23 |
| 1962 | Le Doulos | Film | 7.4 | 23 | |
| 1961 | Last Year at Marienbad | Film | 7.4 | 22 | |
| 1961 | Léon Morin, Priest | German Soldier (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 22 |
| 1961 | Léon Morin, Priest | Film | 7.1 | 22 | |
| 1960 | Who Cares... | Film | — | 21 | |
| 1960 | Who Cares... | Film | — | 21 | |
| 1960 | Who Cares... | Film | — | 21 | |
| 1951 | German Film Award | Self | TV | 6.0 | 12 |
| Love Me Again | Film | — | — | ||
| Ulrich Matthes - Leidenschaft und Haltung | Self | Film | — | — |