As Director, As Writer
The Candidate
1980
5.0
Volker Schlöndorff
Directing
Born
March 31, 1939
Born in
Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
Bio
Volker Schlöndorff is a Berlin-based German filmmaker. He won an Oscar as well as the Palme d'or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival for The Tin Drum (1979), the film version of the novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Günter Grass. In 1991, he was the Head of the Jury at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival. Schlöndorff has adapted many literary works for his movies, including some critically well-received US productions, but he is also engaged in post-war German politics. He served as the chief executive for the UFA studio in Babelsberg. Schlöndorff also teaches film and literature at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, where he conducts an Intensive Summer Seminar. He was married to fellow film director Margarethe von Trotta from 1971 to 1991. He is currently married to Angelika Schlöndorff, and the couple has one daughter.
Movies & Shows
As Director, As Writer
The Tin Drum
1979
7.0
As Director, As Writer
Germany in Autumn
1978
6.2
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Coup de Grâce
1976
6.4
As Director, As Writer
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
1975
7.0
As Director, As Writer
A Free Woman
1972
6.3
As Director, As Writer
The Morals of Ruth Halbfass
1972
5.5
As Director, As Writer
Baal
1970
6.0
As Director, As Writer
Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel
1969
5.8
As Director, As Writer
Young Törless
1966
6.6