Hanna Schygulla

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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

Poor Things

Martha Von Kurtzroc

The Delta Force

Ingrid

The Mystery of Henri Pick

Ludmila Blavitsky

Dead Again

Inga

Werckmeister Harmonies

Tünde Eszter

The Edge of Heaven

Susanne Staub

The Marriage of Maria Braun

Maria Braun

Lucky

Lotte

Full Filmography

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

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