Hanna Schygulla
Born: 1943-12-25 in Chorzów, Polska
Known For: Acting
Biography
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).
Filmography
2026
2025
- Yunan as Valeska
- Denkste Puppe as Self
2024
- Magdalena Hausen: Frozen in Time as Magdalena (voice)
2023
- Poor Things as Martha Von Kurtzroc
- Godard Cinema as Self
2022
- Peter von Kant as Rosemarie
- Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair as Hilde Jary
2021
- Everything Went Fine as Swiss Lady
- The Crossing as Kyona (alt)/Erzählerin (voice)
- Hanna Schygulla - Ikone des deutschen Autorenfilms as Self
2020
- Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful as Self
- The Wonderful Journey of Selma Lagerlöf as Self - Quote Reader (voice)
- Irmi as Narrator
2019
- The Mystery of Henri Pick as Ludmila Blavitsky
2018
- Ad Vitam as - Participation -
- The Prayer as Sister Myriam
2017
- Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary as Self
- Lucky as Lotte
- Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day: A Series Becomes a Family Reunion as Self
2016
- Unless as Danielle
2015
- Marcello Mastroianni, latin lover as Self
- Hotel Bogota - Eine einmalige Geschichte as Self
- Fassbinder as Self
2014
- The Quiet Roar as Eva
- Ophelia as Vera
2013
- Vijay and I as Will's Mother
2012
- Avanti as Suzanne
- Lullaby to my Father as Narrator (voice)
- Once Upon a Time… The Marriage of Maria Braun as Self
- Hanna Schygulla – quel que soit le songe as self
2011
- Faust as Moneylender's Wife
2010
- Lusitanian Illusion as Erika Mann (voice)
- Heiligendamm as A. van der Qualen
2009
- Татарская княжна as older Anna Akhmatova
- Clara, une passion française as Clara
- Alicia Bustamante as Self
2008
- Po-lin. Shards of Memory as Narrator - German version (voice)
2007
- The Edge of Heaven as Susanne Staub
- Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story as Self
2006
- Kommissar Stolberg as Marita Dennett
- Filmlegenden. Deutsch as Self
- Winter Journey as Martha "Mucky" Brenninger
- Das unreine Mal as Gerda Albrecht geb. Böhm
2005
- Von Sex bis Simmel as Self
- The Quiet Love as Frau Marx
2004
- Promised Land as Hanna
2003
- ZIBB as Self
2002
- Gero von Boehm begegnet... as Self
- Fassbinder in Hollywood as Self
2001
- Werckmeister Harmonies as Tünde Eszter
- Window of the Soul as Self
2000
- Fassbinder's Women as Self
1999
- Beckmann as Self
1998
- The Girl of Your Dreams as Magda Goebbels
- Angelo Nero as Eloide
- Life, Love & Celluloid as Self
1997
- Im Dialog as self
1996
- Lea as Wanda
1995
- One Hundred and One Nights as Mr. Cinéma's Second Ex-wife
- The Night of the Filmmakers as Self
- The Sunset Boys as Ewa Loehwe
1994
- I Sell My Dreams as Alma
- Hey Stranger as Tania
- Life's Little Treasures as Léna
1993
- Madame Bäurin as Tante Agathe
- Golem: The Petrified Garden as Michelle
- The Blue Exile as The Actress
1992
- Morgenmagazin as Self
- I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me as Self
- Warsaw: Year 5703 as Stephania
- Golem, the Spirit of Exile as L'Esprit de l'Exil
1991
- DAS! as Self
- Dead Again as Inga
1990
- Adventure of Catherine C. as Fanny Hohenstein
- Abraham's Gold as Barbara 'Bärbel' Hunzinger
1989
- The Summer of Miss Forbes as Mrs. Forbes
1988
- Miss Arizona as Mici
1987
- Casanova as Casanova's Mother
1986
- The Delta Force as Ingrid
- Peter the Great as Catherine Skevronskaya
- Barnum as Jenny Lind
- Forever, Lulu as Elaine
1984
- The Future Is Woman as Anna
- L'aide-mémoire as Suzanne
1983
- A Love in Germany as Pauline Kropp
- The Story of Piera as Eugenia
- Sheer Madness as Olga
1982
- Wortwechsel as Self
- That Night of Varennes as Countess Sophie de la Borde
- Godard's Passion as Hanna
- Scénario du film Passion as Self
- Passion, le travail et l'amour: Introduction à un scénario as Self
- Antonieta as Anna
1981
- 5 nach 10 as Self
- Lili Marleen as Willie
- Circle of Deceit as Ariane Nassar
- Cinémania: Rainer Werner Fassbinder as Self
- Das ABC ist subversiv as Narrator
1980
- Berlin Alexanderplatz as Eva
1979
- NDR Talk Show as Self
- The Marriage of Maria Braun as Maria Braun
- The Great Runaway as Frau Piesch
- The Third Generation as Susanne Gast
1978
- New Year's Eve as Society Woman
1977
- The Devils as Darja Schatowa
1976
- Intermezzo für fünf Hände as Lisa Wegner
- The Clown as Marie
- Der Stumme as Martha
- The Culture Industry Needs Something Like Me as Self
- Grüße von Rosita aus Peru as Narrator (voice)
1975
- Wrong Move as Therese
- Der Katzensteg as Regine Hackelberg
1974
- Spécial cinéma as Self
- Effi Briest as Effi Briest
1973
- Jail Bait as Ärztin
1972
- The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant as Karin Thimm
- Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day as Marion Andreas
- The Merchant of Four Seasons as Anna Epp, Hans's sister
- Bremen Freedom as Luisa Mauer
1971
- Beware of a Holy Whore as Hanna
- Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8 as Self
- Rio das Mortes as Hanna
- Mathias Kneißl as Mathilde Schreck
- Whity as Hanna
- Pioneers in Ingolstadt as Berta
- Jakob von Gunten as Lisa Benjamenta
1970
- Scene of the Crime as Catharina
- Love Is Colder Than Death as Johanna
- Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? as Hanna
- Gods of the Plague as Joanna
- Baal as Luise
- The Coffee House as Lisaura
- End of the Commune? as Self
- The Niklashausen Journey as Johanna
1969
- Katzelmacher as Marie
- Hunting Scenes from Bavaria as Paula
- Kuckucksei im Gangsternest as Maria
- Die Revolte as Sandra V.
1968
1959
- Stars in der Manege as Self
1951
- German Film Award as Self
1948
- Bambi as Self