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
- Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm as Self
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
- Lucky as Lotte
- Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary as Self
- 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
- Fassbinder as Self
- Marcello Mastroianni, latin lover as Self
2014
- The Quiet Roar as Eva
- Ophelia as Vera
2013
- Vijay and I as Will's Mother
2012
- Avanti as Suzanne
- Hanna Schygulla – quel que soit le songe as self
- Once Upon a Time… The Marriage of Maria Braun as Self
- Lullaby to my Father as Narrator (voice)
2011
- Faust as Moneylender's Wife
2010
- Heiligendamm as A. van der Qualen
- Lusitanian Illusion as Erika Mann (voice)
2009
- Татарская княжна as older Anna Akhmatova
- Alicia Bustamante as Self
- Clara, une passion française as Clara
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
- Das unreine Mal as Gerda Albrecht geb. Böhm
- Winter Journey as Martha "Mucky" Brenninger
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
- Janela da Alma as Self
2000
- Fassbinder's Women as Self
1999
- Beckmann as Self
1998
- The Girl of Your Dreams as Magda Goebbels
- Life, Love & Celluloid as Self
- Angelo Nero as Eloide
1997
- Im Dialog as self
1996
- Lea as Wanda
1995
- Kulturzeit as self
- One Hundred and One Nights as Mr. Cinéma's Second Ex-wife
- The Sunset Boys as Ewa Loehwe
- The Night of the Filmmakers as Self
1994
- I Sell My Dreams as Alma
- Hey Stranger as Tania
- Life's Little Treasures as Léna
1993
- The Blue Exile as The Actress
- Madame Bäurin as Tante Agathe
- Golem: The Petrified Garden as Michelle
1992
- Morgenmagazin as Self
- Warsaw: Year 5703 as Stephania
- Golem, the Spirit of Exile as L'Esprit de l'Exil
- I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me as Self
1991
- DAS! as Self
- Dead Again as Inga
1990
- Abraham's Gold as Barbara 'Bärbel' Hunzinger
- Adventure of Catherine C. as Fanny Hohenstein
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
- The Story of Piera as Eugenia
- Sheer Madness as Olga
- A Love in Germany as Pauline Kropp
1982
- Wortwechsel as Self
- That Night of Varennes as Countess Sophie de la Borde
- Godard's Passion as Hanna
- Antonieta as Anna
- Scénario du film Passion as Self
- Passion, le travail et l'amour: Introduction à un scénario as Self
1981
- Circle of Deceit as Ariane Nassar
- Lili Marleen as Willie
- 5 nach 10 as Self
- Das ABC ist subversiv as Narrator
- Cinémania: Rainer Werner Fassbinder as Self
1980
- Berlin Alexanderplatz as Eva
1979
- NDR Talk Show as Self
- The Great Runaway as Frau Piesch
- The Marriage of Maria Braun as Maria Braun
- The Third Generation as Susanne Gast
1978
- New Year's Eve as Society Woman
1976
- Intermezzo für fünf Hände as Lisa Wegner
- Der Stumme as Martha
- The Clown as Marie
- 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
- Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day as Marion Andreas
- The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant as Karin Thimm
- The Merchant of Four Seasons as Anna Epp, Hans's sister
- Bremen Freedom as Luisa Mauer
1971
- Beware of a Holy Whore as Hanna
- Whity as Hanna
- Rio das Mortes as Hanna
- Pioneers in Ingolstadt as Berta
- Jakob von Gunten as Lisa Benjamenta
- Mathias Kneißl as Mathilde Schreck
- Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8 as Self
1970
- Scene of the Crime as Catharina
- The Coffee House as Lisaura
- Gods of the Plague as Joanna
- Love Is Colder Than Death as Johanna
- Baal as Luise
- Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? as Hanna
- The Niklashausen Journey as Johanna
- End of the Commune? as Self
1969
- Katzelmacher as Marie
- Hunting Scenes from Bavaria as Paula
- Die Revolte as Sandra V.
- Kuckucksei im Gangsternest as Maria
1968
1959
- Stars in the Ring as Self
1951
- German Film Award as Self
1948
- Bambi as Self