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
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
- The Prayer as Sister Myriam
- Ad Vitam as - Participation -
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
- Fassbinder as Self
- Marcello Mastroianni, latin lover as Self
- Hotel Bogota - Eine einmalige Geschichte as Self
2014
- Ophelia as Vera
- The Quiet Roar as Eva
2012
- Lullaby to my Father as Narrator (voice)
- Avanti as Suzanne
- 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
- Clara, une passion française as Clara
- Татарская княжна as older Anna Akhmatova
- 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
- Winter Journey as Martha "Mucky" Brenninger
- Das unreine Mal as Gerda Albrecht geb. Böhm
- Filmlegenden. Deutsch as Self
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
- Janela da Alma as Self
- Werckmeister Harmonies as Tünde Eszter
2000
- Fassbinder's Women as Self
1999
- Beckmann as Self
1998
- Angelo Nero as Eloide
- The Girl of Your Dreams as Magda Goebbels
- Life, Love & Celluloid as Self
1997
- Im Dialog as self
1996
- Lea as Wanda
1995
- Kulturzeit as self
- The Sunset Boys as Ewa Loehwe
- The Night of the Filmmakers as Self
- One Hundred and One Nights as Mr. Cinéma's Second Ex-wife
1994
- Hey Stranger as Tania
- Life's Little Treasures as Léna
- I Sell My Dreams as Alma
1993
- Madame Bäurin as Tante Agathe
- The Blue Exile as The Actress
- Golem: The Petrified Garden as Michelle
1992
- Morgenmagazin as Self
- Golem, the Spirit of Exile as L'Esprit de l'Exil
- Warsaw: Year 5703 as Stephania
- I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me as Self
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
- Forever, Lulu as Elaine
- Peter the Great as Catherine Skevronskaya
- Barnum as Jenny Lind
1984
- The Future Is Woman as Anna
- L'aide-mémoire as Suzanne
1983
- Sheer Madness as Olga
- The Story of Piera as Eugenia
- A Love in Germany as Pauline Kropp
1982
- Godard's Passion as Hanna
- Wortwechsel as Self
- Antonieta as Anna
- The Night of Varennes as Countess Sophie de la Borde
- Scénario du film Passion as Self
- Passion, le travail et l'amour: Introduction à un scénario as Self
1981
- Lili Marleen as Willie
- Circle of Deceit as Ariane Nassar
- Cinémania: Rainer Werner Fassbinder as Self
- 5 nach 10 as Self
- Das ABC ist subversiv as Narrator
1980
- Berlin Alexanderplatz as Eva
1979
- NDR Talk Show as Self
- The Third Generation as Susanne Gast
- The Marriage of Maria Braun as Maria Braun
- The Great Runaway as Frau Piesch
1978
- New Year's Eve as Society Woman
1976
- Der Stumme as Martha
- The Clown as Marie
- Intermezzo für fünf Hände as Lisa Wegner
- The Culture Industry Needs Something Like Me as Self - Interviewee (uncredited)
- 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
- Bremen Freedom as Luisa Mauer
- 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
1971
- Whity as Hanna
- Mathias Kneißl as Mathilde Schreck
- Pioneers in Ingolstadt as Berta
- Beware of a Holy Whore as Hanna
- Rio das Mortes as Hanna
- Jakob von Gunten as Lisa Benjamenta
- Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8 as Self
1970
- Scene of the Crime as Catharina
- Baal as Luise
- Love Is Colder Than Death as Johanna
- The Coffee House as Lisaura
- Gods of the Plague as Joanna
- The Niklashausen Journey as Johanna
- Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? as Hanna
- End of the Commune? as Self
1969
- Die Revolte as Sandra V.
- Katzelmacher as Marie
- Kuckucksei im Gangsternest as Maria
- Hunting Scenes from Bavaria as Paula
1968
1959
- Stars in the Ring as Self
1951
- German Film Award as Self
1948
- Bambi as Self