Hanna Schygulla

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1943-12-25 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Chorzów, Polska

Hanna Schygulla

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).

Acting

1981

Lili Marleen

as Willie

1979

1974

Effi Briest

as Effi Briest

1970

1983

A Love in Germany

as Pauline Kropp

1972

The Merchant of Four Seasons

as Anna Epp, Hans's sister

2007

The Edge of Heaven

as Susanne Staub

1975

Wrong Move

as Therese

2001

Werckmeister Harmonies

as Tünde Eszter

1969

Katzelmacher

as Marie

1991

Dead Again

as Inga

1982

1983

1982

The Night of Varennes

as Countess Sophie de la Borde

1982

Antonieta

as Anna

2014

Ophelia

as Vera

1986

2001

1981

Circle of Deceit

as Ariane Nassar

2004

2022

Peter von Kant

as Rosemarie

1983

2005

The Quiet Love

as Frau Marx

2006

Winter Journey

as Martha "Mucky" Brenninger

1995

One Hundred and One Nights

as Mr. Cinéma's Second Ex-wife

2011

Faust

as Moneylender's Wife

1971

Whity

as Hanna

1979

The Third Generation

as Susanne Gast

2023

Poor Things

as Martha Von Kurtzroc

1992

Warsaw: Year 5703

as Stephania

1976

The Culture Industry Needs Something Like Me

as Self - Interviewee (uncredited)

1972

Bremen Freedom

as Luisa Mauer

1993

The Blue Exile

as The Actress

1971

1970

1976

The Clown

as Marie

2014

1976

Grüße von Rosita aus Peru

as Narrator (voice)

1981

2025

Yunan

as Valeska

1973

Jail Bait

as Ärztin

1971

Mathias Kneißl

as Mathilde Schreck

1995

The Sunset Boys

as Ewa Loehwe

1998

The Girl of Your Dreams

as Magda Goebbels

1969

Die Revolte

as Sandra V.

1970

Baal

as Luise

1993

Madame Bäurin

as Tante Agathe

2006

Das unreine Mal

as Gerda Albrecht geb. Böhm

1990

Abraham's Gold

as Barbara 'Bärbel' Hunzinger

1992

Golem, the Spirit of Exile

as L'Esprit de l'Exil

1994

Hey Stranger

as Tania

2015

Fassbinder

as Self

1978

New Year's Eve

as Society Woman

1996

Lea

as Wanda

1987

Casanova

as Casanova's Mother

2023

1986

Forever, Lulu

as Elaine

2021

The Crossing

as Kyona (alt)/Erzählerin (voice)

1971

Jakob von Gunten

as Lisa Benjamenta

1989

1986

Barnum

as Jenny Lind

1976

Der Stumme

as Martha

2016

Unless

as Danielle

2012

Avanti

as Suzanne

1990

Adventure of Catherine C.

as Fanny Hohenstein

2017

Lucky

as Lotte

1975

Der Katzensteg

as Regine Hackelberg

2018

The Prayer

as Sister Myriam

1998

Angelo Nero

as Eloide

2010

Heiligendamm

as A. van der Qualen

1988

2008

Po-lin. Shards of Memory

as Narrator - German version (voice)

2019

The Mystery of Henri Pick

as Ludmila Blavitsky

2020

Irmi

as Narrator

2021

2010

Lusitanian Illusion

as Erika Mann (voice)

2020

The Wonderful Journey of Selma Lagerlöf

as Self - Quote Reader (voice)

2012

Lullaby to my Father

as Narrator (voice)

1984

L'aide-mémoire

as Suzanne

Production

2009

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