Hanna Schygulla
December 25, 1943 (81 years old) in Chorzów, Polska
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
Credits
- 2025 · Yunan as Valeska
- 2023 · Poor Things as Martha Von Kurtzroc
- 2023 · Godard Cinema as Self
- 2022 · Peter von Kant as Rosemarie
- 2020 · Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful as Self
- 2019 · The Mystery of Henri Pick as Ludmila Blavitsky
- 2018 · The Prayer as Sister Myriam
- 2017 · Lucky as Lotte
- 2014 · Ophelia as Vera
- 2014 · The Quiet Roar as Eva
- 2012 · Lullaby to my Father as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · Faust as Moneylender's Wife
- 2009 · Clara, une passion française as Clara
- 2007 · The Edge of Heaven as Susanne Staub
- 2006 · Das unreine Mal as Gerda Albrecht geb. Böhm
- 2006 · Kommissar Stolberg as Marita Dennett
- 2004 · Promised Land as Hanna
- 2003 · ZIBB as Self
- 2002 · Gero von Boehm begegnet... as Self
- 2001 · Janela da Alma as Self
- 2001 · Werckmeister Harmonies as Tünde Eszter
- 1999 · Beckmann as Self
- 1998 · The Girl of Your Dreams as Magda Goebbels
- 1998 · Angelo Nero as Eloide
- 1997 · Im Dialog as self
- 1996 · Lea as Wanda
- 1995 · Kulturzeit as self
- 1995 · The Night of the Filmmakers as Self
- 1994 · Hey Stranger as Tania
- 1992 · Golem, the Spirit of Exile as L'Esprit de l'Exil
- 1992 · Warsaw: Year 5703 as Stephania
- 1992 · Morgenmagazin as Self
- 1991 · Dead Again as Inga
- 1991 · DAS! as Self
- 1990 · Adventure of Catherine C. as Fanny Hohenstein
- 1989 · The Summer of Miss Forbes as Mrs. Forbes
- 1986 · Barnum as Jenny Lind
- 1986 · Forever, Lulu as Elaine
- 1986 · The Delta Force as Ingrid
- 1986 · Peter the Great as Catherine Skevronskaya
- 1984 · The Future Is Woman as Anna
- 1982 · Antonieta as Anna
- 1982 · Godard's Passion as Hanna
- 1982 · The Night of Varennes as Countess Sophie de la Borde
- 1982 · Wortwechsel as Self
- 1981 · 5 nach 10 as Self
- 1981 · Lili Marleen as Willie
- 1980 · Berlin Alexanderplatz as Eva
- 1979 · The Third Generation as Susanne Gast
- 1979 · The Marriage of Maria Braun as Maria Braun
- 1979 · NDR Talk Show as Self
- 1974 · Spécial cinéma as Self
- 1974 · Effi Briest as Effi Briest
- 1973 · Jail Bait as Ärztin
- 1972 · The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant as Karin Thimm
- 1971 · Beware of a Holy Whore as Hanna
- 1971 · Mathias Kneißl as Mathilde Schreck
- 1971 · Pioneers in Ingolstadt as Berta
- 1971 · Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8 as Self
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Catharina
- 1970 · Gods of the Plague as Joanna
- 1970 · Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? as Hanna
- 1970 · End of the Commune? as Self
- 1970 · Love Is Colder Than Death as Johanna
- 1970 · Baal as Luise
- 1969 · Katzelmacher as Marie
- 1959 · Stars in the Ring as Self
- 1951 · German Film Award as Self
- Future · Der große Zusammenbruch as
- 2025 · Denkste Puppe as Self
- 2024 · Magdalena Hausen : Frozen in Time as Magdalena (voice)
- 2022 · Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair as Hilde Jary
- 2021 · Hanna Schygulla - Ikone des deutschen Autorenfilms as Self
- 2021 · The Crossing as Kyona (alt)/Erzählerin (voice)
- 2021 · Everything Went Fine as Swiss Lady
- 2020 · The Wonderful Journey of Selma Lagerlöf as Self - Quote Reader (voice)
- 2020 · Irmi as Narrator
- 2018 · Ad Vitam as - Participation -
- 2017 · Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary as Self
- 2017 · 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
- 2015 · Fassbinder as Self
- 2015 · Marcello Mastroianni, latin lover as Self
- 2012 · Avanti as Suzanne
- 2012 · Once Upon a Time… The Marriage of Maria Braun as Self
- 2012 · Hanna Schygulla – quel que soit le songe as self
- 2010 · Lusitanian Illusion as Erika Mann (voice)
- 2010 · Heiligendamm as A. van der Qualen
- 2009 · Татарская княжна as older Anna Akhmatova
- 2009 · Alicia Bustamante as Self
- 2008 · Po-lin. Shards of Memory as Narrator - German version (voice)
- 2007 · Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story as Self
- 2006 · Winter Journey as Martha "Mucky" Brenninger
- 2006 · Filmlegenden. Deutsch as Self
- 2005 · The Quiet Love as Frau Marx
- 2005 · Von Sex bis Simmel as Self
- 2002 · Fassbinder in Hollywood as Self
- 2000 · Fassbinder's Women as Self
- 1998 · Life, Love & Celluloid as Self
- 1995 · The Sunset Boys as Ewa Loehwe
- 1995 · One Hundred and One Nights as Mr. Cinéma's Second Ex-wife
- 1994 · Life's Little Treasures as Léna
- 1993 · The Blue Exile as The Actress
- 1993 · Madame Bäurin as Tante Agathe
- 1993 · Golem: The Petrified Garden as Michelle
- 1992 · I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me as Self
- 1990 · Abraham's Gold as Barbara 'Bärbel' Hunzinger
- 1988 · Miss Arizona as Mici
- 1987 · Casanova as Casanova's Mother
- 1984 · L'aide-mémoire as Suzanne
- 1983 · A Love in Germany as Pauline Kropp
- 1983 · Sheer Madness as Olga
- 1983 · The Story of Piera as Eugenia
- 1982 · Passion, le travail et l'amour: Introduction à un scénario as Self
- 1982 · Scénario du film Passion as Self
- 1981 · Circle of Deceit as Ariane Nassar
- 1981 · Cinémania: Rainer Werner Fassbinder as Self
- 1981 · Das ABC ist subversiv as Narrator
- 1979 · The Great Runaway as Frau Piesch
- 1978 · New Year's Eve as Society Woman
- 1976 · Intermezzo für fünf Hände as Lisa Wegner
- 1976 · The Clown as Marie
- 1976 · Der Stumme as Martha
- 1976 · The Culture Industry Needs Something Like Me as Self - Interviewee (uncredited)
- 1976 · Grüße von Rosita aus Peru as Narrator (voice)
- 1975 · Der Katzensteg as Regine Hackelberg
- 1975 · Wrong Move as Therese
- 1972 · Bremen Freedom as Luisa Mauer
- 1972 · Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day as Marion Andreas
- 1972 · The Merchant of Four Seasons as Anna Epp, Hans's sister
- 1971 · Jakob von Gunten as Lisa Benjamenta
- 1971 · Whity as Hanna
- 1971 · Rio das Mortes as Hanna
- 1970 · The Niklashausen Journey as Johanna
- 1970 · The Coffee House as Lisaura
- 1969 · Kuckucksei im Gangsternest as Maria
- 1969 · Die Revolte as Sandra V.
- 1969 · Hunting Scenes from Bavaria as Paula
- 1968 · The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp as Lucy
- 1948 · Bambi as Self