Hanna Schygulla
December 25, 1943 (82 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
- 2021 · Everything Went Fine as Swiss Lady
- 2020 · The Wonderful Journey of Selma Lagerlöf as Self - Quote Reader (voice)
- 2020 · Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful as Self
- 2019 · The Mystery of Henri Pick as Ludmila Blavitsky
- 2018 · Ad Vitam as - Participation -
- 2017 · Lucky as Lotte
- 2016 · Unless as Danielle
- 2015 · Fassbinder as Self
- 2014 · Ophelia as Vera
- 2014 · The Quiet Roar as Eva
- 2011 · Faust as Moneylender's Wife
- 2010 · Lusitanian Illusion as Erika Mann (voice)
- 2007 · The Edge of Heaven as Susanne Staub
- 2006 · Winter Journey as Martha "Mucky" Brenninger
- 2006 · Kommissar Stolberg as Marita Dennett
- 2003 · ZIBB as Self
- 2002 · Gero von Boehm begegnet... as Self
- 2001 · Werckmeister Harmonies as Tünde Eszter
- 1999 · Beckmann as Self
- 1998 · Angelo Nero as Eloide
- 1998 · Life, Love & Celluloid as Self
- 1997 · Im Dialog as self
- 1996 · Lea as Wanda
- 1995 · Kulturzeit as self
- 1995 · The Sunset Boys as Ewa Loehwe
- 1994 · Hey Stranger as Tania
- 1993 · The Blue Exile as The Actress
- 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 · Abraham's Gold as Barbara 'Bärbel' Hunzinger
- 1986 · Barnum as Jenny Lind
- 1986 · Forever, Lulu as Elaine
- 1986 · The Delta Force as Ingrid
- 1986 · Peter the Great as Catherine Skevronskaya
- 1983 · Sheer Madness as Olga
- 1983 · The Story of Piera as Eugenia
- 1982 · Antonieta as Anna
- 1982 · Godard's Passion as Hanna
- 1982 · Wortwechsel as Self
- 1981 · Circle of Deceit as Ariane Nassar
- 1981 · Lili Marleen as Willie
- 1980 · Berlin Alexanderplatz as Eva
- 1979 · NDR Talk Show as Self
- 1976 · The Clown as Marie
- 1976 · Der Stumme as Martha
- 1975 · Der Katzensteg as Regine Hackelberg
- 1975 · Wrong Move as Therese
- 1974 · Spécial cinéma as Self
- 1974 · Effi Briest as Effi Briest
- 1973 · Jail Bait as Ärztin
- 1972 · Bremen Freedom as Luisa Mauer
- 1972 · Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day as Marion Andreas
- 1971 · Jakob von Gunten as Lisa Benjamenta
- 1971 · Whity as Hanna
- 1971 · Mathias Kneißl as Mathilde Schreck
- 1971 · Rio das Mortes as Hanna
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Catharina
- 1970 · Gods of the Plague as Joanna
- 1970 · End of the Commune? as Self
- 1970 · The Coffee House as Lisaura
- 1970 · Baal as Luise
- 1969 · Kuckucksei im Gangsternest as Maria
- 1969 · Hunting Scenes from Bavaria as Paula
- 1959 · Stars in the Ring as Self
- 1951 · German Film Award as Self
- 1948 · Bambi as Self
- Future · Der große Zusammenbruch as
- 2025 · Denkste Puppe as Self
- 2024 · Magdalena Hausen: Frozen in Time as Magdalena (voice)
- 2023 · Godard Cinema as Self
- 2023 · Godard Cinema as
- 2022 · Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair as Hilde Jary
- 2022 · Peter von Kant as Rosemarie
- 2021 · Hanna Schygulla - Ikone des deutschen Autorenfilms as Self
- 2021 · The Crossing as Kyona (alt)/Erzählerin (voice)
- 2020 · Irmi as Narrator
- 2018 · The Prayer as Sister Myriam
- 2017 · Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary as Self
- 2017 · Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day: A Series Becomes a Family Reunion as Self
- 2015 · Hotel Bogota - Eine einmalige Geschichte as Self
- 2015 · Marcello Mastroianni, latin lover as Self
- 2012 · Lullaby to my Father as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Heiligendamm as A. van der Qualen
- 2009 · Clara, une passion française as Clara
- 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 · Das unreine Mal as Gerda Albrecht geb. Böhm
- 2006 · Filmlegenden. Deutsch as Self
- 2005 · The Quiet Love as Frau Marx
- 2005 · Von Sex bis Simmel as Self
- 2004 · Promised Land as Hanna
- 2002 · Fassbinder in Hollywood as Self
- 2001 · Janela da Alma as Self
- 2000 · Fassbinder's Women as Self
- 1998 · The Girl of Your Dreams as Magda Goebbels
- 1995 · The Night of the Filmmakers as Self
- 1995 · One Hundred and One Nights as Mr. Cinéma's Second Ex-wife
- 1994 · I Sell My Dreams as Alma
- 1994 · Life's Little Treasures as Léna
- 1993 · Golem: The Petrified Garden as Michelle
- 1993 · Madame Bäurin as Tante Agathe
- 1992 · I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me as Self
- 1990 · 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
- 1984 · The Future Is Woman as Anna
- 1984 · L'aide-mémoire as Suzanne
- 1983 · A Love in Germany as Pauline Kropp
- 1982 · The Night of Varennes as Countess Sophie de la Borde
- 1982 · Passion, le travail et l'amour: Introduction à un scénario as Self
- 1982 · Scénario du film Passion as Self
- 1981 · Cinémania: Rainer Werner Fassbinder as Self
- 1981 · Das ABC ist subversiv as Narrator
- 1981 · 5 nach 10 as Self
- 1979 · The Great Runaway as Frau Piesch
- 1979 · The Third Generation as Susanne Gast
- 1979 · The Marriage of Maria Braun as Maria Braun
- 1978 · New Year's Eve as Society Woman
- 1976 · Intermezzo für fünf Hände as Lisa Wegner
- 1976 · Grüße von Rosita aus Peru as Narrator (voice)
- 1976 · The Culture Industry Needs Something Like Me as Self - Interviewee (uncredited)
- 1972 · The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant as Karin Thimm
- 1972 · The Merchant of Four Seasons as Anna Epp, Hans's sister
- 1971 · Beware of a Holy Whore as Hanna
- 1971 · Pioneers in Ingolstadt as Berta
- 1971 · Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8 as Self
- 1970 · The Niklashausen Journey as Johanna
- 1970 · Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? as Hanna
- 1970 · Love Is Colder Than Death as Johanna
- 1969 · Katzelmacher as Marie
- 1969 · Die Revolte as Sandra V.
- 1968 · The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp as Lucy