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Directing

Volker Schlöndorff

Career: Active from 1960 to 2026, busiest in 1992 and 2002 with 3 main titles each.

Average score: 67/100

Highest rated: Death of a Salesman
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 25 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Volker Schlöndorff Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Wholesome
1.7, average 3.4
Situational Comedy
1.1, average 2.7
Adrenaline
3.3, average 4.8
Physical Comedy
1.0, average 2.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Psychological Drama 5
Dialogue-Driven 3
Character-Driven 3
Social Commentary 3
Character Study 3
World War II 2
Moral Dilemma 2
Historical Drama 2
Psychological Study 2
Slow-Burn Mystery 2
Literary Adaptation 2
Political Intrigue 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

65

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

2 titles

Love Me Again

Thanks

Director, Writer

2020s

3 titles · average score 64

Visitation

73

Director, Producer

German Genius

54

TV show · as Volker Schlöndorff

The Forest Maker

Director, Producer

2010s

9 titles · average score 66

Return to Montauk

42

Producer, Screenplay

The Nameless Day

Director, Writer

The Poet and the Filmmaker: Volker Schlöndorff on Baal

as Interviewer

Diplomacy

77

Director, Screenplay

Henri Langlois vu par...

Director

Calm at Sea

66

Director, Writer

Melville Steps Out of the Shadows

as Interviewee

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

81

as Narrator (French version) (voice) (uncredited)

Memories of Last Year in Marienbad

Editor, Producer

2000s

10 titles · average score 67

Ulzhan

62

Director

Strike

66

Director

Billy Wilder Speaks

73

Editor, Director

Enigma – Eine uneingestandene Liebe

Director

The Ninth Day

62

Director

Ten Minutes Older: The Cello

66

Director

Everyman's Feast

Producer

Ein Produzent hat Seele oder er hat keine

Director

The Enlightenment

Director

The Legend of Rita

74

Screenplay, Director

1990s

7 titles · average score 58

Palmetto

48

Director

The Ogre

78

Director, Screenplay

The Ice Princess

Executive Producer

Billy, How Did You Do It?

Director

The Michael Nyman Songbook

Director

Voyager

61

Screenplay, Director

The Handmaid's Tale

44

Director

1980s

6 titles · average score 72

A Gathering of Old Men

62

Director

Death of a Salesman

86

Director

Swann in Love

57

Director

War and Peace

Writer, Director

Circle of Deceit

84

Writer, Director

The Candidate

Director, Writer

1970s

15 titles · average score 68

The Tin Drum

74

Screenplay, Director

Germany in Autumn

83

Director, Screenplay

Portrait of Valeska Gert

Director, Writer

Coup de Grâce

68

Director

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

71

Screenplay, Director

Georginas Gründe

Writer, Director

Stayover in Tirol

Writer, Director

A Free Woman

67

Writer, Director

The Morals of Ruth Halbfass

Director, Screenplay

The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach

67

Director, Writer

Rio das Mortes

50

Idea

Baal

66

Director, Producer

1960s

13 titles · average score 71

Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel

63

Writer, Director

Degree of Murder

61

Director, Writer

Der Paukenspieler

Writer, Director

Young Törless

73

Director, Writer

Viva Maria!

59

Assistant Director

Chance at Love

as German soldier (segment "Chance du guerrier, La") (uncredited)

The Fire Within

81

Assistant Director

Méditerranée

58

Co-Director

Le Doulos

88

as Man in Bar (uncredited)

A Very Private Affair

56

Assistant Director

Last Year at Marienbad

85

Second Assistant Director

Léon Morin, Priest

86

as German Soldier (uncredited)