Volker Schlöndorff

Director · Born 31 March 1939 in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany · 18 credits in the Movie Owl catalogue

6 of Volker Schlöndorff’s films and series stream in Sweden right now — 4 on Cineasterna and 2 on Netflix. 1 more is not on any service at the moment. Highest rated available: The Tin Drum (1979) ★ 7.4.

Volker Schlöndorff is a Berlin-based German filmmaker. He won an Oscar as well as the Palme d'or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival for The Tin Drum (1979), the film version of the novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Günter Grass. In 1991, he was the Head of the Jury at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival. Schlöndorff has adapted many literary works for his movies, including some critically well-received US productions, but he is also engaged in post-war German politics. He served as the chief executive for the UFA studio in Babelsberg. Schlöndorff also teaches film and literature at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, where he conducts an Intensive Summer Seminar. He was married to fellow film director Margarethe von Trotta from 1971 to 1991. He is currently married to Angelika Schlöndorff, and the couple has one daughter.

Acting

• Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)

Directing

• The Tin Drum (1979)
• The Handmaid's Tale (1990)
• Diplomacy (2014)
• Return to Montauk (2017)
• A Free Woman (1972)
• The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach (1971)

Writing

• The Tin Drum (1979)
• Diplomacy (2014)
• Return to Montauk (2017)
• A Free Woman (1972)
• The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach (1971)

Producing

• A Free Woman (1972)
• The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach (1971)

As self

• Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer (2022)
• Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg (2024)
• The Stones and Brian Jones (2023)
• From Caligari to Hitler (2015)

Not streaming in Sweden right now

• Le Doulos (1962)
• Death of a Salesman (1985)
• Léon Morin, Priest (1961)
• Palmetto (1998)
• The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975)
• Young Törless (1966)
• Voyager (1991)
• The Ogre (1996)
• Swann in Love (1984)
• Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (2002)
• The Legend of Rita (2000)
• Germany in Autumn (1978)