Hanna Schygulla

Personal Info

Birthday

December 25, 1943

(81 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).

Known For

Scene of the Crime

Poor Things

The Delta Force

Berlin Alexanderplatz

Ad Vitam

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

Dead Again

Werckmeister Harmonies

Filmography

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