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2022
Everything Went Fine

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2023
Hanna Schygulla

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2021
The Wonderful Journey of Selma Lagerlöf

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2020
The Mystery of Henri Pick

as Ludmila Blavitsky

2019
Ad Vitam

as - Participation -

2018
The Quiet Roar

as Eva

2014
Faust

as Moneylender's Wife

2011
The Edge of Heaven

as Susanne Staub

2007
Winter Journey

as Martha "Mucky" Brenninger

2006
The Quiet Love

as Frau Marx

2005
Promised Land

as Hanna

2004
Life, Love & Celluloid

as Herself

1998
Lea

as Wanda

1996
Warsaw: Year 5703

as Stephania

1992
Dead Again

as Inga

1991
The Delta Force

as Ingrid

1986
Peter the Great

as Catherine Skevronskaya

1986
The Story of Piera

as Eugenia

1983
Godard's Passion

as Hanna

1982
The Night of Varennes

as Countess Sophie de la Borde

1982
Lili Marleen

as Willie

1981
The Marriage of Maria Braun

as Maria Braun

1979
Wrong Move

as Therese

1975
Effi Briest

as Effi Briest

1974
Whity

as Hanna

1971
Rio das Mortes

as Hanna

1971
Gods of the Plague

as Joanna

1970
Katzelmacher

as Marie

1969
Hanna Schygulla Hanna Schygulla

Birthday

1943-12-25

Place of Birth

Chorzów, Polska

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. Schygulla was born in Königshütte, Upper Silesia, to German parents Antonie (née Mzyk) and Joseph Schygulla. Her father, a timber merchant by profession, was then drafted as an infantryman in the German Army and was captured by American forces in Italy, subsequently being held as a prisoner of war until 1948. In the 1960s, Schygulla studied Romance languages and German studies, while taking acting lessons in Munich during her spare time. Acting eventually became her focus, and she became particularly known for her film work with Rainer Werner Fassbinder. During the making of Effi Briest (1974), an adaptation of a classic German novel, Fassbinder and Schygulla fell out over divergent interpretations of the character. Also a problem for Schygulla was low pay, and she led a revolt against Fassbinder on this issue during the making of Effi Briest. Fassbinder's response was typically blunt: "I can't stand the sight of your face any more. You bust my balls". After this, they did not work together for several years until The Marriage of Maria Braun in 1978. The film was entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival, where Schygulla won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for her performance. Schygulla has acted in French, Italian, and American films. In the 1990s she also became known and well regarded as a chanson singer. In Juliane Lorenz's documentary film Life, Love and Celluloid (1998), on Fassbinder and related topics, Schygulla performs several songs. In 2002, she appeared in VB51, a performance by the artist Vanessa Beecroft. In 2007, she appeared in the film The Edge of Heaven, directed by Fatih Akın, to wide acclaim. In 2007 she received the Honorary Award from the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival and in 2010 she received the Honorary Golden Bear from the Berlin Film Festival. Hanna Schygulla has lived in Paris since 1981. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hanna Schygulla, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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