Hanna Schygulla Movies

A documentary about the life and work of director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

The film intertwines historical events and intimate memories. I observe how architecture represents the transformations of society and those who give...

Despite advancing age, rural businessman Franz has remained fit and energetic, but serious mental illness and financial problems mean that this...

After his release from prison, ex-convict Franz Walsch finds his way back into the Munich criminal underworld. His attentions focus upon two women,...

Anna is a psychologist undertaking research about famous suicidal women. She takes a specific interest in the case of Antonieta Rivas Mercado, who...

An exploration of the cult of the genius, an anti-heroic figure who chooses to be a social outcast and live on the fringe of bourgeois morality.

A documentary about the director Fassbinder but edited as if it were a film of the master himself, with some sequences of his own movies.

Documentary musing upon the work of German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

A documentary about the making of the television mini-series by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, including interviewees with the principal actors.

The story of Irmi Selver, who lost her family while fleeing Germany in 1939 and overcame tragedy and upheavals to establish a new life in New York.

A documentary that focuses on the making of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's "The Marriage of Maria Braun".

This movie is about love affairs, simple pleasures of a few men and women who will gather for a few days in a villa, around a piano and the music of...

In a small German town, a 14-year-old girl's relationship with an older man draws scrutiny and leads to legal consequences, reflecting the...

About the making of "Der amerikanische Soldat/The American Soldier" in 1970.

A meditation on the first 100 years of German cinema, featuring an assembly of German filmmakers.

Verging on Alzheimer’s, an aging actress (played by Hanna Schygulla) finds that the power of memory is stronger than ever.

Three sequences are linked together in this short film by Straub; the first sequence is a long tracking shot from a car of prostitutes plying their...

A short film made by Sirk at the end of his life with one of his students. An adaptation of Schnitzler, with Hanna Schygulla: a night of New...