Volker Schlndorff

Volker Schlndorff is a Berlin-based German filmmaker who won an Oscar as well as the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for The Tin Drum (1979), the film version of the novel by Gnter Grass.

Schlndorff is adopting many literary works for his movies but he is also engaged in post-war German politics. He served as the chief executive for the UFA studio in Babelsberg.

Filmography

• Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (2002) (segment "The Enlightenment")
• Die Stille Nach Dem Schu (1999; 2000 English title The Legend of Rita)
• Palmetto (1998) (Dumme sterben nicht aus)
• Homo Faber (1991) (Voyager)
• The Handmaid's Tale (1990)
• Death of a Salesman (1985) (Der Tod eines Handlungsreisenden)
• Krieg und Frieden (1983) (War and Peace)
• Die Blechtrommel (1979) (The Tin Drum)
• Der Fangschu (1976) (Le Coup de grce)
• Die Verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum oder: Wie Gewalt entstehen und wohin sie fhren kann (1975) (Lost Honor of Katharina Blum)
• Der Junge Trless (1966) (Young Torless)

External link

• Volker Schlndorff Faculty Website European Graduate School