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Volker Schlöndorff was born in Wiesbaden, then part of Nazi Germany, to the physician Dr. Georg Schlöndorff. His mother was killed in a kitchen fire in 1944. His family moved to Paris in 1956, where Schlöndorff won awards at school for his work in philosophy. He graduated in political science at the Sorbonne, while at the same time studying ...
- Film director, producer, screenwriter
- New German Cinema
- 1960–present
Apr 5, 2024 · Volker Schlöndorff (born March 31, 1939, Wiesbaden, Germany) is a German film director and screenwriter who was a leading member of the postwar cinema movement in West Germany. Schlöndorff studied filmmaking in Paris, serving as an assistant to directors Louis Malle, Alain Resnais, and Jean-Pierre Melville. After directing several projects ...
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Volker Schlöndorff. Director: The Tin Drum. Has studied economy and political sciences as well as at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinematographique (IDHEC) in Paris, France. Worked as an assistant director with Louis Malle, Jean-Pierre Melville and Alain Resnais. Founded his own production company Bioskop Film together with Reinhard Hauff ...
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Volker Schlöndorff. Volker Schlöndorff (* 31. März 1939 in Wiesbaden) ist ein deutscher Filmregisseur, Drehbuchautor und Filmproduzent, der vor allem für seine Literaturverfilmungen bekannt ist. 1980 wurde sein Spielfilm Die Blechtrommel mit dem Oscar in der Kategorie Bester fremdsprachiger Film ausgezeichnet.
Apr 11, 1980 · The Tin Drum: Directed by Volker Schlöndorff. With Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, David Bennent, Katharina Thalbach. In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig.
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Volker Schlöndorff is a German film director, screenwriter and producer who has worked in Germany, France and the United States. He was a prominent member of the New German Cinema of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
The Tin Drum, which earned the Palme d’Or at Cannes and the Academy Award for best foreign-language film, is Volker Schlöndorff’s visionary adaptation of Nobel laureate Günter Grass’s acclaimed novel, characterized by surreal imagery, arresting eroticism, and clear-eyed satire.
