
Hanna Schygulla
Known for Acting · 144 credits
- Born
- 1943-12-25 (age 82)
- 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. 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
TV Shows (24)

Scene of the Crime
1970
as Catharina

DAS!
1991
as Self
ZIBB
2003
as Self

Morgenmagazin
1992
as Self

NDR Talk Show
1979
as Self

Bambi
1948
as Self

Beckmann
1999
as Self

Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self

Kulturzeit
1995
as self
German Film Award
1951
as Self
Im Dialog
1997
as self

Stars in the Ring
1959
as Self
Wortwechsel
1982
as Self

Kommissar Stolberg
2006
as Marita Dennett

Berlin Alexanderplatz
1980
as Eva
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
2002
as Self

Peter the Great
1986
as Catherine Skevronskaya

Ad Vitam
2018
as - Participation -

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
1972
as Marion Andreas
Filmlegenden. Deutsch
2006
as Self
5 nach 10
1981
as Self

The Great Runaway
1979
as Frau Piesch
Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm
2026
as Self

I Sell My Dreams
1994
as Alma
Movies (120)

Poor Things
2023
as Martha Von Kurtzroc

The Delta Force
1986
as Ingrid

Dead Again
1991
as Inga

Wrong Move
1975
as Therese

Everything Went Fine
2021
as Swiss Lady

Faust
2011
as Moneylender's Wife

The Merchant of Four Seasons
1972
as Anna Epp, Hans's sister

Casanova
1987
as Casanova's Mother

Werckmeister Harmonies
2001
as Tünde Eszter

The Marriage of Maria Braun
1979
as Maria Braun

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
1972
as Karin Thimm

One Hundred and One Nights
1995
as Mr. Cinéma's Second Ex-wife

Unless
2016
as Danielle

Yunan
2025
as Valeska

Lili Marleen
1981
as Willie

The Mystery of Henri Pick
2019
as Ludmila Blavitsky

Peter von Kant
2022
as Rosemarie

The Edge of Heaven
2007
as Susanne Staub

The Story of Piera
1983
as Eugenia

The Crossing
2021
as Kyona (alt)/Erzählerin (voice)

Jail Bait
1973
as Ärztin

Katzelmacher
1969
as Marie

Godard's Passion
1982
as Hanna

That Night of Varennes
1982
as Countess Sophie de la Borde

Forever, Lulu
1986
as Elaine

Circle of Deceit
1981
as Ariane Nassar

Love Is Colder Than Death
1970
as Johanna

The Girl of Your Dreams
1998
as Magda Goebbels

Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
1970
as Hanna

Lucky
2017
as Lotte

Godard Cinema
2023
as Self

The Future Is Woman
1984
as Anna

The Prayer
2018
as Sister Myriam

Baal
1970
as Luise

Vijay and I
2013
as Will's Mother

Barnum
1986
as Jenny Lind

The Third Generation
1979
as Susanne Gast

The Coffee House
1970
as Lisaura

A Love in Germany
1983
as Pauline Kropp

Whity
1971
as Hanna

Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful
2020
as Self

Antonieta
1982
as Anna

Golem: The Petrified Garden
1993
as Michelle

The Niklashausen Journey
1970
as Johanna

Life's Little Treasures
1994
as Léna

Mathias Kneißl
1971
as Mathilde Schreck

Winter Journey
2006
as Martha "Mucky" Brenninger

Golem, the Spirit of Exile
1992
as L'Esprit de l'Exil

Bremen Freedom
1972
as Luisa Mauer

Effi Briest
1974
as Effi Briest

Fassbinder
2015
as Self

I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
1992
as Self

The Blue Exile
1993
as The Actress

End of the Commune?
1970
as Self

The Sunset Boys
1995
as Ewa Loehwe

Lusitanian Illusion
2010
as Erika Mann (voice)

Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
2007
as Self

Pioneers in Ingolstadt
1971
as Berta

Angelo Nero
1998
as Eloide

Beware of a Holy Whore
1971
as Hanna

Promised Land
2004
as Hanna

Warsaw: Year 5703
1992
as Stephania

Gods of the Plague
1970
as Joanna

Adventure of Catherine C.
1990
as Fanny Hohenstein

Lea
1996
as Wanda

New Year's Eve
1978
as Society Woman

Lullaby to my Father
2012
as Narrator (voice)

Miss Arizona
1988
as Mici
Abraham's Gold
1990
as Barbara 'Bärbel' Hunzinger

Hunting Scenes from Bavaria
1969
as Paula

Scénario du film Passion
1982
as Self

Der Katzensteg
1975
as Regine Hackelberg
Kuckucksei im Gangsternest
1969
as Maria

Rio das Mortes
1971
as Hanna

The Quiet Love
2005
as Frau Marx

Sheer Madness
1983
as Olga

Fassbinder's Women
2000
as Self

Avanti
2012
as Suzanne
Hotel Bogota - Eine einmalige Geschichte
2015
as Self

The Clown
1976
as Marie
Von Sex bis Simmel
2005
as Self

Po-lin. Shards of Memory
2008
as Narrator - German version (voice)

The Quiet Roar
2014
as Eva

Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary
2017
as Self

Janela da Alma
2001
as Self

The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp
1968
as Lucy

Hanna Schygulla - Ikone des deutschen Autorenfilms
2021
as Self

Madame Bäurin
1993
as Tante Agathe
Marcello Mastroianni, latin lover
2015
as Self

The Summer of Miss Forbes
1989
as Mrs. Forbes

Passion, le travail et l'amour: Introduction à un scénario
1982
as Self

The Night of the Filmmakers
1995
as Self
Life, Love & Celluloid
1998
as Self
Die Revolte
1969
as Sandra V.
Das unreine Mal
2006
as Gerda Albrecht geb. Böhm
Ophelia
2014
as Vera

Once Upon a Time… The Marriage of Maria Braun
2012
as Self

The Wonderful Journey of Selma Lagerlöf
2020
as Self - Quote Reader (voice)

Cinémania: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1981
as Self

Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair
2022
as Hilde Jary

Fassbinder in Hollywood
2002
as Self
Intermezzo für fünf Hände
1976
as Lisa Wegner

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day: A Series Becomes a Family Reunion
2017
as Self

Hey Stranger
1994
as Tania

Magdalena Hausen: Frozen in Time
2024
as Magdalena (voice)

Clara, une passion française
2009
as Clara
Der Stumme
1976
as Martha

Heiligendamm
2010
as A. van der Qualen
Татарская княжна
2009
as older Anna Akhmatova
Hanna Schygulla – quel que soit le songe
2012
as self
Alicia Bustamante
2009
as Self

The Culture Industry Needs Something Like Me
1976
as Self - Interviewee (uncredited)

L'aide-mémoire
1984
as Suzanne
Grüße von Rosita aus Peru
1976
as Narrator (voice)

Jakob von Gunten
1971
as Lisa Benjamenta
Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8
1971
as Self

Das ABC ist subversiv
1981
as Narrator

Irmi
2020
as Narrator
Denkste Puppe
2025
as Self
Der große Zusammenbruch
About Hanna Schygulla
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). With 144 credits spanning from 1948 to 2026, Hanna Schygulla has appeared in 120 films and 24 TV shows.
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Most Popular Hanna Schygulla Movies
- Poor Things (2023) — as Martha Von Kurtzroc
- The Delta Force (1986) — as Ingrid
- Dead Again (1991) — as Inga
- Wrong Move (1975) — as Therese
- Everything Went Fine (2021) — as Swiss Lady
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