Hanna Schygulla
Known for: Acting
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).
Filmography
Series
Scene of the Crime
Catharina
1970
ZIBB
Self
2003
Series
Morgenmagazin
Self
1992
Series
DAS!
Self
1991
Series
NDR Talk Show
Self
1979
Series
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974
Series
Bambi
Self
1948
Series
Beckmann
Self
1999
Im Dialog
self
1997
Film
Poor Things
Martha Von Kurtzroc
2023
Wortwechsel
Self
1982
German Film Award
Self
1951
Series
Kommissar Stolberg
Marita Dennett
2006
Series
Stars in der Manege
Self
1959
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
Self
2002
Series
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Eva
1980
Film
The Delta Force
Ingrid
1986
Film
Dead Again
Inga
1991
Film
That Night of Varennes
Countess Sophie de la Borde
1982
Film
Everything Went Fine
Swiss Lady
2021
Film
Werckmeister Harmonies
Tünde Eszter
2001
Series
Peter the Great
Catherine Skevronskaya
1986
Film
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Maria Braun
1979
Film
Yunan
Valeska
2025
Film
The Edge of Heaven
Susanne Staub
2007
Film
Faust
Moneylender's Wife
2011
Series
Ad Vitam
- Participation -
2018
Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm
Self
2026
Series
The Great Runaway
Frau Piesch
1979
Film
Wrong Move
Therese
1975
Film
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Karin Thimm
1972
Film
Peter von Kant
Rosemarie
2022
5 nach 10
Self
1981
Film
The Girl of Your Dreams
Magda Goebbels
1998
Film
The Story of Piera
Eugenia
1983
Film
Casanova
Casanova's Mother
1987
Film
One Hundred and One Nights
Mr. Cinéma's Second Ex-wife
1995
Series
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
Marion Andreas
1972
Film
Circle of Deceit
Ariane Nassar
1981
Film
Lili Marleen
Willie
1981
Film
The Mystery of Henri Pick
Ludmila Blavitsky
2019
Series
I Sell My Dreams
Alma
1994
Film
The Summer of Miss Forbes
Mrs. Forbes
1989
Film
Vijay and I
Will's Mother
2013
Film
Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful
Self
2020
Film
Katzelmacher
Marie
1969
Film
The Third Generation
Susanne Gast
1979
Film
Godard's Passion
Hanna
1982
Film
Sheer Madness
Olga
1983
Film
Godard Cinema
Self
2023
Film
Godard Cinema
2023
Intermezzo für fünf Hände
Lisa Wegner
1976
Film
The Future Is Woman
Anna
1984
Film
Promised Land
Hanna
2004
Film
Warsaw: Year 5703
Stephania
1992
Film
Unless
Danielle
2016
Film
The Coffee House
Lisaura
1970
Film
The Blue Exile
The Actress
1993
Film
Effi Briest
Effi Briest
1974
Film
Miss Arizona
Mici
1988
Film
Golem: The Petrified Garden
Michelle
1993
Film
The Sunset Boys
Ewa Loehwe
1995
Film
The Prayer
Sister Myriam
2018
Film
Madame Bäurin
Tante Agathe
1993
Film
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
Self
1992
Film
Barnum
Jenny Lind
1986
Film
The Crossing
Kyona (alt)/Erzählerin (voice)
2021
Film
Lusitanian Illusion
Erika Mann (voice)
2010
Film
Hey Stranger
Tania
1994
Film
Po-lin. Shards of Memory
Narrator - German version (voice)
2008
Film
Heiligendamm
A. van der Qualen
2010
Film
Gods of the Plague
Joanna
1970
Film
Beware of a Holy Whore
Hanna
1971
Татарская княжна
older Anna Akhmatova
2009
Film
A Love in Germany
Pauline Kropp
1983
Film
Der Katzensteg
Regine Hackelberg
1975
Film
Avanti
Suzanne
2012
Von Sex bis Simmel
Self
2005
Film
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Anna Epp, Hans's sister
1972
Film
Lucky
Lotte
2017
Film
Forever, Lulu
Elaine
1986
Film
Antonieta
Anna
1982
Der Stumme
Martha
1976
Film
Jail Bait
Ärztin
1973
Film
Baal
Luise
1970
Film
Love Is Colder Than Death
Johanna
1970
Film
Fassbinder
Self
2015
Film
Magdalena Hausen: Frozen in Time
Magdalena (voice)
2024
Film
Hunting Scenes from Bavaria
Paula
1969
Film
Passion, le travail et l'amour: Introduction à un scénario
Self
1982
Film
Whity
Hanna
1971
Filmlegenden. Deutsch
Self
2006
Film
Lullaby to my Father
Narrator (voice)
2012
Film
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
Hanna
1970
Film
Lea
Wanda
1996
Film
Janela da Alma
Self
2001
Film
The Niklashausen Journey
Johanna
1970
Film
Pioneers in Ingolstadt
Berta
1971
Film
Golem, the Spirit of Exile
L'Esprit de l'Exil
1992
Film
Life's Little Treasures
Léna
1994
Film
Adventure of Catherine C.
Fanny Hohenstein
1990
Abraham's Gold
Barbara 'Bärbel' Hunzinger
1990
Film
The Quiet Roar
Eva
2014
Film
Das ABC ist subversiv
Narrator
1981
Film
Rio das Mortes
Hanna
1971
Hanna Schygulla – quel que soit le songe
self
2012
Kuckucksei im Gangsternest
Maria
1969
Film
The Wonderful Journey of Selma Lagerlöf
Self - Quote Reader (voice)
2020
Film
The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp
Lucy
1968
Film
Angelo Nero
Eloide
1998
Film
Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary
Self
2017
Film
Clara, une passion française
Clara
2009
Film
End of the Commune?
Self
1970
Film
Fassbinder's Women
Self
2000
Film
Cinémania: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Self
1981
Hotel Bogota - Eine einmalige Geschichte
Self
2015
Film
New Year's Eve
Society Woman
1978
Film
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day: A Series Becomes a Family Reunion
Self
2017
Film
Scénario du film Passion
Self
1982
Marcello Mastroianni, latin lover
Self
2015
Film
Mathias Kneißl
Mathilde Schreck
1971
Film
The Culture Industry Needs Something Like Me
Self
1976
Film
L'aide-mémoire
Suzanne
1984
Film
Hanna Schygulla - Ikone des deutschen Autorenfilms
Self
2021
Film
The Night of the Filmmakers
Self
1995
Film
Irmi
Narrator
2020
Film
Winter Journey
Martha "Mucky" Brenninger
2006
Die Revolte
Sandra V.
1969
Film
Bremen Freedom
Luisa Mauer
1972
Film
Fassbinder in Hollywood
Self
2002
Film
The Quiet Love
Frau Marx
2005
Film
The Clown
Marie
1976
Film
Once Upon a Time… The Marriage of Maria Braun
Self
2012
Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8
Self
1971
Film
Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair
Hilde Jary
2022
Life, Love & Celluloid
Self
1998
Das unreine Mal
Gerda Albrecht geb. Böhm
2006
Film
Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
Self
2007
Film
Jakob von Gunten
Lisa Benjamenta
1971
Alicia Bustamante
Self
2009
Denkste Puppe
Self
2025
Der große Zusammenbruch
Ophelia
Vera
2014
Grüße von Rosita aus Peru
Narrator (voice)
1976