Acting · Chorzów, Polska · Born December 25, 1943
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).
Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm
2026
as Self
MovieYunan
2025
as Valeska
Denkste Puppe
2025
as Self
MovieMagdalena Hausen: Frozen in Time
2024
as Magdalena (voice)
MoviePoor Things
2023
as Martha Von Kurtzroc
MovieGodard Cinema
2023
as Self
MovieDouglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair
2022
as Hilde Jary
MoviePeter von Kant
2022
as Rosemarie
MovieHanna Schygulla - Ikone des deutschen Autorenfilms
2021
as Self
MovieThe Crossing
2021
as Kyona (alt)/Erzählerin (voice)
MovieEverything Went Fine
2021
as Swiss Lady
MovieThe Wonderful Journey of Selma Lagerlöf
2020
as Self - Quote Reader (voice)
MovieIrmi
2020
as Narrator
MovieHelmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful
2020
as Self
MovieThe Mystery of Henri Pick
2019
as Ludmila Blavitsky
TVAd Vitam
2018
as - Participation -
MovieThe Prayer
2018
as Sister Myriam
MovieLucky
2017
as Lotte
MovieMarco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary
2017
as Self
MovieEight Hours Don’t Make a Day: A Series Becomes a Family Reunion
2017
as Self
MovieUnless
2016
as Danielle
Hotel Bogota - Eine einmalige Geschichte
2015
as Self
MovieFassbinder
2015
as Self
Marcello Mastroianni, latin lover
2015
as Self
Ophelia
2014
as Vera
MovieThe Quiet Roar
2014
as Eva
MovieVijay and I
2013
as Will's Mother
MovieLullaby to my Father
2012
as Narrator (voice)
MovieAvanti
2012
as Suzanne
MovieOnce Upon a Time… The Marriage of Maria Braun
2012
as Self
Hanna Schygulla – quel que soit le songe
2012
as self
MovieFaust
2011
as Moneylender's Wife
MovieLusitanian Illusion
2010
as Erika Mann (voice)
MovieHeiligendamm
2010
as A. van der Qualen
MovieClara, une passion française
2009
as Clara
Татарская княжна
2009
as older Anna Akhmatova
Alicia Bustamante
2009
as Self
MoviePo-lin. Shards of Memory
2008
as Narrator - German version (voice)
MovieFassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
2007
as Self
MovieThe Edge of Heaven
2007
as Susanne Staub
Das unreine Mal
2006
as Gerda Albrecht geb. Böhm
MovieWinter Journey
2006
as Martha "Mucky" Brenninger
TVKommissar Stolberg
2006
as Marita Dennett
Filmlegenden. Deutsch
2006
as Self
MovieThe Quiet Love
2005
as Frau Marx
Von Sex bis Simmel
2005
as Self
MoviePromised Land
2004
as Hanna
ZIBB
2003
as Self
MovieFassbinder in Hollywood
2002
as Self
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
2002
as Self
MovieJanela da Alma
2001
as Self
MovieWerckmeister Harmonies
2001
as Tünde Eszter
MovieFassbinder's Women
2000
as Self
TVBeckmann
1999
as Self
MovieThe Girl of Your Dreams
1998
as Magda Goebbels
MovieAngelo Nero
1998
as Eloide
Life, Love & Celluloid
1998
as Self
Im Dialog
1997
as self
MovieLea
1996
as Wanda
TVKulturzeit
1995
as self
MovieThe Sunset Boys
1995
as Ewa Loehwe
MovieThe Night of the Filmmakers
1995
as Self
MovieOne Hundred and One Nights
1995
as Mr. Cinéma's Second Ex-wife
TVI Sell My Dreams
1994
as Alma
MovieLife's Little Treasures
1994
as Léna
MovieHey Stranger
1994
as Tania
MovieThe Blue Exile
1993
as The Actress
MovieGolem: The Petrified Garden
1993
as Michelle
MovieMadame Bäurin
1993
as Tante Agathe
MovieGolem, the Spirit of Exile
1992
as L'Esprit de l'Exil
MovieWarsaw: Year 5703
1992
as Stephania
TVMorgenmagazin
1992
as Self
MovieI Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
1992
as Self
MovieDead Again
1991
as Inga
TVDAS!
1991
as Self
MovieAdventure of Catherine C.
1990
as Fanny Hohenstein
Abraham's Gold
1990
as Barbara 'Bärbel' Hunzinger
MovieThe Summer of Miss Forbes
1989
as Mrs. Forbes
MovieMiss Arizona
1988
as Mici
MovieCasanova
1987
as Casanova's Mother
MovieBarnum
1986
as Jenny Lind
MovieForever, Lulu
1986
as Elaine
MovieThe Delta Force
1986
as Ingrid
TVPeter the Great
1986
as Catherine Skevronskaya
MovieThe Future Is Woman
1984
as Anna
MovieL'aide-mémoire
1984
as Suzanne
MovieA Love in Germany
1983
as Pauline Kropp
MovieSheer Madness
1983
as Olga
MovieThe Story of Piera
1983
as Eugenia
MovieAntonieta
1982
as Anna
MovieGodard's Passion
1982
as Hanna
MovieThat Night of Varennes
1982
as Countess Sophie de la Borde
MoviePassion, le travail et l'amour: Introduction à un scénario
1982
as Self
MovieScénario du film Passion
1982
as Self
Wortwechsel
1982
as Self
MovieCircle of Deceit
1981
as Ariane Nassar
MovieCinémania: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1981
as Self
MovieDas ABC ist subversiv
1981
as Narrator
5 nach 10
1981
as Self
MovieLili Marleen
1981
as Willie
TVBerlin Alexanderplatz
1980
as Eva
TVThe Great Runaway
1979
as Frau Piesch
MovieThe Third Generation
1979
as Susanne Gast
MovieThe Marriage of Maria Braun
1979
as Maria Braun
TVNDR Talk Show
1979
as Self
MovieNew Year's Eve
1978
as Society Woman
Intermezzo für fünf Hände
1976
as Lisa Wegner
MovieThe Clown
1976
as Marie
MovieThe Culture Industry Needs Something Like Me
1976
as Self
Grüße von Rosita aus Peru
1976
as Narrator (voice)
Der Stumme
1976
as Martha
MovieDer Katzensteg
1975
as Regine Hackelberg
MovieWrong Move
1975
as Therese
TVSpécial cinéma
1974
as Self
MovieEffi Briest
1974
as Effi Briest
MovieJail Bait
1973
as Ärztin
MovieBremen Freedom
1972
as Luisa Mauer
TVEight Hours Don’t Make a Day
1972
as Marion Andreas
MovieThe Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
1972
as Karin Thimm
MovieThe Merchant of Four Seasons
1972
as Anna Epp, Hans's sister
MovieJakob von Gunten
1971
as Lisa Benjamenta
MovieBeware of a Holy Whore
1971
as Hanna
MovieWhity
1971
as Hanna
MovieMathias Kneißl
1971
as Mathilde Schreck
MoviePioneers in Ingolstadt
1971
as Berta
MovieRio das Mortes
1971
as Hanna
Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8
1971
as Self
TVScene of the Crime
1970
as Catharina
MovieThe Niklashausen Journey
1970
as Johanna
MovieGods of the Plague
1970
as Joanna
MovieWhy Does Herr R. Run Amok?
1970
as Hanna
MovieEnd of the Commune?
1970
as Self
MovieThe Coffee House
1970
as Lisaura
MovieLove Is Colder Than Death
1970
as Johanna
MovieBaal
1970
as Luise
Kuckucksei im Gangsternest
1969
as Maria
MovieKatzelmacher
1969
as Marie
Die Revolte
1969
as Sandra V.
MovieHunting Scenes from Bavaria
1969
as Paula
MovieThe Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp
1968
as Lucy
TVStars in the Ring
1959
as Self
German Film Award
1951
as Self
TVBambi
1948
as Self
Der große Zusammenbruch
