Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Directing
December 8, 1935 (90 years old)
Nossendorf, Germany
13
Acting Credits
29
Directed
Biography
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg (born 8 December 1935) is a German film director and intellectual. For Syberberg, cinema is a form of Gesamtkunstwerk. Many commentators, including Syberberg himself, have characterized his work as a cinematic combination of Bertolt Brecht's doctrine of epic theatre and Richard Wagner's operatic aesthetics. Syberberg is best known for his 'German trilogy', consisting of Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King (1972), Karl May (1974), and Hitler: A Film from Germany (1977), the l...
Known For
Filmography
Leaving and Staying
2023
as Self
Demmin Cantos
2023
as Self
El Mito de Narciso
2011
5
The Ister
2004
as Himself
6.6
The Night of the Filmmakers
1995
as Self
6.3
Hitler: A Film from Germany
1977
as Narrator (voice)
10
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
1976
as Self
Je später der Abend
1973
as Self
7
Sex-Business: Made in Pasing
1970
as Self - Interviewer
5.2
Romy: Anatomy of a Face
1967
as Self
6.8
aspekte
1965
as Self
8.5
Grimme Award
1964
as Self
German Film Award
1951
as Self
6