Acting
Hanna Schygulla
DE, EN, FR, IT cinema · 121 credits
Born
25 December 1943 (age 82)
Birthplace
Chorzów, Polska
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
Filmography
Yunan
as Valeska
Denkste Puppe
2025
Denkste Puppe
as Self, Director
Magdalena Hausen: Frozen in Time
as Magdalena (voice)
Poor Things
as Martha Von Kurtzroc
Godard Cinema
as Self
Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair
as Hilde Jary
Peter von Kant
as Rosemarie
The Crossing
as Kyona (alt)/Erzählerin (voice)
Everything Went Fine
as Swiss Lady
Irmi
as Narrator
The Wonderful Journey of Selma Lagerlöf
as Self - Quote Reader (voice)
The Mystery of Henri Pick
as Ludmila Blavitsky
The Prayer
as Sister Myriam
Lucky
as Lotte
Unless
as Danielle
Fassbinder
as Self
Vijay and I
as Will's Mother
Avanti
as Suzanne
Lullaby to my Father
as Narrator (voice)
Faust
as Moneylender's Wife
Heiligendamm
as A. van der Qualen
Lusitanian Illusion
as Erika Mann (voice)
Alicia Bustamante
2009
Alicia Bustamante
as Self, Director
Татарская княжна
2009
Татарская княжна
as older Anna Akhmatova
Po-lin. Shards of Memory
as Narrator - German version (voice)
The Edge of Heaven
as Susanne Staub
Winter Journey
as Martha "Mucky" Brenninger
Das unreine Mal
2006
Das unreine Mal
as Gerda Albrecht geb. Böhm
The Quiet Love
as Frau Marx
Promised Land
as Hanna
Werckmeister Harmonies
as Tünde Eszter
The Girl of Your Dreams
as Magda Goebbels
Angelo Nero
as Eloide
Lea
as Wanda
One Hundred and One Nights
as Mr. Cinéma's Second Ex-wife
The Sunset Boys
as Ewa Loehwe
Hey Stranger
as Tania
The Blue Exile
as The Actress
Golem: The Petrified Garden
as Michelle
Madame Bäurin
as Tante Agathe
Warsaw: Year 5703
as Stephania
Golem, the Spirit of Exile
as L'Esprit de l'Exil
Dead Again
as Inga
Abrahams Gold
1990
Abraham's Gold
as Barbara 'Bärbel' Hunzinger
Adventure of Catherine C.
as Fanny Hohenstein
The Summer of Miss Forbes
as Mrs. Forbes
Miss Arizona
as Mici
Casanova
as Casanova's Mother
The Delta Force
as Ingrid
Forever, Lulu
as Elaine
Barnum
as Jenny Lind
L'aide-mémoire
as Suzanne
A Love in Germany
as Pauline Kropp
Sheer Madness
as Olga
The Story of Piera
as Eugenia
Godard's Passion
as Hanna
That Night of Varennes
as Countess Sophie de la Borde
Antonieta
as Anna
Lili Marleen
as Willie
Circle of Deceit
as Ariane Nassar
Das ABC ist subversiv
as Narrator
The Marriage of Maria Braun
as Maria Braun
The Third Generation
as Susanne Gast
New Year's Eve
as Society Woman
The Clown
as Marie
Grüße von Rosita aus Peru
1976
Grüße von Rosita aus Peru
as Narrator (voice)
Wrong Move
as Therese
Der Katzensteg
as Regine Hackelberg
Effi Briest
as Effi Briest
Jail Bait
as Ärztin
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
as Karin Thimm
The Merchant of Four Seasons
as Anna Epp, Hans's sister
Bremen Freedom
as Luisa Mauer
Whity
as Hanna
Rio das Mortes
as Hanna
Mathias Kneißl
as Mathilde Schreck
Jakob von Gunten
as Lisa Benjamenta
Gods of the Plague
as Joanna
Love Is Colder Than Death
as Johanna
The Niklashausen Journey
as Johanna
The Coffee House
as Lisaura
Baal
as Luise
Katzelmacher
as Marie
Die Revolte
1969
Die Revolte
as Sandra V.
