Hans-Jürgen Syberberg

Known for: Directing
Born: December 8, 1935, Nossendorf, Germany
Movies: 35

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 latter of which receives rare theatrical screenings due to its seven-hour runtime.

Best-Known Movies

7.2

Hitler: A Film from Germany

1978

5.5

Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King

1972

6.7

Parsifal

1982

6.6

The Ister

2004

5.2

Sex-Business: Made in Pasing

1970

6.8

Romy: Anatomy of a Face

1967

6.7

Scarabea – How Much Land Does a Man Need?

1969

6.2

The Confessions of Winifred Wagner

1978

6.2

The Night of the Filmmakers

1995

8.0

Theodor Hierneis oder Wie man ehem. Hofkoch wird

1973

Filmography

2023	Demmin Cantos	Self
2023	Leaving and Staying	Self
2011	El Mito de Narciso
2004	The Ister	Himself
1995	The Night of the Filmmakers	Self
1976	Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema	Self
1970	Sex-Business: Made in Pasing	Self - Interviewer
1967	Romy: Anatomy of a Face	Self

Directing, Writing & Producing

2025	Nightsong	Director
2023	Demmin Cantos	Writer, Director
2003	Nietzsche: Ecce Homo	Director
1997	Mozart Requiem mit dem Finger gelesen	Director
1997	Der Gang auf den Berg	Director
1995	A Dream, What Else?	Director
1989	Penthesilea	Director
1989	The Marquise of O.	Director
1987	Edith Clever liest Joyce	Director
1987	Fräulein Else	Director
1985	The Night	Director
1982	Parsifal	Director
1978	Hitler: A Film from Germany	Director, Writer
1978	The Confessions of Winifred Wagner	Director
1974	Karl May	Director, Writer
1973	Theodor Hierneis oder Wie man ehem. Hofkoch wird	Director, Producer, Screenplay
1972	Nach meinem letzten Umzug...	Director
1972	Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King	Director, Writer, Producer
1970	San Domingo	Director
1970	Sex-Business: Made in Pasing	Director, Writer, Producer
1969	Scarabea – How Much Land Does a Man Need?	Director, Writer, Producer
1968	Die Grafen Pocci - einige Kapitel zur Geschichte einer Familie	Director
1967	Romy: Anatomy of a Face	Director, Writer
1966	Fritz Kortner spricht Monologe für eine Schallplatte	Director
1966	Wilhelm von Kobell	Director
1965	Fünfter Akt, siebente Szene. Fritz Kortner probt Kabale und Liebe	Writer, Director
1953	Brecht Urfaust	Director

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