
Hanna Schygulla
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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
Credits

Poor Things (2023)
as Martha Von Kurtzroc

The Delta Force (1986)
as Ingrid

Dead Again (1991)
as Inga

Yunan (2025)
as Valeska

The Story of Piera (1983)
as Eugenia

Werckmeister Harmonies (2001)
as Tünde Eszter

Wrong Move (1975)
as Therese

Casanova (1987)
as Casanova's Mother

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
as Karin Thimm

The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
as Maria Braun

Lili Marleen (1981)
as Willie

A Love in Germany (1983)
as Pauline Kropp

Faust (2011)
as Moneylender's Wife

Everything Went Fine (2021)
as Swiss Lady

Lea (1996)
as Wanda

Circle of Deceit (1981)
as Ariane Nassar

Peter von Kant (2022)
as Rosemarie

Forever, Lulu (1986)
as Elaine

Sheer Madness (1983)
as Olga

The Girl of Your Dreams (1998)
as Magda Goebbels

One Hundred and One Nights (1995)
as Mr. Cinéma's Second Ex-wife

That Night of Varennes (1982)
as Countess Sophie de la Borde

The Edge of Heaven (2007)
as Susanne Staub

Effi Briest (1974)
as Effi Briest

Hey Stranger (1994)
as Tania

The Mystery of Henri Pick (2019)
as Ludmila Blavitsky

Vijay and I (2013)
as Will's Mother

Lusitanian Illusion (2010)
as Erika Mann (voice)

Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful (2020)
as Self

Madame Bäurin (1993)
as Tante Agathe

Antonieta (1982)
as Anna

The Coffee House (1970)
as Lisaura

Godard's Passion (1982)
as Hanna

The Prayer (2018)
as Sister Myriam

Unless (2016)
as Danielle

Der Katzensteg (1975)
as Regine Hackelberg

Katzelmacher (1969)
as Marie

The Sunset Boys (1995)
as Ewa Loehwe

The Blue Exile (1993)
as The Actress

Beware of a Holy Whore (1971)
as Hanna

Winter Journey (2006)
as Martha "Mucky" Brenninger

The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972)
as Anna Epp, Hans's sister

Godard Cinema (2023)
as Self

The Crossing (2021)
as Kyona (alt)/Erzählerin (voice)

The Future Is Woman (1984)
as Anna

The Third Generation (1979)
as Susanne Gast

Lucky (2017)
as Lotte

Jail Bait (1973)
as Ärztin

Scénario du film Passion (1982)
as Self

Promised Land (2004)
as Hanna

The Niklashausen Journey (1970)
as Johanna

Love Is Colder Than Death (1970)
as Johanna

Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)
as Hanna

Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary (2017)
as Self

Hunting Scenes from Bavaria (1969)
as Paula

Gods of the Plague (1970)
as Joanna

Life's Little Treasures (1994)
as Léna

Baal (1970)
as Luise

Fassbinder (2015)
as Self
Marcello Mastroianni, latin lover (2015)
as Self

Janela da Alma (2001)
as Self

Warsaw: Year 5703 (1992)
as Stephania

Rio das Mortes (1971)
as Hanna

L'aide-mémoire (1984)
as Suzanne
Die Revolte (1969)
as Sandra V.

The Summer of Miss Forbes (1989)
as Mrs. Forbes

Angelo Nero (1998)
as Eloide

Mathias Kneißl (1971)
as Mathilde Schreck
Der Stumme (1976)
as Martha

The Quiet Roar (2014)
as Eva

Barnum (1986)
as Jenny Lind

I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me (1992)
as Self

Whity (1971)
as Hanna

Golem, the Spirit of Exile (1992)
as L'Esprit de l'Exil

The Quiet Love (2005)
as Frau Marx

Clara, une passion française (2009)
as Clara

Lullaby to my Father (2012)
as Narrator (voice)

Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story (2007)
as Self

Bremen Freedom (1972)
as Luisa Mauer

The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp (1968)
as Lucy
Abraham's Gold (1990)
as Barbara 'Bärbel' Hunzinger

New Year's Eve (1978)
as Society Woman

End of the Commune? (1970)
as Self

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day: A Series Becomes a Family Reunion (2017)
as Self

The Clown (1976)
as Marie
Von Sex bis Simmel (2005)
as Self

Adventure of Catherine C. (1990)
as Fanny Hohenstein

Avanti (2012)
as Suzanne

The Night of the Filmmakers (1995)
as Self

Fassbinder in Hollywood (2002)
as Self

Miss Arizona (1988)
as Mici
Татарская княжна (2009)
as older Anna Akhmatova

Golem: The Petrified Garden (1993)
as Michelle
Intermezzo für fünf Hände (1976)
as Lisa Wegner
Hotel Bogota - Eine einmalige Geschichte (2015)
as Self

Hanna Schygulla - Ikone des deutschen Autorenfilms (2021)
as Self
Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8 (1971)
as Self

Pioneers in Ingolstadt (1971)
as Berta
Life, Love & Celluloid (1998)
as Self

Po-lin. Shards of Memory (2008)
as Narrator - German version (voice)
Ophelia (2014)
as Vera
Das unreine Mal (2006)
as Gerda Albrecht geb. Böhm

Fassbinder's Women (2000)
as Self

Once Upon a Time… The Marriage of Maria Braun (2012)
as Self
Kuckucksei im Gangsternest (1969)
as Maria

The Wonderful Journey of Selma Lagerlöf (2020)
as Self - Quote Reader (voice)

Passion, le travail et l'amour: Introduction à un scénario (1982)
as Self

Magdalena Hausen: Frozen in Time (2024)
as Magdalena (voice)
Alicia Bustamante (2009)
as Self
Denkste Puppe (2025)
as Self

Cinémania: Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1981)
as Self
Grüße von Rosita aus Peru (1976)
as Narrator (voice)

Das ABC ist subversiv (1981)
as Narrator

Heiligendamm (2010)
as A. van der Qualen
Der große Zusammenbruch (—)
Actor

The Culture Industry Needs Something Like Me (1976)
as Self

Jakob von Gunten (1971)
as Lisa Benjamenta

Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair (2022)
as Hilde Jary

Irmi (2020)
as Narrator
Hanna Schygulla – quel que soit le songe (2012)
as self





