
🎬 Director
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
🎂 Born 8 December 1935 (age 90)📍 Nossendorf, Germany
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Popularity Score
7
Acting Credits
19
Directed
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.
Known For
Directed Films(19)

★ 7.2
Hitler: A Film from Germany
1978
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★ 6.8
Romy: Anatomy of a Face
1967
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★ 10.0
Karl May
1974
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★ 5.5
Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King
1972
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★ 6.5
Parsifal
1982
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★ 6.7
Scarabea – How Much Land Does a Man Need?
1969
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★ 10.0
Fünfter Akt, siebente Szene. Fritz Kortner probt Kabale und Liebe
1965
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★ 6.3
San Domingo
1970
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Penthesilea
1989
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★ 8.0
A Dream, What Else?
1995
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★ 5.2
Sex-Business: Made in Pasing
1970
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Mozart Requiem mit dem Finger gelesen
1997
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★ 6.2
The Confessions of Winifred Wagner
1978
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★ 8.0
Theodor Hierneis oder Wie man ehem. Hofkoch wird
1973
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★ 8.3
The Night
1985
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★ 7.0
Fritz Kortner spricht Monologe für eine Schallplatte
1966
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Demmin Cantos
2023
Director

Nietzsche: Ecce Homo
2003
Director

Nightsong
2025
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