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Hanna Schygulla
Hanna Schygulla, born on 25 December 1943, is an acclaimed German actress and chanson singer. She is widely associated with theater and film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, having started her partnership with him in 1965. Schygulla was a crucial contributor to the New German Cinema, winning the Berlin Silver Bear for Best Actress in 1979 for Fassbinder's 'The Marriage of Maria Braun'. Her outstanding performance in the 1983 Marco Ferreri film, 'The Story of Piera' earned her the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress. Her early life was marked with struggles, being born during World War II, her father being a POW, and being a refugee in Munich. Despite these challenges, she studied Romance languages and German studies while simultaneously taking acting lessons. Throughout the 1960s, she gradually shifted her focus to acting and was particularly notable for her collaborations with Fassbinder. Schygulla had a fallout with Fassbinder during the making of 'Effi Briest' (1974) due to disagreements over character interpretations and remuneration disputes, leading to a brief gap in their professional relationship. They reunited for 'The Marriage of Maria Braun' in 1978, a film that won her critical acclaim. Starting from the 1990s, Schygulla transitioned into a chanson singer and featured in various documentary films. She has also been recognised with several lifetime career awards, cementing her legacy in international cinema. Schygulla had mainly resided in Paris but relocated to Berlin in 2014.
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Given Name: Hanna Schygulla
Born: Königshütte, Silesia (now Chorzów, Poland)
Citizenship: German
Birthday: December 25, 1943
Occupations: Actress, Singer
Years Active: 1968-present
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Movies Featuring Hanna Schygulla
Faust
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Everything Went Fine
The Delta Force
Peter von Kant
Heiligendamm
Lullaby to my Father
Lusitanian Illusion
The Quiet Roar
Unless
Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day: A Series Becomes a Family Reunion
Ad Vitam
The Mystery of Henri Pick
Fassbinder’s Women
Janela da Alma
Fassbinder in Hollywood
Promised Land
Winter Journey
Fassbinder
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Circle of Deceit
Scénario du film Passion
Passion, le travail et l’amour: Introduction à un scénario
Antonieta
Peter the Great
Fassbinder’s Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
Godard’s Passion
Sheer Madness
Forever, Lulu
Casanova
Miss Arizona
The Summer of Miss Forbes
Lili Marleen
The Night of Varennes
The Story of Piera
A Love in Germany
The Future Is Woman
The Crossing
Barnum
Katzelmacher
The Marriage of Maria Braun
End of the Commune?
Warsaw: Year 5703
The Great Runaway
The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp
The Sunset Boys
Golem, the Spirit of Exile
New Year’s Eve
Golem: The Petrified Garden
The Night of the Filmmakers
Gods of the Plague
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
The Third Generation
Love Is Colder Than Death
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
The Coffee House
The Niklashausen Journey
Rio das Mortes
Wrong Move
Pioneers in Ingolstadt
Hunting Scenes from Bavaria
The Clown
Life, Love & Celluloid
One Hundred and One Nights
Bremen Freedom
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Baal
Godard Cinema
The Girl of Your Dreams
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
Whity
Effi Briest
Life’s Little Treasures
Yunan
Beware of a Holy Whore
Career Timeline
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2017
Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary
Self
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day: A Series Becomes a Family Reunion
Self
1995
The Sunset Boys
Ewa Loehwe
The Night of the Filmmakers
Self
One Hundred and One Nights
Mr. Cinéma's Second Ex-wife
1992
Warsaw: Year 5703
Stephania
Golem, the Spirit of Exile
L'Esprit de l'Exil
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
Self
1982
Scénario du film Passion
Self
Passion, le travail et l’amour: Introduction à un scénario
Self
Antonieta
Anna
Godard’s Passion
Hanna
The Night of Varennes
Countess Sophie de la Borde
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