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Volker Schlöndorff

Director

Volker Schlöndorff

Directing
1966 — present · 13 films
Born
31 March 1939 · age 87
From
Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany

Volker Schlöndorff is a Berlin-based German filmmaker. He won an Oscar as well as the Palme d'or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival for The Tin Drum (1979), the film version of the novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Günter Grass. In 1991, he was the Head of the Jury at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival. Schlöndorff has adapted many literary works for his movies, including some critically well-received US productions, but he is also engaged in post-war German politics.

Career Signature

How Volker Schlöndorff’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.