Known for

Directing

Born

Dec 8, 1935 (90 years old)

Place of birth

Nossendorf, Germany

Hans-Jürgen Syberberg

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.

Titles

Parsifal

Movie • 1982

Karl May

Series • 1974

Hitler: A Film from Germany

Series • 1977

Karl May

Movie • 1974

The Ister

Movie • 2004

Sex-Business: Made in Pasing

Movie • 1970

The Night

Movie • 1985

Hitler: A Film from Germany

Movie • 1977

Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King

Movie • 1972

Fräulein Else

Movie • 1987

Leaving and Staying

Movie • 2023

Theodor Hierneis oder Wie man ehem. Hofkoch wird

Movie • 1973

Mozart Requiem mit dem Finger gelesen

Movie • 1997

Der Gang auf den Berg

Movie • 1997

The Confessions of Winifred Wagner

Movie • 1978