Hans-Jürgen Syberberg

Known For

Directing

Born

Dec 08, 1935

Place of Birth

Nossendorf, Germany

Credits

38 titles

Hans-Jürgen Syberberg

Biography

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

Filmography

2025

Nightsong

Director

Movie
2023

Demmin Cantos

Self

Movie
2023

Leaving and Staying

Self

Movie
2011

El Mito de Narciso

Movie
2004

The Ister

Himself

Movie
2003

Nietzsche: Ecce Homo

Cinematography

Movie
1997

Mozart Requiem mit dem Finger gelesen

Director

Movie
1997

Der Gang auf den Berg

Director

Movie
1995

A Dream, What Else?

Director

Movie
1995

The Night of the Filmmakers

Self

Movie
1989

Penthesilea

Director

Movie
1989

The Marquise of O.

Director

Movie
1987

Edith Clever liest Joyce

Director

Movie
1987

Fräulein Else

Director

Movie
1985

The Night

Director

Movie
1982

Parsifal

Director

Movie
1978

Hitler: A Film from Germany

Director

Movie
1978

The Confessions of Winifred Wagner

Director

Movie
1977

Hitler: A Film from Germany

Narrator (voice)

Tv
1976

Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema

Self

Movie
1974

Karl May

Director

Tv
1974

Karl May

Director

Movie
1973

Theodor Hierneis oder Wie man ehem. Hofkoch wird

Director

Movie
1973

Je später der Abend

Self

Tv
1972

Nach meinem letzten Umzug...

Director

Movie
1972

Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King

Director

Movie
1970

San Domingo

Director

Movie
1970

Sex-Business: Made in Pasing

Self - Interviewer

Movie
1969

Scarabea – How Much Land Does a Man Need?

Director

Movie
1968

Die Grafen Pocci - einige Kapitel zur Geschichte einer Familie

Director

Movie
1967

Romy: Anatomy of a Face

Self

Movie
1966

Fritz Kortner spricht Monologe für eine Schallplatte

Director

Movie
1966

Wilhelm von Kobell

Director

Movie
1965

aspekte

Self

Tv
1965

Fünfter Akt, siebente Szene. Fritz Kortner probt Kabale und Liebe

Writer

Movie
1964

Grimme Award

Self

Tv
1953

Brecht Urfaust

Director

Movie
1951

German Film Award

Self

Tv