Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Known for: Directing
Born: December 8, 1935
Place of birth: Nossendorf, Germany
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.
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Filmography
32 movies · 6 TV shows, newest first
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Nightsong
2025
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Demmin Cantos
2023
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Leaving and Staying
20235.0
El Mito de Narciso
2011
6.6
The Ister
2004
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Nietzsche: Ecce Homo
2003
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Mozart Requiem mit dem Finger gelesen
1997
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Der Gang auf den Berg
1997
8.0
A Dream, What Else?
1995
6.3
The Night of the Filmmakers
1995
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Penthesilea
19898.0
The Marquise of O.
1989
8.0
Edith Clever liest Joyce
1987
8.0
Fräulein Else
1987
8.3
The Night
1985
6.7
Parsifal
1982
7.2
Hitler: A Film from Germany
1978
6.2
The Confessions of Winifred Wagner
1978
10.0
Hitler: A Film from Germany
1977
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Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
1976
6.5
Karl May
1974
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Karl May
1974
8.0
Theodor Hierneis oder Wie man ehem. Hofkoch wird
19737.0
Je später der Abend
19739.0
Nach meinem letzten Umzug...
1972
5.5
Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King
1972
6.2
San Domingo
1970
5.2
Sex-Business: Made in Pasing
1970
6.7
Scarabea – How Much Land Does a Man Need?
1969
7.0
Die Grafen Pocci - einige Kapitel zur Geschichte einer Familie
1968
6.8
Romy: Anatomy of a Face
1967
7.0
Fritz Kortner spricht Monologe für eine Schallplatte
19667.0
Wilhelm von Kobell
19668.5
aspekte
1965
10.0
Fünfter Akt, siebente Szene. Fritz Kortner probt Kabale und Liebe
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Grimme Award
1964
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Brecht Urfaust
19536.0
German Film Award
1951