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

Hitler: A Film from Germany

Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema

The Ister

Leaving and Staying

Romy: Anatomy of a Face

The Night of the Filmmakers

Demmin Cantos

Sex-Business: Made in Pasing

All Movies (8)

• Demmin Cantos2023 · as Self
• Leaving and Staying2023 · as Self
• El Mito de Narciso2011
• The Ister2004 · as Himself
• The Night of the Filmmakers1995 · as Self
• Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema1976 · as Self
• Sex-Business: Made in Pasing1970 · as Self - Interviewer
• Romy: Anatomy of a Face1967 · as Self

All TV Shows (5)

• Hitler: A Film from Germany1977 · as Narrator (voice)
• Je später der Abend1973 · as Self
• aspekte1965 · as Self
• Grimme Award1964 · as Self
• German Film Award1951 · as Self