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Volker Schlondorff Biography and Timeline

Follow Volker Schlondorff through 16 dated historical records for Germany.

Volker Schlondorff, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1939–2009Years on this page

1939

Birth of Volker Schlondorff

Director · Wiesbaden · Arts / Cinema

Birth of Volker Schlondorff.

Role range: 1939-

1966

Young Torless

Director · West Germany · Arts / Cinema

Directs Young Torless, an important New German Cinema debut.

Role range: 1939-

1967

A Degree of Murder

Director · West Germany · Arts / Cinema

Directs A Degree of Murder.

Role range: 1939-

1969

Michael Kohlhaas

Director · West Germany · Arts / Cinema

Directs Michael Kohlhaas - Der Rebell.

Role range: 1939-

1971

The Morals of Ruth Halbfass

Director · West Germany · Arts / Cinema

Directs The Morals of Ruth Halbfass.

Role range: 1939-

The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach

Director · West Germany · Arts / Cinema

Directs The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach.

Role range: 1939-

1972

A Free Woman

Director · West Germany · Arts / Cinema

Directs A Free Woman.

Role range: 1939-

1975

The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum

Director · West Germany · Arts / Cinema

Co-directs The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum.

Role range: 1939-

1978

Germany in Autumn

Director · West Germany · Arts / Cinema

Contributes to the omnibus film Germany in Autumn.

Role range: 1939-

1979

The Tin Drum

Director · West Germany · Arts / Cinema

Directs The Tin Drum, winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes.

Role range: 1939-

1980

Academy Award

Director · Los Angeles · Arts / Cinema

The Tin Drum wins the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Role range: 1939-

The Candidate

Director · West Germany · Arts / Cinema

Directs The Candidate.

Role range: 1939-

1981

Circle of Deceit

Director · West Germany · Arts / Cinema

Directs Circle of Deceit.

Role range: 1939-

1985

Death of a Salesman

Director · Arts / Cinema

Directs the television film Death of a Salesman.

Role range: 1939-

2004

Bavarian Film Awards

Director · Munich · Arts / Cinema

Receives the Bavarian Film Awards honorary award.

Role range: 1939-

2009

Camerimage Lifetime Achievement Award

Director · Bydgoszcz · Arts / Cinema

Receives the Camerimage Lifetime Achievement Award.

Role range: 1939-

Records, sources and methodology

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