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  • The Tin Drum
  • The Tin Drum review by from Shepherds Bush,England
    Rated - 4 stars Memorable?Yes Oscar-Worthy All-Time Classic?No 1 April 2007
    ...s fantastic,surreal or allegoric through a relatively literal, realistic medium?Volker Schlondorff,with copious thanks to his astonishing lead man David Bennent as the,stunted at...  

Volker Schlondorff - filmography


  • The Ninth Day (2004)
    Starring: Ulrich Matthes,  August Diehl,  Hilmar Thate
    Director: Volker Schlondorff
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In World War II, after a period living hell on earth in the concentration camp of Dachau with other catholic priests, Father Abbé Henri Kremer (Ulrich Matthes) gets a nine days leave to return to his home town for his mother's funeral. Along this period, the SS Gestapo lieutenant Gebhardt (August ..read more »
    Rate this: 5 stars out of 5 100% from 1 member
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  • The Ogre (1996)
    Starring: John Malkovich,  Gottfried John,  Marianne Sagebrecht
    Director: Volker Schlondorff
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Frenchman Abel Tiffauges likes children, and wants to protect them against grown-ups. Falsely suspected as a child molester, he is recruited as a soldier in the Second World War, but soon is captured and held as a prisoner of war. After serving in Goering's hunting lodge, he becomes the dogsbody in ..read more »
    Rate this: 1.5 stars out of 5 16% from 3 members
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  • Swann in Love (1984)
    Starring: Jeremy Irons,  Ornella Muti,  Alain Delon
    Director: Volker Schlondorff
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    From internationally acclaimed director Volker Schlöndorff comes Swann In Love, a tale of obsessive love set against the colorful backdrop of Paris in the 1890s. Swann (Irons) falls in love with a young courtesan, and soon finds himself tormented by his unrelenting sexual desire. Based on the novel ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 54% from 38 members
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Volker Schlondorff facts

5 most recent films

The Ninth Day - 5.0 stars
The Ogre - 1.5 stars
The Handmaid's Tale - 3.0 stars
Swann in Love - 3.0 stars
The Tin Drum - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Tin Drum - 3.5 stars
The Handmaid's Tale - 3.0 stars
The Ninth Day - 5.0 stars
Swann in Love - 3.0 stars
Lost Honour Of Katharina Blum, The - BLU-RAY Version - 2.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Ogre - 1.5 stars
Lost Honor Of Katharina Blum - 2.5 stars
Lost Honour Of Katharina Blum, The - BLU-RAY Version - 2.5 stars
Swann in Love - 3.0 stars
The Ninth Day - 5.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Angela Winkler - 3 times - show films
Mario Adorf - 3 times - show films
Heinz Bennent - 3 times - show films
Harald Kuhlmann - 2 times - show films
Dieter Laser - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Margarethe von Trotta - 1 times - show films