Director
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
90 years · Nossendorf, Germany · 28 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 28
Nightsong
2025 · Director
Demmin Cantos
2023 · Self, Writer
Leaving and Staying
2023 · Self
The Ister
2004 · Himself
On OVID
Nietzsche: Ecce Homo
2003 · Director
Mozart Requiem mit dem Finger gelesen
1997 · Director
Der Gang auf den Berg
1997 · Director
A Dream, What Else?
1995 · Director
The Night of the Filmmakers
1995 · Self
Penthesilea
1989 · Director
Edith Clever liest Joyce
1987 · Director
Fräulein Else
1987 · Director
The Night
1985 · Director
Parsifal
1982 · Director
The Confessions of Winifred Wagner
1978 · Director
Hitler: A Film from Germany
1977 · Director, Writer
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
1976 · Self
Karl May
1974 · Director, Writer
Theodor Hierneis oder Wie man ehem. Hofkoch wird
1973 · Director, Screenplay
Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King
1972 · Director, Writer
San Domingo
1970 · Director
Sex-Business: Made in Pasing
1970 · Self - Interviewer, Director
Scarabea – How Much Land Does a Man Need?
1969 · Director, Producer
Die Grafen Pocci - einige Kapitel zur Geschichte einer Familie
1968 · Director