Hanna Schygulla (born 25 December 1943) is a German actress and chanson singer. She is generally considered the most prominent German actress of the New German Cinema. Over 12 years, Hanna Schygulla appeared in 23 Fassbinder movies (including his first feature film), the most-acclaimed being The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979) (for which she won the Silver Bear).

Filmography

• 2026Der große Zusammenbruch
• 2025Denkste Puppe — Self, Director
• 2025Yunan — Valeska
• 2024Magdalena Hausen: Frozen in Time — Magdalena (voice)
• 2023Poor Things — Martha Von Kurtzroc
• 2022Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair — Hilde Jary
• 2022Peter von Kant — Rosemarie
• 2021Everything Went Fine — Swiss Lady
• 2021The Crossing — Kyona (alt)/Erzählerin (voice)
• 2020Irmi — Narrator
• 2019The Mystery of Henri Pick — Ludmila Blavitsky
• Ad Vitam — - Participation -
• 2018The Prayer — Sister Myriam
• 2017Lucky — Lotte
• 2016Unless — Danielle
• 2014Ophelia — Vera
• 2014The Quiet Roar — Eva
• 2013Vijay and I — Will's Mother
• 2012Avanti — Suzanne
• 2012Lullaby to my Father — Narrator (voice)
• 2011Faust — Moneylender's Wife
• 2010Heiligendamm — A. van der Qualen
• 2010Lusitanian Illusion — Erika Mann (voice)
• 2009Alicia Bustamante — Self, Director
• 2009Clara, une passion française — Clara
• 2009Татарская княжна — older Anna Akhmatova
• 2008Po-lin. Shards of Memory — Narrator - German version (voice)
• 2007The Edge of Heaven — Susanne Staub
• 2006Das unreine Mal — Gerda Albrecht geb. Böhm
• Kommissar Stolberg — Marita Dennett
• 2006Winter Journey — Martha "Mucky" Brenninger
• 2005The Quiet Love — Frau Marx
• 2004Promised Land — Hanna
• 2001Werckmeister Harmonies — Tünde Eszter
• 1998Angelo Nero — Eloide
• 1998The Girl of Your Dreams — Magda Goebbels
• 1996Lea — Wanda
• 1995One Hundred and One Nights — Mr. Cinéma's Second Ex-wife
• 1995The Sunset Boys — Ewa Loehwe
• 1994Hey Stranger — Tania
• I Sell My Dreams — Alma
• 1994Life's Little Treasures — Léna
• 1993Golem: The Petrified Garden — Michelle
• 1993Madame Bäurin — Tante Agathe
• 1993The Blue Exile — The Actress
• 1992Golem, the Spirit of Exile — L'Esprit de l'Exil
• 1992Warsaw: Year 5703 — Stephania
• 1991Dead Again — Inga
• 1990Abraham's Gold — Barbara 'Bärbel' Hunzinger
• 1990Adventure of Catherine C. — Fanny Hohenstein
• 1989The Summer of Miss Forbes — Mrs. Forbes
• 1988Miss Arizona — Mici
• 1987Casanova — Casanova's Mother
• 1986Barnum — Jenny Lind
• 1986Forever, Lulu — Elaine
• Peter the Great — Catherine Skevronskaya
• 1986The Delta Force — Ingrid
• 1984L'aide-mémoire — Suzanne
• 1984The Future Is Woman — Anna
• 1983A Love in Germany — Pauline Kropp
• 1983Sheer Madness — Olga
• 1983The Story of Piera — Eugenia
• 1982Antonieta — Anna
• 1982Godard's Passion — Hanna
• 1982That Night of Varennes — Countess Sophie de la Borde
• 1981Circle of Deceit — Ariane Nassar
• 1981Das ABC ist subversiv — Narrator
• 1981Lili Marleen — Willie
• Berlin Alexanderplatz — Eva
• The Great Runaway — Frau Piesch
• 1979The Marriage of Maria Braun — Maria Braun
• 1979The Third Generation — Susanne Gast
• 1978New Year's Eve — Society Woman
• The Devils — Darja Schatowa
• 1976Der Stumme — Martha
• 1976Grüße von Rosita aus Peru — Narrator (voice)
• 1976Intermezzo für fünf Hände — Lisa Wegner
• 1976The Clown — Marie
• 1975Der Katzensteg — Regine Hackelberg
• 1975Wrong Move — Therese
• 1974Effi Briest — Effi Briest
• 1973Jail Bait — Ärztin
• 1972Bremen Freedom — Luisa Mauer
• Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day — Marion Andreas
• 1972The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant — Karin Thimm
• 1972The Merchant of Four Seasons — Anna Epp, Hans's sister
• 1971Beware of a Holy Whore — Hanna
• 1971Jakob von Gunten — Lisa Benjamenta
• 1971Mathias Kneißl — Mathilde Schreck
• 1971Pioneers in Ingolstadt — Berta
• 1971Rio das Mortes — Hanna
• 1971Whity — Hanna
• 1970Baal — Luise
• 1970Gods of the Plague — Joanna
• 1970Love Is Colder Than Death — Johanna
• Scene of the Crime — Catharina
• 1970The Coffee House — Lisaura
• 1970The Niklashausen Journey — Johanna
• 1970Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? — Hanna
• 1969Die Revolte — Sandra V.
• 1969Hunting Scenes from Bavaria — Paula
• 1969Katzelmacher — Marie
• 1969Kuckucksei im Gangsternest — Maria
• 1968The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp — Lucy
• Heureka

Appearances as themselves (40)

• Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm — Self
• 2023Godard Cinema — Self
• 2021Hanna Schygulla - Ikone des deutschen Autorenfilms — Self
• 2020Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful — Self
• 2020The Wonderful Journey of Selma Lagerlöf — Self - Quote Reader (voice)
• 2017Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day: A Series Becomes a Family Reunion — Self
• 2017Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary — Self
• 2015Fassbinder — Self
• 2015Hotel Bogota - Eine einmalige Geschichte — Self
• 2015Marcello Mastroianni, latin lover — Self
• 2012Hanna Schygulla – quel que soit le songe — self
• 2012Once Upon a Time… The Marriage of Maria Braun — Self
• 2007Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story — Self
• Filmlegenden. Deutsch — Self
• 2005Von Sex bis Simmel — Self
• ZIBB — Self
• 2002Fassbinder in Hollywood — Self
• Gero von Boehm begegnet... — Self
• 2001Window of the Soul — Self
• 2000Fassbinder's Women — Self
• Beckmann — Self
• 1998Life, Love & Celluloid — Self
• Im Dialog — self
• 1995The Night of the Filmmakers — Self
• 1992I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me — Self
• Morgenmagazin — Self
• DAS! — Self
• 1982Passion, le travail et l'amour: Introduction à un scénario — Self
• 1982Scénario du film Passion — Self
• Wortwechsel — Self
• 5 nach 10 — Self
• 1981Cinémania: Rainer Werner Fassbinder — Self
• NDR Talk Show — Self
• 1976The Culture Industry Needs Something Like Me — Self
• Spécial cinéma — Self
• 1971Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8 — Self
• 1970End of the Commune? — Self
• Stars in der Manege — Self
• German Film Award — Self
• Bambi — Self