FrameThrower · Actors · Hanna Schygulla
Hanna Schygulla
17 films · 1,141 frames · top-billed in 12 · 1969–2023
Born 25 December 1943 · Chorzów, Polska
Hanna Schygulla 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).
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 17 films · 1,141 frames · top-billed in 12 · 1969–2023
- Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress1983
- Silver Bear for Best Actress
- David di Donatello Award for Lifetime Achievement
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Bavarian Order of Merit
- German Film Honorary Award2024
- National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress2008
- German Film Award for Best Actress1979
- Schwabing Art Prize1970
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,141 frames from the 17 films we hold. This is the look of the work Hanna takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 17 films we hold, 51% of their frames are day, 42% natural — the look of the work Hanna takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Werckmeister Harmonies
2000 · Tünde Eszter
Lili Marleen
1981 · Willie
The Marriage of Maria Braun
1979 · Maria Braun
Wrong Move
1975 · Therese
Effi Briest
1974 · Effi Briest
The Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant
1972 · Karin Thimm
Rio Das Mortes
1971 · Hanna
The Merchant Of The Four Seasons
1971 · Anna Epp, Hans's sister
The Niklashausen Journey
1970 · Johanna
Gods Of The Plague
1970 · Joanna
Love Is Colder Than Death
1969 · Johanna
Katzelmacher
1969 · Marie
Poor Things
2023 · Martha Von Kurtzroc
Peter Von Kant
2022 · Rosemarie
The Third Generation
1979 · Susanne Gast
Beware Of A Holy Whore
1971 · Hanna
Whity
1971 · Hanna
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
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