Hanna Schygulla Movies

Die werckmeisterschen Harmonien

82/100

An innocent young man witnesses violence break out after an isolated village is inflamed by the arrival of a circus and its peculiar attractions: a giant whale and a mysterious man named "The Prince."

The Marriage of Maria Braun

79/100

A World War II widow seeks to adjust to life in postwar Germany.

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

78/100

An arrogant fashion designer falls in love with an icy beauty who wants to be a model.

Händler der vier Jahreszeiten

76/100

Hans Epp is a self-destructive man who lives a dissatisfied life. He tries to find meaning as a fruit vendor, but a heart attack impedes his ability to work, which turns his dissatisfaction into despair.

Lili Marleen

72/100

In Switzerland, German singer Willie falls in love with Jewish composer, Robert, who offers resistance to the Nazis by helping refugees. But his family thinks Willie is a Nazi and may be a ... See full summary »

Liebe ist kälter als der Tod

67/100

Unusual gangster story, in which a small-time pimp Franz, who is torn between his mistress and Bruno the gangster sent after him by the syndicate that he has refused to join. Things are ... See full summary »

Godard's Passion

62/100

A film director has an inspirational crisis while working on the production, Passion, and struggles with the nature of work and art.

Wrong Move

71/100

A writer goes on a road trip across West Germany with a group of eclectic people he meets along the way.

Fontane Effi Briest

70/100

In the nineteenth century, seventeen year old Effi Briest is married to the older Baron von Instetten and moves into a house, that she believes has a ghost, in a small isolated Baltic town.... See full summary »

Katzelmacher

72/100

Jorgos, a migrant worker from Greece, joins a group of young people in Munich usually hanging around...

Beware of a Holy Whore

69/100

On a film set there are two things missing, the film material and the director. So the actors and actresses as well as the crew try to make the best out of the situation. When the director ... See full summary »

That Night in Varennes

74/100

In June of 1791, a group of passengers in a stagecoach find themselves caught up in the events of the French Revolution, when they find themselves in the city of Varennes when ... See full summary »

The Third Generation

71/100

A mogul merrily funds terrorists to boost his computer sales, by panicking West German government and industry c. 1980, as the third generation of Western European left-wing activists forms... See full summary »

Gods of the Plague

66/100

A man is released from prison and finds the society on the outside less than appealing. With several women as well as the police on his tail, he sets out to find an old friend.

Whity

66/100

Whity is the mulatto butler of the dysfunctional Nicholson family in the south-west U.S. in 1878. The father, Ben Nicholson, has an attractive young wife, Katherine, and two sons by a ... See full summary »

Circle of Deceit

72/100

Laschen, a German journalist, travels to the city of Beirut during the fights between Christians and Palestinians to produce an essay about the situation. Together with his photographer, he... See full summary »

Die Geschichte der Piera

64/100

This erotic drama about the incestuous relationship of a mother and daughter is based on the autobiography of Italian theater actress Piera Degli Esposti.

Promised Land

57/100

"Promised Land" tells the story of a group of young unwitting Estonian girls smuggled through Egypt to be auctioned off as prostitutes in Israel, and of their initiation into this trade of ... See full summary »

Rio das Mortes

65/100

Michel and Guenther, working in dead-end jobs, are obsessed with going to Peru to find buried treasure...

Winterreise

70/100

Lea

72/100

51-year-old Herbert Strehlow, a furniture restorer, falls in love with 21-year-old Lea, who has not spoken a word since childhood when her father killed her mother. She bears a striking ... See full summary »

Pioneers in Ingolstadt

66/100

Berta, a naive young maid, searches for love when the army engineers come to town to build a bridge.

The Niklashausen Journey

62/100

Can a small group of people start a proletarian revolution, asks the "Black Monk" in a leather jacket...

Forever, Lulu

42/100

A beautiful novelist gets involved with the violent underworld crime elements in New York City and becomes a target. Alec Baldwin plays the cop who pursues her killers.

Antonieta

58/100

A French psychologist investigates about famous suicidal women. She finds the case of Antonieta Rivas Mercado, a Mexican writer who died inside Paris' Notre Dame in 1931. To follow the ... See full summary »