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Hans-Jürgen Syberberg

Hans-Jürgen Syberberg

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.

On screen

  • Leaving and Staying
  • Demmin Cantos
  • The Ister
  • The Night of the Filmmakers
  • Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
  • Sex-Business: Made in Pasing
  • Romy: Anatomy of a Face

Behind the camera

  • Nightsong
  • Demmin Cantos
  • Nietzsche: Ecce Homo
  • Mozart Requiem mit dem Finger gelesen
  • Der Gang auf den Berg
  • A Dream, What Else?
  • Penthesilea
  • Fräulein Else
  • Edith Clever liest Joyce
  • The Night
  • Parsifal
  • Hitler: A Film from Germany
  • The Confessions of Winifred Wagner
  • Karl May
  • Theodor Hierneis oder Wie man ehem. Hofkoch wird
  • Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King
  • Sex-Business: Made in Pasing
  • San Domingo
  • Scarabea – How Much Land Does a Man Need?
  • Die Grafen Pocci - einige Kapitel zur Geschichte einer Familie
  • Romy: Anatomy of a Face
  • Fritz Kortner spricht Monologe für eine Schallplatte
  • Fünfter Akt, siebente Szene. Fritz Kortner probt Kabale und Liebe
  • Brecht Urfaust

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