Hanna Schygulla facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Hanna Schygulla
Schygulla in 1982
Born	(1943-12-25) 25 December 1943 (age 81) Königshütte, Silesia (now Chorzów, Poland)
Nationality	German
Occupation	Actress, singer
Years active	1968–present

Hanna Schygulla was born on December 25, 1943. She is a famous German actress and a singer of French-style songs, known as "chansons." Hanna is especially known for her work with the director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. She started working with him in 1965. She became a big part of the "New German Cinema" movement. This was a time when German filmmakers created new and exciting movies.

Hanna Schygulla won important awards for her acting. She received the Berlin Silver Bear for Best Actress in 1979 for the movie The Marriage of Maria Braun. In 1983, she won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival for the film The Story of Piera.

Hanna's Early Life and Beginnings

Hanna Schygulla was born in a place called Königshütte. This area is now known as Chorzów in Poland. Her parents were Antonie and Joseph Schygulla. Her father worked with timber. He served in the German Army during a war and was held as a prisoner until 1948.

In 1945, Hanna and her mother moved to Munich, Germany. They were refugees, meaning they had to leave their home because of the war. Later, in the 1960s, Hanna studied languages like French and Spanish. She also took acting classes in Munich during her free time.

Hanna's Acting Career

Acting soon became Hanna's main focus. She became very well-known for her movies with director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. They worked together on many films.

Working with Rainer Werner Fassbinder

One of their movies was Effi Briest (1974). This film was based on a famous German book. During the making of this movie, Hanna and Fassbinder had some disagreements. They saw the main character differently. Hanna also felt the pay was too low. She led a group of actors who spoke up about this. After this, they did not work together for several years.

They reunited for the movie The Marriage of Maria Braun in 1978. This film was a big success. It was shown at the Berlin International Film Festival. Hanna won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for her amazing performance in it. In 1980, she also acted in Fassbinder's TV series Berlin Alexanderplatz.

Schygulla with Rainer Werner Fassbinder in 1980

Other Film Roles and Awards

Hanna Schygulla also starred in other important films. She was in Circle of Deceit (1981) with Bruno Ganz. She also appeared with Isabelle Huppert in Jean-Luc Godard's Passion (1982). In 1987, she was a judge at the Moscow International Film Festival.

In the 1990s, Hanna started a new path as a chanson singer. She performed many songs in a documentary film about Fassbinder called Life, Love and Celluloid (1998).

She continued to act in the 2000s. She was in the film Werckmeister Harmonies (2000). She also appeared in The Edge of Heaven (2007). In 2007, she received an Honorary Award from the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival. In 2010, she was given the Honorary Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival. This award celebrates her long and successful career.

More recently, Hanna acted in the film Faust (2011). She also appeared in the French drama The Prayer (2018). This movie was shown at the Berlin International Film Festival. Hanna lived in Paris from 1981 to 2014. She then moved to Berlin, where she lives today.

Selected Filmography

Hanna Schygulla has acted in many movies and TV shows. Here are some of them:

• Hunting Scenes from Bavaria (1969)
• Love is Colder than Death (1969)
• Katzelmacher (1969)
• Gods of the Plague (1970)
• Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)
• The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972)
• The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
• Effi Briest (1974)
• The Wrong Move (1975)
• The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
• The Third Generation (1979)
• Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980, TV miniseries)
• Lili Marleen (1981)
• Circle of Deceit (1981)
• That Night in Varennes (1982)
• Passion (1982)
• The Story of Piera (1983)
• A Love in Germany (1983)
• The Delta Force (1986)
• Dead Again (1991)
• A Hundred and One Nights (1995)
• The Girl of Your Dreams (1998)
• Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
• The Edge of Heaven (2007)
• Faust (2011)
• Unless (2016)
• Fortunata (2017)
• The Prayer (2018)
• The Mystery of Henri Pick (2019)
• Everything Went Fine (2021)
• Peter von Kant (2022)
• Poor Things (2023)

See also

In Spanish: Hanna Schygulla para niños