
Directing · Born Dec 8, 1935 · Nossendorf, Germany
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.

Nightsong
2025

Demmin Cantos
2023

Nietzsche: Ecce Homo
2003

Mozart Requiem mit dem Finger gelesen
1997

Der Gang auf den Berg
1997

A Dream, What Else?
19958.0

Penthesilea
1989

Edith Clever liest Joyce
19878.0

Fräulein Else
19878.0

The Night
19858.3

Parsifal
19826.7

Hitler: A Film from Germany
19787.2

The Confessions of Winifred Wagner
19786.2

Hitler: A Film from Germany
197710.0

Karl May
19746.5

Karl May
1974

Theodor Hierneis oder Wie man ehem. Hofkoch wird
19738.0

Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King
19725.5

San Domingo
19706.2

Sex-Business: Made in Pasing
19705.2

Scarabea – How Much Land Does a Man Need?
19696.7

Die Grafen Pocci - einige Kapitel zur Geschichte einer Familie
19687.0

Romy: Anatomy of a Face
19676.8

Fritz Kortner spricht Monologe für eine Schallplatte
19667.0

Fünfter Akt, siebente Szene. Fritz Kortner probt Kabale und Liebe
196510.0

Brecht Urfaust
1953