1982Nominee
Best Director
Parsifal
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Nossendorf, Germany
December 8, 1935
Biography
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1978Nominee
Best Director
Hitler: A Film from Germany
1974Nominee
Best Director
Karl May
Career Highlights
2004Highlight
Best Performance
The Ister
1985Highlight
Best Director
The Night