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.

Filmography of Hans-Jürgen Syberberg

• 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? (1995)
• Penthesilea (1989)
• Fräulein Else (1987)
• Edith Clever liest Joyce (1987)
• The Night (1985)
• Parsifal (1982)
• Hitler: A Film from Germany (1978)
• The Confessions of Winifred Wagner (1978)
• Hitler: A Film from Germany (1977)
• Karl May (1974)
• Karl May (1974)
• Theodor Hierneis oder Wie man ehem. Hofkoch wird (1973)
• Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King (1972)
• Sex-Business: Made in Pasing (1970)
• San Domingo (1970)
• Scarabea – How Much Land Does a Man Need? (1969)
• Die Grafen Pocci - einige Kapitel zur Geschichte einer Familie (1968)
• Romy: Anatomy of a Face (1967)
• Fritz Kortner spricht Monologe für eine Schallplatte (1966)
• Fünfter Akt, siebente Szene. Fritz Kortner probt Kabale und Liebe (1965)
• Brecht Urfaust (1953)