Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
- Directing
- Cast
- Production
- Writing
- Born
- 8 December 1935
- Place of birth
- Nossendorf, Germany
- Known for
- Directing · Hitler: A Film from Germany, Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King, Parsifal, The Ister
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
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