Heiner Müller

Known for

Acting

Born

January 9, 1929

Birthplace

Hamburg, Germany

Died

December 30, 1995 (aged 66)

Biography

Heiner Müller was a German dramatist, poet, writer, essayist and theatre director. His "enigmatic, fragmentary pieces" are a significant contribution to postmodern drama and postdramatic theatre.

Best known work

Unter Deutschen

1995

Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars

1987

Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me

2003

Keine Hand wäscht die Andere

1988

Die Zeit ist aus den Fugen

1990

Das Jahrhundert des Theaters

2002

Mão Morta Müller no Hotel Hessischer Hof

1998

Ich will nicht wissen, wer ich bin - Heiner Müller

2009

Heiner Müller on Legal Questions

1990

Frederick of Prussia

1992

Filmography

TBA
At Work in the Ruins of Morality
TBA
Hamletmachine
Writer
2026
Hamletmachine
Original Concept
2020
Hamlet
Author
2018
Happy Lamento
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Rigor Was His Mark of Quality
2012
Autoren erzählenTV
as Self (1 episode)
2011
A Warlike Sense for the Beautiful Things
Theatre Play
2009
Ich will nicht wissen, wer ich bin - Heiner Müller
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Der Ausländer
2003
Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me
Poem
2002
Das Jahrhundert des TheatersTV
as Self (1 episode)
1998
Mão Morta Müller no Hotel Hessischer Hof
Writer
1997
The Poet as Metaphor Slingshot
1996
Epic Theater & Post-heroic Management
1996
Heiner Müller in Time Flight
1996
He Who Smokes Looks Cold-Blooded
1995
Queen of Hearts on Judgment Day
1995
On the Way to a Theater of Darknesses
1995
Unter Deutschen
as Self
1995
The Voice of the Playwright
1995
Omnivore Democracy
1995
My Rendezvous with Death
1994
The World is Not Bad, but Full
1994
I Owe the World a Dead Person