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Werner Schroeter

Known for

Directing

Born

April 7, 1945

Birthplace

Georgenthal, Germany

Died

April 12, 2010 (aged 65)

Biography

Werner Schroeter (7 April 1945 – 12 April 2010) was a German film director, screenwriter, and opera director known for his stylistic excess. Schroeter was cited by Rainer Werner Fassbinder as an influence both on his own work and on German cinema at large.

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Best known work

World on a Wire
World on a Wire
1973
Beware of a Holy Whore
Beware of a Holy Whore
1971
Malina
Malina
1991
The Death of Maria Malibran
The Death of Maria Malibran
1972
The Rose King
The Rose King
1986
This Night
This Night
2009
Palermo or Wolfsburg
Palermo or Wolfsburg
1980
Day of the Idiots
Day of the Idiots
1981
Deux
Deux
2002
Eika Katappa
Eika Katappa
1969

Filmography

  1. TBA

    Meetings With Werner Schroeter

    Director

  2. 2012

  3. 2012

  4. 2012

  5. 2011

  6. 2011

  7. 2011

  8. 2010

  9. 2010

  10. 2009

  11. 2009

  12. 2009

    This Night

    Director, Screenplay

  13. 2002

    Deux

    Screenplay, Director

  14. 2000

    The Queen – Marianne Hoppe

    Director, Screenplay

  15. 1996

    Love’s Debris

    as Self, Director

  16. 1991

    Malina

    Director

  17. 1990

  18. 1990

    Zeil um ZehnTV

    as Self (1 episode)

  19. 1989

  20. 1987

  21. 1986

    The Rose King

    Director, Writer

  22. 1985

    For Example, Argentina

    Director, Cinematography

  23. 1983

    The Laughing Star

    Director, Screenplay, Editor, Director of Photography

  24. 1982

    The Ghost

    as Bischof

  25. 1982

    Liebeskonzil

    Director

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