Hans-Jürgen Syberberg

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Hans-Jürgen Syberberg is a German film director and screenwriter known for his ambitious, essayistic films that explore German history, myth, and identity, particularly through his epic work "Hitler: A Film from Germany."

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instanceOf film director
film producer
human
screenwriter
activeYearsStart 1960s
countryOfCitizenship Germany
dateOfBirth 1935-12-08
educatedAt Humboldt University of Berlin
familyName Syberberg
fieldOfWork German history
German mythology
linked to: Germanic mythology

cinema
cultural memory
essay film
experimental film
genre documentary film
essay film
experimental film
givenName Hans-Jürgen
hasSubject Adolf Hitler
German history
German identity
National Socialism
linked to: Nazism

Wagnerian opera
myth
influenced essay film tradition
influencedBy Bertolt Brecht
German Romanticism
Richard Wagner
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned German
movement New German Cinema
linked to: German New Cinema
name Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
nationality German
notableFor ambitious, essayistic films about German history and myth
notableWork Hitler, ein Film aus Deutschland
Hitler: A Film from Germany
Karl May
Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King
Parsifal
Winifred Wagner und die Geschichte des Hauses Wahnfried von 1914–1975
occupation film director
film producer
screenwriter
placeOfBirth Germany
Mecklenburg
Nossendorf
sexOrGender male
spouse Aline Syberberg
workLocation Germany
Munich

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German New Cinema hasMainRepresentative Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg name Hans-Jürgen Syberberg