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Volker Schlondorff
Birth at
31 March 1939
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Volker Schlendorf was born on March 31, 1939 in Wiesbaden, Germany. In the 50s, Schlendorf studied economics and political sciences in the Sorbonne, at the same time he attended the Institute of Higher Film Education (IDHEC) in Paris. In 1960, he produced a short film, Whom Is It Sorrow, which was banned by censorship. From 1960 to 1964 he worked as an assistant to such directors as Louis Malle, Alain René and Jean-Pierre Melville. His film debut was the film Young Terless (1966). In 1973, together
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Volker Schlendorf was born on March 31, 1939 in Wiesbaden, Germany. In the 50s, Schlendorf studied economics and political sciences in the Sorbonne, at the same time he attended the Institute of Higher Film Education (IDHEC) in Paris. In 1960, he produced a short film, Whom Is It Sorrow, which was banned by censorship. From 1960 to 1964 he worked as an assistant to such directors as Louis Malle, Alain René and Jean-Pierre Melville. His film debut was the film Young Terless (1966). In 1973, together with Reinhard Hauff and Eberhard Junkersdorf, he founded his own company Bioskop Film. The best picture of Volker Schlendorf is considered the film Tin Drum (1979), which became the most profitable in the history of German cinema and received a Grand Prix at Cannes and an Oscar in 1980 as the best foreign film. Volker Schlendorf is also known for putting on several operas in Berlin, Frankfurt and Paris. Since 1992 he has been the chief executive producer of the German studio Babelsberg (formerly UFA/DEFA) in Frankfurt.