Award
Honorary Award from the German Film Academy for Hanna Schygulla
Actress Hanna Schygulla can look forward to a special prize. photo
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Decades ago she became known as Fassbinder’s discovery, and now Hanna Schygulla is receiving an honorary award at the German Film Prize. The actress can currently be seen in an Oscar-winning film.
“Hanna Schygulla is an institution of German and European cinema,” said actress Alexandra Maria Lara, President of the German Film Academy, according to a statement. Every single one of her roles has a special aura around her.
Schygulla has become an “icon of German auteur cinema with international appeal”. “Her unbridled enthusiasm makes her presence on screen unique,” said Lara.
Your career
The award-winning actress was born in 1943 and lives in Paris and Berlin. Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder first brought her to the theater in the 1960s, and with him Schygulla shaped auteur films. She became famous with Fassbinder’s films – such as “Effi Briest”, “The Marriage of Maria Braun” and “Lili Marleen”.
The film icon later worked with great European directors such as Volker Schlöndorff, Jean-Luc Godard, Carlos Saura and Marco Ferreri. The actress can currently be seen in a supporting role in the Oscar-winning comedy “Poor Things” by Giorgos Lanthimos.
The German Film Prize is the most valuable award for German film. The nominations will be announced next Tuesday (March 19). Schygulla is one of the founding members of the German Film Academy. Last year, director Volker Schlöndorff received the honorary award.