Christoph Schlingensief

Director

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Christoph Schlingensief (1960–2010) was a German film, theatre, and opera director as well as a performance artist, whose work is known for its provocative and socio-critical approaches. His cinematic work, including films like *The German Chainsaw Massacre* (1990), often radically confronted German history. In theatre and opera, he garnered attention with productions such as his staging of Richard Wagner's *Parsifal* at the 2004 Bayreuth Festival. One of his final major projects was the founding of the Opera Village Africa in Burkina Faso. Posthumously, his contribution for the German Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2011 was awarded the Golden Lion.

Films on Sooner

  • 100 Years Of Adolf Hitler: The Last Hour In The Führerbunker

    1989

    55 mins

    Comedy, Drama

    Reality TV from the Führer's bunker, not as a historically accurate documentary, but as an obscene performance: only a few minutes left until the end.

  • Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence

    2020

    124 mins

    Biography, Documentary

    A feverish Schlingensief documentary by renowned editor Bettina Böhler, portraying this exceptional artist in his full range - with Tilda Swinton.

  • Freakstars 3000

    2003

    75 mins

    Independent, Music, Dance, Theater

    Christoph Schlingensief's answer to "Pop Idol" was "Freakstars 3000".

  • The German Chainsaw Massacre

    1990

    60 mins

    Classics

    Christoph Schlingensief's interpretation of German reunification resembles a cannibalistic slaughter house.

  • Foreigners Out! Schlingensief's Container

    2002

    90 mins

    Documentary, Music, Dance, Theater

    Christoph Schlingensief's provocative works are still highly topical even after 20 years.