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Hanna Schygulla is a famous German actress and a chanson singer. Chanson is a special style of singing. She is a very important part of a movement called New German Cinema. People know her for her many roles on the big screen. She has worked in many different kinds of movies.

Rainer Werner Fassbinder & Hanna Schygulla 03
Rainer Werner Fassbinder & Hanna Schygulla 03

Her acting has helped her win many great prizes. These awards show how much people value her skill.

Hanna's life began in a place called Königshütte. This place is now known as Chorzów in Poland. Her parents were Antonie and Joseph Schygulla. Her father worked as a timber merchant. In 1945, Hanna and her mother moved to Munich. They were refugees during this time. Later, Hanna studied German and Romance languages. She also took acting lessons in her spare time. This helped her prepare for her big career.

Hanna is most famous for working with director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. They started working together in 1965. Sometimes, their work was not easy. While making the film Effi Briest in 1972, they had a disagreement. They had different ideas about a character. They also had a fight about pay. Because of this, they did not work together for a few years. They finally worked together again in 1978.

She has won many important awards for her talent. In 1979, she won a Silver Bear for Best Actress. This was for her role in The Marriage of Maria Braun. In 1983, she won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival. This was for the film The Story of Piera. In 2007, she received an award in Antalya. In 2010, she received an Honorary Golden Bear in Berlin. These honors celebrate her long career in film.

Hanna has lived in many different cities. She lived in Paris from 1981 until 2014. After that, she moved to Berlin. She has acted in many films from different countries. Some films were made by directors like Jean-Luc Godard and Béla Tarr. She even became a singer in the 1990s. Even today, she still appears in new movies. Her life shows how much a person can do through art.

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