Directed by Volker Schlöndorff • 1984 • France
Starring Jeremy Irons, Ornella Muti, Alain Delon
Volker Schlöndorff’s sumptuous adaptation of the first volume of Marcel Proust’s “In Search of Lost Time” stars Jeremy Irons as the appropriately named Charles Swann, a beautiful bachelor, majestic in manner, but prone to foul displays of emotion. He swims in the best circles of 1890s Paris, until a destructive love for a seductive courtesan named Odette (Ornella Muti) leads him astray.
Directed by Volker Schlöndorff • 1985 • United States
Starring Dustin Hoffman, Kate Reid, John Malkovich
Dustin Hoffman delivers a bravura performance in Volker Schlöndorff’s sterling adaptation of Arthur Miller’s classic drama about the limitations of the American dream. During the postwar boom...
Directed by Volker Schlöndorff • 1990 • United States
Starring Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, Aidan Quinn
Adapted by Harold Pinter from the landmark novel by Margaret Atwood, the original screen adaptation of THE HANDMAID’S TALE takes place in an authoritarian future America where young, heal...
Directed by Volker Schlöndorff • 1991 • Germany
Starring Sam Shepard, Julie Delpy, Barbara Sukowa
Volker Schlöndorff’s richly absorbing adaptation of Swiss writer Max Frisch’s celebrated novel “Homo Faber” follows the journey of Walter Faber (Sam Shepard), an American construction engineer whose...
