- Films
- 17
- Avg rating
- 6.98
- Peak run
- 1978’82
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Volker by the numbers
Average
6.98
13 rated films
Vote weighted
7.03
bigger films count more
Median
7.1
half are better
Consistency
±0.71
rating spread
Career
41y
1975 to 2015
Total votes
84.8K
across every film
Best
7.7
The Turin Horse
Worst
6.6
Querelle
Newest first
Filmography
| 2015 | Fassbinder | · | · | 268 |
| 2011 |  The Turin Horse | · | 7.7 | 21,830 |
| 2004 | Off Beat | · | 7.1 | 2,063 |
| 1997 | The 120 Days of Bottrop | Der Produzent | · | 472 |
| 1996 | The Ogre | Fieldmarshall Göring | 6.8 | 2,806 |
| 1990 | Blackest Heart | Hank | 5.0 | 1,023 |
| 1989 | 100 Jahre Adolf Hitler - Die letzte Stunde im Führerbunker | Fegelein | · | 493 |
| 1982 |  Querelle | · | 6.6 | 8,741 |
| 1982 |  Veronika Voss | · | 7.6 | 8,438 |
| 1979 | Ticket of No Return | Transvestit | · | 791 |
| 1979 | The Third Generation | August | 6.7 | 3,138 |
| 1979 |  The Marriage of Maria Braun | · | 7.7 | 16,459 |
| 1978 |  In a Year with 13 Moons | Erwin | 7.3 | 5,251 |
| 1978 | Despair | Ardalion | 6.9 | 3,025 |
| 1976 |  Chinese Roulette | Gabriel | 7.2 | 5,129 |
| 1976 | Satan's Brew | Ernst Kranz | 6.7 | 2,343 |
| 1975 | Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven | · | 7.5 | 2,541 |
Better together?
Volker Spengler's regulars
- Rainer Werner FassbinderDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.90 avg▼−0.11
- Margit CarstensenCo-star · 4 films · 6.70 avg▼−0.22
- Udo KierCo-star · 3 films · 5.00 avg▼−1.44
- Christoph SchlingensiefDirector and actor · 3 films · 5.00 avg▼−1.46
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Volker Spengler movies · Margit Carstensen and Volker Spengler movies · Udo Kier and Volker Spengler movies · Christoph Schlingensief and Volker Spengler movies
Takes
On Volker Spengler
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