Swann in Love is a 1984 Franco-German film directed by Volker Schlöndorff. It is based on Marcel Proust's seven-volume novel sequence In Search of Lost Time, specifically a self-contained section of the first volume, the title of which typically translates as Swann's Way (1913). It was nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards.
Swann in Love (film)
Volker Schlöndorff is a German film director, screenwriter and producer who has worked in Germany, France and the United States. He was a prominent member of the New German Cinema of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Schlöndorff in November 2009
Schlöndorff (left) with Dustin Hoffman at the 1984 Venice Film Festival
Volker Schlöndorff and Nina Hoss at the 2017 Berlin International Film Festival
Schlöndorff with his wife Angelika in 2017