# Sandra Hüller to Star as Wolfgang Herrndorf in Maria Schrader’s ‘Work and Structure’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/sandra-huller-to-star-as-wolfgang-herrndorf-in-maria-schraders-work-and-structure/
- Published: 2026-09-03T11:12:57+00:00
- Updated: 2026-09-03T17:23:19+00:00
- Topics: Art, Celebrity, Culture, Entertainment, Europe, Film, Music, World

## Key points

- Sandra Hüller cast as Wolfgang Herrndorf in Maria Schrader's film
- Adapts Herrndorf's acclaimed 2013 cancer memoir
- Filming starts 2027, release planned for 2028

## Summary

Sandra Hüller has been confirmed to play the title role in Arbeit und Struktur (Work and Structure), Maria Schrader's screen adaptation of the late German writer Wolfgang Herrndorf's acclaimed memoir. The casting continues Hüller's run of gender-swapped roles, following her turn in Markus Schleinzer's Rose, for which she won the best acting prize at this year's Berlin Film Festival. The project brings together two leading figures of German cinema and is significant for adapting a book widely regarded as a modern literary landmark in Germany.

Herrndorf's memoir, published posthumously in 2013, chronicles the years after his terminal brain tumour diagnosis in 2010 with a mix of humour, despair and hope, and became a major literary success. Schrader, who is co-writing the script with Jan Schomburg, described it as an intimate record of a man fighting against his own disappearance through words. Komplizen Film is producing with France's Haut et Court, Studiocanal and ZDF, with filming set to begin in early 2027 and release planned for Germany, France and Italy in 2028.

## Coverage

- [Variety: Sandra Hüller to Play Male German Writer Wolfgang Herrndorf in Maria Schrader’s ‘Work and Structure’ for Studiocanal](https://variety.com/2026/film/global/sandra-huller-male-german-writer-wolfgang-herrndorf-maria-schrader-1236850086/)
- [Deadline: Sandra Hüller To Star As Celebrated Late Male German Artist Wolfgang Herrndorf’s In Maria Schrader’s ‘Work And Structure’](https://deadline.com/2026/09/sandra-huller-male-artist-wolfgang-herrndorf-schrader-1237066632/)
- [The Hollywood Reporter: Sandra Hüller, Maria Schrader Team Up for ‘Arbeit und Struktur’](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sandra-huller-maria-schrader-new-film-arbeit-und-struktur-1236689399/)

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