Vehicle headlamp (501, 601, 701), comprising at least one light source unit (502, 602, 702), at least one controllable reflector (590, 690, 790), at least one optically transparent cover (504, 604, 704), at least one optical absorber device (505, 605, 705), at least one optical shading element (506, 606, 706) and at least one projection optic (507, 607, 707, 807), wherein the light source unit (502, 602, 702) is arranged to emit light and to shine in a first propagation direction (510, 610, 710), in the beam path of which the controllable reflector (590, 690, 790) is arranged, and the controllable reflector (590, 690, 790) at least partially reflects the light in a second propagation direction (520, 620, 720), in the beam path of which the projection optics (507, 607, 707, 807) are arranged and oriented in a direction in front of the vehicle, in order to form a light image in front of the vehicle, wherein the controllable reflector (590, 690, 790) comprises an arrangement of a plurality of controllable individual mirrors (591, 691, 791, 592, 692, 792) whose reflecting surfaces are arranged in a non-tilted state planar in a first plane (550, 650, 750) and for example as a rectangular matrix of individual mirrors (191, 291), wherein the light emitted by the light source unit (502, 602, 702) is incident on the controllable reflector (590, 690, 790) in the first propagation direction (510, 610, 710) and is reflected therefrom in a first driven state in the direction of the second propagation direction (520, 620, 720) and/or is reflected in a second driven state of the controllable reflector (590, 690, 790) in a third propagation direction (532, 632, 732), and the optically transparent cover (504, 604, 704) is arranged in a second plane (551, 651, 751) between the light source unit (502, 602, 702) and the controllable reflector (590, 690, 790) such that light in the first propagation direction (510, 610, 710) and in the second propagation direction (520, 620, 720) is reflected off the optically transparent cover (504, 604, 704) in the first propagation direction (510, 610, 710) and in the second propagation direction (520, 620, 720) in the second propagation direction (520, 620, 720). characterized in that the light emitted by the light source unit (502, 602, 702) is incident on the optically transparent cover (504, 604, 704) in the first propagation direction (510, 610, 710) and is partially reflected by the latter in a fourth propagation direction (540, 640, 740) and is blocked in the fourth propagation direction (540, 640, 740) by the optical shading element (506, 606, 706), the shading element (506, 606, 706) being arranged at least partially in the beam path of the second propagation direction (520, 620, 720) and downstream of the projection optics (507, 607, 707, 807). wherein the light source unit (502, 602, 702) is arranged to emit light and to shine in a first propagation direction (510, 610, 710), in the beam path of which the controllable reflector (590, 690, 790) is arranged, and the controllable reflector (590, 690, 790) at least partially reflects the light in a second propagation direction (520, 620, 720), in the beam path of which the projection optics (507, 607, 707, 807) are arranged and oriented in a direction in front of the vehicle, in order to form a light image in front of the vehicle, wherein the controllable reflector (590, 690, 790) comprises an arrangement of a plurality of controllable individual mirrors (591, 691, 791, 592, 692, 792) whose reflecting surfaces are arranged in a non-tilted state planar in a first plane (550, 650, 750) and for example as a rectangular matrix of individual mirrors (191, 291), wherein the light emitted by the light source unit (502, 602, 702) is incident on the controllable reflector (590, 690, 790) in the first propagation direction (510, 610, 710) and is reflected therefrom in a first driven state in the direction of the second propagation direction (520, 620, 720) and/or is reflected in a second driven state of the controllable reflector (590, 690, 790) in a third propagation direction (532, 632, 732), and the optically transparent cover (504, 604, 704) is arranged in a second plane (551, 651, 751) between the light source unit (502, 602, 702) and the controllable reflector (590, 690, 790) such that light in the first propagation direction (510, 610, 710) and in the second propagation direction (520, 620, 720) is reflected off the optically transparent cover (504, 604, 704) in the first propagation direction (510, 610, 710) and in the second propagation direction (520, 620, 720) in the second propagation direction (520, 620, 720). characterized in that the light emitted by the light source unit (502, 602, 702) is incident on the optically transparent cover (504, 604, 704) in the first propagation direction (510, 610, 710) and is partially reflected by the latter in a fourth propagation direction (540, 640, 740) and is blocked in the fourth propagation direction (540, 640, 740) by the optical shading element (506, 606, 706), the shading element (506, 606, 706) being arranged at least partially in the beam path of the second propagation direction (520, 620, 720) and downstream of the projection optics (507, 607, 707, 807).