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Birgit Minichmayr
Birgit Minichmayr (born 3 April 1977) is an Austrian actress born in Linz, Austria. She studied drama at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna. For her work in Maren Ade's film Everyone Else she won Silver Bear for Best Actress at 59th Berlin International Film Festival. She is the only Austrian actress to win this award in history of the festival and the first Austrian actress to win best actress award at a major European film festival (Cannes, Venice, Berlin) since 1956. She worked with several major European directors including Michael Haneke, Tom Tykwer and Jessica Hausner. Career Minichmayr had her first break with the Burgtheater in Vienna, where she appeared in numerous plays, including ''Der Reigen'' by Arthur Schnitzler (staged by Sven-Eric Bechtolf), ''Troilus and Cressida'' by William Shakespeare (staging by Declan Donnellan) and ''Der Färber und sein Zwillingsbruder'' by Johann Nestroy (staged by Karlheinz Hackl). She made her cinema debut in 2000 as Barbara Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linz
Linz ( , ; cs, Linec) is the capital of Upper Austria and third-largest city in Austria. In the north of the country, it is on the Danube south of the Czech border. In 2018, the population was 204,846. In 2009, it was a European Capital of Culture. Geography Linz is in the centre of Europe, lying on the Paris–Budapest west–east axis and the Malmö–Trieste north–south axis. The Danube is the main tourism and transport connection that runs through the city. Approximately 29.27% of the city's wide area is grassland. A further 17.95% are covered with forest. All the rest areas fall on water (6.39%), traffic areas and land. Districts Since January 2014 the city has been divided into 16 statistical districts: Before 2014 Linz was divided into nine districts and 36 statistical quarters. They were: #Ebelsberg #Innenstadt: Altstadtviertel, Rathausviertel, Kaplanhofviertel, Neustadtviertel, Volksgartenviertel, Römerberg-Margarethen #Kleinmünchen: Kleinmünchen, N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burgtheater
The Burgtheater (literally:"Castle Theater" but alternatively translated as "(Imperial) Court Theater"), originally known as '' K.K. Theater an der Burg'', then until 1918 as the ''K.K. Hofburgtheater'', is the national theater of Austria in Vienna. It is the most important German-language theater and one of the most important theatres in the world. aeiou-Burgtheater "Burgtheater" (history) ''Encyclopedia of Austria'', Aeiou Project, 1999 The Burgtheater was opened in 1741 and has become known as ''"die Burg"'' by the Viennese population; its theater company has created a traditional style and speech typical of Burgtheater performances. History The original Burgtheater was set up in a[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nestroy Theatre Prize
The Nestroy Theatre Prize is an Austrian theatre award named after the poet Johann Nestroy. In 2000, the city of Vienna decided to combine two less noticed theatre awards: the Kainz Medal and the Nestroy Ring for Viennese Satire. The prize honours outstanding achievements at the Viennese and other Austrian theatres. The prize has been awarded annually in eight up to fourteen categories. Its ceremony is held in Vienna and broadcast live on national television. Categories * Best German-language performance * Best direction * Best equipment * Best actress * Best actor * Best supporting role * Best young talent * Best off production * Best play – Authors prize * Lifetime achievement * Special prize * Audience award * Best federal state performance Recipients best direction Recipients best actress Recipients best actor Recipients best play – authors prize Recipients lifetime achievement References External links {{official, https://www.nestroypreis.at/ 2000 theat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatort
''Tatort'' ("Crime scene") is a German language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with some 30 feature-length episodes per year, which makes it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by the German public-service broadcasting organisation ARD for their channel Das Erste, it is unique in its approach, in that it is jointly produced by all of the organisation's regional members as well as its partnering Austrian and Swiss national public-service broadcasters, whereby every regional station contributes a number of episodes to a common pool. Therefore, the series is a collection of different police stories where different police teams each solve crimes in their respective city. Uniqueness in architecture, customs and dialects of the cities is therefore a distinctive part of the series and often the city, not the police force, is the real main character of an episode. The concept of local stations only producing a couple o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Sämann
Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Culture * Peter (actor) (born 1952), stage name Shinnosuke Ikehata, Japanese dancer and actor * ''Peter'' (album), a 1993 EP by Canadian band Eric's Trip * ''Peter'' (1934 film), a 1934 film directed by Henry Koster * ''Peter'' (2021 film), Marathi language film * "Peter" (''Fringe'' episode), an episode of the television series ''Fringe'' * ''Peter'' (novel), a 1908 book by Francis Hopkinson Smith * "Peter" (short story), an 1892 short story by Willa Cather Animals * Peter, the Lord's cat, cat at Lord's Cricket Ground in London * Peter (chief mouser), Chief Mouser between 1929 and 1946 * Peter II (cat), Chief Mouser between 1946 and 1947 * Peter III (cat), Chief Mouser between 1947 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica Bleibtreu
Monica Bleibtreu (; May 4, 1944 – May 13, 2009) was an Austrian actress and screenwriter, best known in the German-speaking world for her German film, television and stage roles. Life and career Bleibtreu was born in Vienna, Austria, the daughter of Helene Buchholt and Renato Attilio Bleibtreu. She studied drama at the renowned Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna and made her cinema debut in ''Ludwig-Requiem for a Virgin King'' in 1972. Her later roles included appearances in Four Minutes and Tom Tykwer's ''Run Lola Run'', which also starred her son, actor Moritz Bleibtreu. She also starred as Katia Mann in Heinrich Breloer's television biodrama, '' The Manns - Novel of a Century'', and in ''Hilde'', a biopic of the late German actress and singer Hildegard Knef, which was released in 2009. From 1993 to 1998 Bleibtreu taught drama at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. Bleibtreu died of lung cancer on 13 May 2009, aged 65, in Hamburg. German President Horst Koehler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Bierbichler
Josef Bierbichler (born 26 April 1948) is a German actor. Filmography * 1976: '' Heart of Glass'' – director: Werner Herzog * 1976: ''Die Atlantikschwimmer'' * 1977: '' Bierkampf'' – director: Herbert Achternbusch * 1977: ''Servus Bayern'' * 1977: ''Tatort'' – Schüsse in der Schonzeit * 1979: ''Woyzeck'' – director: Werner Herzog * 1981: ''Mein Freund der Scheich'' (TV film) * 1981: '' Der Neger Erwin'' * 1982: '' The Ghost'' – director: Herbert Achternbusch * 1983: ''Straight Through the Heart'' (TV film) * 1986: ''Heilt Hitler'' * 1987: ''Triumph der Gerechten'' * 1988: ''Wohin?'' * 1991: ' * 1993: ''Deadly Maria'' – director: Tom Tykwer * 1995: ''Dicke Freunde'' (TV film) * 1997: ''Picasso in München'' * 1997: ''Freier Fall'' (TV film) * 1997: ''Winter Sleepers'' – director: Tom Tykwer * 1998: ''Neue Freiheit – keine Jobs. Schönes München: Stillstand'' * 2000: ''Code Unknown'' – director: Michael Haneke * 2000: '' The Farewell'' – director: Jan Schütt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Farewell (2000 Film)
''The Farewell'' (german: Abschied - Brechts letzter Sommer) is a 2000 German drama film directed by Jan Schütte. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Josef Bierbichler - Bertolt Brecht * Monica Bleibtreu - Helene Weigel * Jeanette Hain - Käthe Reichel * Elfriede Irrall - Elisabeth Hauptmann * Margit Rogall - Ruth Berlau * Samuel Finzi - Wolfgang Harich * Rena Zednikova - Isot Kilian * Birgit Minichmayr - Barbara Brecht * Tilman Günther - Offizier der Staatssicherheit * Paul Herwig - Manfred Wekwerth * Claudius Freyer - Peter Palitzsch Peter Palitzsch (11 September 1918 – 18 December 2004) was a German theatre director. He worked with Bertolt Brecht in his Berliner Ensemble from the beginning in 1949, and was in demand internationally as a representative of Brecht's ideas. He ... * Emanuel Spitzy - Jungpionier * Slawomir Holland - Offizier der Staatssicherheit * Piotr Kryska - Fahrer der Staatssicherheit Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Schütte
Jan Schütte (born 26 June 1957) is a German film director and screenwriter. He has directed twelve films since 1982. His film '' The Farewell'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. After graduating from high school, he studied literature, philosophy and art history in Tübingen, Zurich and Hamburg. From 1979 he worked as a television reporter for regional TV programs. His first feature film ' premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 1987. Schütte was director of the German Film and Television Academy and is the director of the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. Schütte lives with his wife Christina Szápáry in Los Angeles and Berlin. Filmography * '' Ugge Bärtle – Bildhauer'' (1982, documentary) * ' (1987) — (screenplay with ) * '' Verloren in Amerika'' (1988, documentary) * ' (1990) — (screenplay with ) * '' Nach Patagonien'' (1991, documentary) — (based on ''In Patagonia'' by Bruce Chatwin) * ' (1994) — (screenp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karlheinz Hackl
Karlheinz Hackl (16 May 1949 – 1 June 2014) was an Austrian actor and theater director whose varied career included theater, television, film and cabaret performances as well as musical performances (singing). Biography Hackl was born and was raised in Vienna's fifth district. As an only child, he grew up in stable modest circumstances in Theodor-Körner-Hof, a social housing complex.Matinee am Sonntag, ORF2, 20 May 2019, 2:27 am. A portrait of Karlheinz Hackl. After his Matura, he went on to study Business economics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, but began acting at the private Viennese drama school Krauss. He began his career in 1972 at the Theater der Courage in Vienna. Between 1974 and 1976, he performed at the Viennese Volkstheater, then went on to the Thalia-Theater in Hamburg before returning to Austria in 1978 and joining the Viennese Burgtheater's ensemble, where he soon became a crowd favourite. In 1988, Hackl debuted as theater director at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Nestroy
Johann Nepomuk Eduard Ambrosius Nestroy (; 7 December 1801 – 25 May 1862) was a singer, actor and playwright in the popular Austrian tradition of the Biedermeier period and its immediate aftermath. He participated in the 1848 revolutions and his work reflects the new liberal spirit then spreading throughout Europe. Career Nestroy was born in Vienna, where he was a law student from 1817 to 1822, before abandoning his studies to become a singer. He joined the Theater am Kärntnertor, beginning with Sarastro in ''The Magic Flute'' on 24 August 1822. After a year of singing in Vienna, he went to Amsterdam where he appeared in baritone roles for two years at the local German Theatre. From 1825 to 1831 he accepted engagements to sing and act in Brünn, Graz, Pressburg, Klagenfurt, Vienna and Lemberg. He then returned to his native Vienna and started to write and continued to perform. Nestroy's career as a playwright was an immediate success: his 1833 play ''Der böse Geist Lump ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Declan Donnellan
Declan Michael Martin Donnellan (born 4 August 1953) is an English film/stage director and author. He co-founded the Cheek by Jowl theatre company with Nick Ormerod in 1981. In addition to his Cheek by Jowl productions, Donnellan has made theatre, opera and ballet with a variety of companies across the world. In 1992, he received an honorary degree from the University of Warwick and in 2004 he was made a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his work in France. In 2010, he was made an honorary fellow of Goldsmiths' College, University of London. Donnellan was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to theatre. Biography Donnellan was born in Manchester and grew up in Ealing, London. He was educated at St Benedict's School, Ealing and Queens' College, Cambridge, where he read English and Law. After leaving Cambridge, he was called to the Bar at Middle Temple in 1978. He founded Cheek by Jowl with Nick Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
