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Ekkehard Schall
Ekkehard Schall (29 May 1930 in Magdeburg – 3 September 2005 in Berlin) was a German stage and screen actor/director. He was one of the best-known interpreters of Brecht's works and together with Helene Weigel a member of the Berliner Ensemble. Life Schall's first went on stage in 1947 in Magdeburg. After engagements in Frankfurt (Oder) ( Stadttheater Frankfurt (Oder)) and on the Neuen Bühne in Berlin, Bertolt Brecht hired him in 1952 as part of the Berliner Ensemble. Schall played here till 1995, for 14 years as intendant. He played more than 60 roles, for example, ''Ui'' in Brecht's ''Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui'' more than 500 times. Schall was honored in 1959 with the Kunstpreis der DDR, in 1962 and 1979 with the Nationalpreis der DDR. He was married to Brecht's daughter Barbara Brecht-Schall and is the father of actress Johanna Schall. Selected Roles * Ui in ''Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui'' (Brecht) * Galilei in '' Leben des Galil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johanna Schall
Johanna Schall (born 19 September 1958) is a German actress. She appeared in 23 films and television shows between 1976 and 2003. She starred in ''Apple Trees'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. She is the daughter of actors Ekkehard Schall and Barbara Brecht-Schall, and the granddaughter of Bertolt Brecht and Helene Weigel. Selected filmography * '' The House on the River'' (1986) * ''Apple Trees An apple is an edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus domestica''). Apple trees are cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus ''Malus''. The tree originated in Central Asia, where its wild ancestor, ' ...'' (1992) References External links * 1958 births Living people German film actresses Actresses from Berlin German television actresses 20th-century German actresses 21st-century German actresses Actors from East Berlin {{Germany-screen-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930 Births
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schlösser Und Katen
''Schlösser und Katen'' (''Castles And Cottages'') is an East German black-and-white film, directed by Kurt Maetzig. It was released in 1957. Plot Part 1: ''Hunchback Anton'' In a feudal estate in Mecklenburg, the hunchback coachman Anton Zuckman married maid Marthe, who was pregnant with Baron von Holzendorf's illegitimate child, in exchange for a letter promising that the baron would recognize his offspring when it would wed and endow it with 5000 Mark. Marthe gave birth to a daughter, Anna, nicknamed Annegret. At 1945, the baron and his family fled to the West, leaving their serfs and servants under Soviet occupation. The former estate inspector, Bröker, plans to have Anna marry his son, after discovering the baron's letter. Anna, now a young woman, falls in love with Klimm, a war veteran who returned from captivity. When she realizes her father's plans, she and Klimm flee to the city. Part 2: ''Annegret's Return'' The new communist government handed the nobles' lands to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin – Ecke Schönhauser…
''Berlin, Schoenhauser Corner'' (german: Berlin – Ecke Schönhauser…) is an East German crime film directed by Gerhard Klein. It was released in 1957. Plot summary Dieter, Angela, Kohle and Karl-Heinz are part of a group of delinquent youths who prowl Schönhauser Allee, in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg. The four, each with their troubled life, are often in trouble with the police. Karl-Heinz steals an identity document and uses it to enter West Berlin, where he murders a man while committing armed robbery. The police suspect that his friends assisted him. When he returns, Kohle and Dieter confront Karl-Heinz about an unpaid debt; he threatens them both with a pistol, and Kohle knocks him unconscious. Karl-Heinz recovers and runs away, but Dieter and Kohle believe they have killed Karl-Heinz. Kohle and Dieter get assistance in fleeing to West Berlin, and stay in a home with other young men in the western sector of the city. They plan to get to the Federal Republic of Germany. Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Das Lied Der Matrosen
''The Sailor's Song'' (german: Das Lied der Matrosen) is an East German black-and-white film directed by Kurt Maetzig and Günter Reisch. It was released in 1958. Plot As the news of the October Revolution sweep through the world, the German High Seas Fleet's command, wary of a mutiny, decides to send all its ships to a suicide mission in the English Channel. Sailors Albin Köbis and Max Reichpietsch are sentenced to death for political activity. When the socialist sailor Steigert, a member of the firing detail, cannot bring himself to shoot them, he is arrested. On the cruiser ''Prince Heinrich'', Steigert's friends Lenz, Lobke, Kasten and Bartuschek receive Vladimir Lenin's transmit to all of mankind calling for peace. Slowly, the sailors in Kiel — all members of different socialist parties: the Social Democrats, the Independent Socialists and the Spartakists — begin to realize the need for a revolution. The workers and the shipmates rebel against the officers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Punch Bowl (1959 Film)
''Maibowle'' ('' May Wine''; English-language title: ''The Punch Bowl'') is an East German musical comedy film, released in 1959. It was directed by Günter Reisch. Plot Wilhelm Lehmann is informed that he will receive the Order of the Banner of Labor on his sixty-fifth birthday, for being the best worker in the most successful chemical plant in the country. However, it is soon made clear that all his grown up children have other plans for the day, and none of them can arrive to honor their father and their mother Auguste. But, after a series of comical mistakes that lead to utter pandemonium, all the sons and daughters eventually appear to greet Wilhelm as he is awarded the Order. The whole family drinks the traditional May wine, as they have done in every year. Cast *Erich Franz as Wilhelm Lehmann *Albert Hetterle as Gustav Lehmann * Erika Dunkelmann as Marion Lehmann * Christel Bodenstein as Suse Lehmann *Friedel Nowack as Auguste Lehmann *Heinz Draehn as Franz Lehmann * Ekke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mutter Courage Und Ihre Kinder (film)
''Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder'' (''Mother Courage and Her Children'') is a DEFA film which documents the staging of Bertold Brecht's play of the same name from 1959 to 1961, which Manfred Wekwerth and Peter Palitzsch directed with the Berliner Ensemble, modelled after the original production by Bertolt Brecht and Erich Engel from 1949, with Helene Weigel in the title role. The film, made in the German Democratic Republic (GDR), received a prize at the Locarno Film Festival. History Bertold Brecht had directed his play '' Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder'' with the Berliner Ensemble, together with Erich Engel, in 1949. Manfred Wekwerth worked as his assistant for the production from 1951. After Brecht's death, the film ''Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder'' intended to be a faithful rendering of this model production on stage. It was taken in black and white in 1960 and 1961, with Wekwerth and Peter Palitzsch directing. The film's first presentation was on 10 February 1961, in the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Condemned Of Altona (film)
''The Condemned of Altona'' ( it, I sequestrati di Altona) is a 1962 Italian-French drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It is based on the play of the same name by Jean-Paul Sartre. For this film Vittorio De Sica won the David di Donatello for Best Director. Plot A father, who is dying, calls together his family, to go over his last wishes. Cast * Sophia Loren as Johanna * Maximilian Schell as Franz * Fredric March as Albrecht von Gerlach * Robert Wagner as Werner von Gerlach * Françoise Prévost as Leni von Gerlach * Alfredo Franchi as Groundskeeper * Lucia Pelella as Groundskeeper's wife * Roberto Massa as Chauffeur * Antonia Cianci as Maid * Carlo Antonini as Police Official * Armando Sifo as Policeman * Osvaldo Peccioli as Cook * Ekkehard Schall Ekkehard Schall (29 May 1930 in Magdeburg – 3 September 2005 in Berlin) was a German stage and screen actor/director. He was one of the best-known interpreters of Brecht's works and together with Helene Weigel a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Im Staub Der Sterne
''In the Dust of the Stars'' (German: ''Im Staub der Sterne'', Romanian: ''Revoltă în cosmos'') is a 1976 East German science fiction film, co-produced with Romania and directed by Gottfried Kolditz. Some of the film's props were part of a 2009 exhibit entitled "Retrospektive in die Zukunft" and ''Twitch Film'' screened the film as part of their ''Attack The Bloc'' screening series. Synopsis The spaceship Cynro has received a distress call from the planet TEM 4. The crew tries to respond but ends up crash landing on the planet as a result of radio waves. Emerging from the ship, the crew is brought to the planet's leader Ronk (Milan Beli), who tells the Cynro crew that there was never any accident and that the distress call was all a mistake. As an apology he invites the crew to a party, much to the misgivings of Suko (Alfred Struwe), the ship's navigator. Sensing that there is more to Ronk's claims, Suko refuses the invitation. His concerns end up being well-founded after Ron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heiner Müller
Heiner Müller (; 9 January 1929 – 30 December 1995) was a German (formerly East German) dramatist, poet, writer, essayist and theatre director. His "enigmatic, fragmentary pieces" are a significant contribution to postmodern drama and postdramatic theatre."With Beckett's death Müller becomes the theatre's greatest living poet." ''The Village Voice'', quoted on the backcover of Müller's ''Theatremachine'' (1995). The phrase "enigmatic and fragmentary pieces" comes from the article on Müller in ''The Cambridge Guide to Theatre'' (Banham 1995, 765). Among others, Elizabeth Wright assesses Müller's contribution to a postmodern drama in ''Postmodern Brecht'' (1989). Biography Müller was born in Eppendorf, Saxony. He joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1946 which was in the course of the forced merger of the KPD and SPD subsumed into the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands, SED). He was soon expelled for lacking enthusiasm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Der Kaukasische Kreidekreis
''The Caucasian Chalk Circle'' (german: Der kaukasische Kreidekreis) is a play by the German modernist playwright Bertolt Brecht. An example of Brecht's epic theatre, the play is a parable about a peasant girl who rescues a baby and becomes a better mother than the baby's wealthy biological parents. The play was written in 1944 while Brecht was living in the United States. It was translated into English by Brecht's friend and admirer Eric Bentley and its world premiere was a student production at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, in 1948. Its first professional production was at the Hedgerow Theatre, Philadelphia, directed by Bentley. Its German premiere by the Berliner Ensemble was on October 7, 1954, at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm in Berlin. ''The Caucasian Chalk Circle'' is one of Brecht's most celebrated works and one of the most regularly performed 'German' plays. It reworks Brecht's earlier short story "Der Augsburger Kreidekreis." Both derive from the 14th-centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
