Agathe Poschmann (born 18 January 1922) is a German actress of stage, radio and film. She frequently played a young lover on the stage.
Life
Poschmann was born in
Bochum
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North Rhine-Westphalia in 1922. She trained in Berlin from 1940 to 1942 making her debut in 1943. After the war, the eastern part of Berlin was part of a larger Soviet occupation zone. The Deutsches Theater reopened in September 1945 under the leadership of
Gustav von Wangenheim, and she was a member of the company. She appeared as "Recha" with
Gerda Müller in a production of
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's ''Nathan the Wise'' at the
Deutsches Theater, Berlin.
photo
from the Berlin production; retrieved 27 July 2015.
Poschmann had a leading role in the film '' Raid'', alongside Paul Bildt, which was released in 1947. She was interviewed in detail about this role as part of the DEFA culture film documentary ''Der Augenzeuge''. She also took radio roles, where she mostly also interpreted classical stage characters such as "Olivia" in Goethe's ''Groß-Kophta'' (Berliner Rundfunk 1948), "Klärchen" in Goethe's ''Egmont'' (Berliner Rundfunk 1949), "Julia" in Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet
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'' (NWDR 1950), and "Klara" in Friedrich Hebbel's ''Maria Magdalene''.
Selected filmography
* '' Raid'' (1947)
References
External links
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1922 births
Possibly living people
People from Bochum
German film actresses
German radio actresses
German stage actresses
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