Angelica Domröse (; born April 4, 1941, in Berlin) is a German actress, who became famous in the role of Paula in

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's film ''

The Legend of Paul and Paula ''Die Legende von Paul und Paula'' (; English: ''The Legend of Paul and Paula'') is a 1973 tragicomic East German film directed by Heiner Carow. A novel by Ulrich Plenzdorf named ''Die Legende vom Glück ohne Ende'' was based on this film. The ...

''. Her Mediterranean appearance is the result of her biological father being a

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from France.

Life

After training as a

shorthand typist Shorthand is an abbreviated symbolic writing method that increases speed and brevity of writing as compared to longhand, a more common method of writing a language. The process of writing in shorthand is called stenography, from the Greek ''ste ...

Domröse worked in a state-run foreign trade enterprise in

East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

. In 1958 she was discovered by the director

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and in 1961 attended the film university

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. In 1966 she joined the

Berliner Ensemble The Berliner Ensemble () is a German theatre company established by actress Helene Weigel and her husband, playwright Bertolt Brecht, in January 1949 in East Berlin. In the time after Brecht's exile, the company first worked at Wolfgang Langhoff ...

, where among other things she performed in

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's '' Dreigroschenoper'', '' Schwejk im zweiten Weltkrieg'' and '' Die Tage der Commune'', as well as in Helmut Baierl's '' Frau Flinz''. She later worked with the

Volksbühne Berlin The Volksbühne ("People's Theatre") is a theater in Berlin. Located in Berlin's city center Mitte on Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz (Rosa Luxemburg Square) in what was the GDR's capital. It has been called Berlin's most iconic theatre. About The Vo ...

until 1979, with whom she performed in plays by

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and

Peter Hacks Peter Hacks (21 March 1928 – 28 August 2003) was a German playwright, author, and essayist. Hacks was born in Breslau (Wrocław), Lower Silesia. Displaced by World War II, Hacks settled in Munich in 1947, where he made acquaintance with T ...

. She also worked for the

DEFA DEFA (''Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft'') was the state-owned film studio of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) throughout the country's existence. Since 2019, DEFA's film heritage has been made accessible and licensable on the PRO ...

film studio and

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. In 1971, 1973 and 1975 she was nominated television actress of the year, and in 1976 she won the

National Prize of East Germany The National Prize of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) (german: Nationalpreis der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik) was an award of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) given out in three different classes for scientific, artistic, ...

. In 1980 she left the GDR and moved to West Germany.

Career

In 1958, Domröse was discovered by director

during a casting for the film '' Verwirrung der Liebe (Love's Confusion)''.

Filmography

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Love's Confusion ''Love's Confusion'' (german: Verwirrung der Liebe) is an East German romantic comedy film directed by Slátan Dudow. It was released in 1959. Plot Students Dieter and Sonja, who are a couple for several years, attend a masquerade. Dieter confus ...

'', 1959 *''Papas neue Freundin'', 1960, TV film *''Vielgeliebtes Sternchen'', 1961, TV film *''

At A French Fireside ''At A French Fireside'' (german: An französischen Kaminen) is an East German film directed by Kurt Maetzig. It was released in 1963. Plot Bundeswehr soldier Klaus' regiment is stationed in France, to take part in NATO maneuvers. The soldiers ar ...

'' (1963) *'' Chronik eines Mordes'', 1964–65, DEFA film, based on work by

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Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt ''Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt'' (''The Adventures of Werner Holt'') is a novel in two parts by East German author Dieter Noll. The first volume was released at 1960 and the second in 1963. Noll won the National Prize of East Germany The Nati ...

'', 1965, DEFA film, based on work by

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'', 1965 *''Ein Lord vom Alexanderplatz'', 1967 *'' Wege übers Land'', 1968, TV film *'' Já, spravedlnost'', 1968,

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film *''

Effi Briest ''Effi Briest'' is a realist novel by Theodor Fontane. Published in book form in 1895, ''Effi Briest'' marks both a watershed and a climax in the poetic realism of literature. It can be thematically compared to other novels on 19th century mar ...

'', 1969–70, based on the novel by

Theodor Fontane Theodor Fontane (; 30 December 1819 – 20 September 1898) was a German novelist and poet, regarded by many as the most important 19th-century German-language realist author. He published the first of his novels, for which he is best known toda ...

*''Unterm Birnbaum'', based on the novel by

*'' Die Legende von Paul und Paula'', 1972–73, directed by

*''Die Brüder Lautensack'', 1972–73, TV film based on the work by

Lion Feuchtwanger Lion Feuchtwanger (; 7 July 1884 – 21 December 1958) was a German Jewish novelist and playwright. A prominent figure in the literary world of Weimar Germany, he influenced contemporaries including playwright Bertolt Brecht. Feuchtwanger's Ju ...

*''Mein lieber Mann und ich'', 1975 *''Daniel Druskat'', 1976, TV film *''Abschied vom Frieden'', 1977, TV film *''Bis dass der Tod euch scheidet'', 1978, directed by Heiner Carow *''

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'', 1981, TV film, directed by

Frank Beyer Frank Paul Beyer (; 26 May 1932 – 1 October 2006) was a German film director. In East Germany he was one of the most important film directors, working for the state film monopoly DEFA and directed films that dealt mostly with the Nazi era ...

*', 1981 *''Fleeting Acquaintances'', 1982, TV film *', 1983 *'' Fraulein'', 1986, TV film, directed by

Michael Haneke Michael Haneke (; born 23 March 1942) is an Austrian film director and screenwriter. His work often examines social issues and depicts the feelings of estrangement experienced by individuals in modern society. Haneke has made films in French, G ...

*'' The Mistake'', 1992, directed by Heiner Carow *''

Polizeiruf 110 ''Polizeiruf 110'' ("Police call 110") is a long-running German-language detective television series likened to Poirot. The name links to the emergency telephone number of the ''Volkspolizei''. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the ...

- '', 1996, TV series episode, directed by

Urs Odermatt Urs Odermatt (born 28 February 1955 in Stans, canton of Nidwalden) is a Swiss film director and author. After working for several years as a freelance journalist, film critic and photographer, Odermatt trained to be a film director and screenwrite ...

References

*Funke, C., Kranz, D., 1976: ''Angelica Domröse''. Berlin *Domröse, Angelika, 2003: ''Ich fang mich selbst ein : mein Leben''. Bergisch Gladbach: Lübbe.

External links

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Short biography

{{DEFAULTSORT:Domrose, Angelica 1941 births Living people Actresses from Berlin East German actors 20th-century German actresses Recipients of the National Prize of East Germany Recipients of the Art Prize of the German Democratic Republic