Erdal Merdan (April 8, 1949 – March 24, 2010) was a German

dramatist A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...

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and

stage director A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc. by unifying various endeavors a ...

of Turkish origin. Born in

Kayseri Kayseri (; el, Καισάρεια) is a large Industrialisation, industrialised List of cities in Turkey, city in Central Anatolia, Turkey, and the capital of Kayseri Province, Kayseri province. The Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality area is comp ...

he lived and worked in Germany since 1969. In the

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a ...

-winning movie ''

Journey of Hope ''Journey of Hope'' (german: Reise der Hoffnung; tr, Umuda yolculuk) is a 1990 film directed by Xavier Koller. It tells the story of a Kurdish Alevi family from Turkey trying to illegally emigrate to Switzerland, a country they know only from a ...

'' (1990) he also had an international appearance as a movie actor.

Works

Theater

* ''Aladdin and the tired lamp'' (1986), children's play along with Gretel Merdan * ''Leyla, Leyla'' (1986), piece for youth and adults along with Gretel Merdan * ''Ayschegül and black ass'' (1991), children's play

Radio play

* ''The Feast of Sacrifice'' (1982), radio play * ''Friends'' (1983), along with radio play Gretel Scherzinger

Book contribution

* Birgit Kirchhöfer (ed.): ''Children's Theatre Workshop in 1991'' , with scenic texts and discussion contributions from Lilly Axster, Silvio Huonder, Katrin Lange, Erdal Merdan, Henning Fangauf, Wolfgang Schneider, Manuel Schöbel ; Literary Colloquium Berlin 1992

Filmography (selection)

* 1975:

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 ...

: Death in the subway tunnel (TV), directed by

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* 1978: The Rose and the Nightingale (TV), directed by Frank Guthke * 1979: Alamanya, Alamanya - Germania, Germania (documentary), directed by Hans A. Guttner * 1983: In the middle of nowhere (documentary), directed by Hans A. Guttner * 1984: Fire for the Big Dragon (TV), directed by Eberhard Itzenplitz * 1990:

, directed by

Xavier Koller Xavier Koller (born 1944, Schwyz, Switzerland) is a Swiss film director and screenwriter. He is most known for his work on the Disney live action film '' Squanto: A Warrior's Tale'', an adventure historical fiction film based on the life of Squa ...

* 1991:

: The Chinese Method (TV), directed by Maria Knilli * 1994:

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 ...

: Ghosts (TV), directed by Klaus Emmerich * 1995: On foot and without money (TV miniseries), directed by Werner Masten * 1998: The pirate, directed by Bernd Schadewald * 1998: The key (short film), directed by Su Turhan * 2003: A number / Karen (experimental film), directed by Stefan Mehlhorn * 2005: Photosynthesis (Short Film), directed by Jens Leske * 2006: Cypress, directed by Johannes Bauer, Monika Lödl among others * 2006: Kopfsache (short film), directed by Doron Wisotzky * 2009: Charity (short film), directed by Stephanie Olthoff

Awards

* Shot in the English edition of personal encyclopaedia Who's Who 1978 * Grant from the Literary Colloquium Berlin 1991 * AZ -star 1997 as an ensemble member for ''transit home / Set tables - a trip with Gorky's Summer Guests'' (Fish & plastic) * tz -Rose as an ensemble member for ''transit home / Set tables - a trip with Gorky's Summer Guests'' (Fish & plastic)

Literature

* Otto J. Groeg: ''Who's who in the Arts: A Biographical Encyclopedia Containing Some 13,000 Biographies and Addresses of Prominent Personalities, Organizations, Associations and Institutions Connected with the Arts in the Federal Republic of Germany'' , Who's Who Book & Publ., 1978 *

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Merdan, Erdal Turkish emigrants to West Germany German male stage actors German directors 1949 births 2010 deaths German male writers People from Kayseri