Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1989-1104-035, Berlin, Demonstration, Rede Ekkehard Schall

Ekkehard Schall (29 May 1930 in

Magdeburg Magdeburg (; nds, label=Low Saxon, Meideborg ) is the capital and second-largest city of the German state Saxony-Anhalt. The city is situated at the Elbe river. Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archdiocese of Magdebur ...

– 3 September 2005 in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

) 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 Helene Weigel (; 12 May 19006 May 1971) was a German actress and artistic director. She was the second wife of Bertolt Brecht and was married to him from 1930 until his death in 1956. Together they had two children. Personal life Weigel was b ...

a member of 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 ...

Life

Schall's first went on stage in 1947 in Magdeburg. After engagements in

Frankfurt (Oder) Frankfurt (Oder), also known as Frankfurt an der Oder (), is a city in the German state of Brandenburg. It has around 57,000 inhabitants, is one of the easternmost cities in Germany, the fourth-largest city in Brandenburg, and the largest German ...

( 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 ''The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui'' (german: Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui, links=no), subtitled "A parable play", is a 1941 play by the German playwright Bertolt Brecht. It chronicles the rise of Arturo Ui, a fictional 1930s Chicago m ...

'' more than 500 times. Schall was honored in 1959 with the Kunstpreis der DDR, in 1962 and 1979 with the

Nationalpreis der DDR 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, ...

. He was married to Brecht's daughter Barbara Brecht-Schall and is the father of actress Johanna Schall.

Selected Roles

* Ui in ''

'' (Brecht) * Galilei in '' Leben des Galilei'' (Brecht) * Coriolan (Shakespeare) * Azdak in ''

Der kaukasische Kreidekreis ''The Caucasian Chalk Circle'' (german: Der kaukasische Kreidekreis) is a play by the German Modernism, 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 be ...

'' (Brecht) * Galloudec in ''Der Auftrag'' von

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 postdr ...

Filmography

*''Die unwürdige Greisin'' (1985) *''Wagner'' (1983) *''Die Rache des Kapitäns Mitchell'' (1979) *''Coriolan'' (1978) *''Der Kaukasische Kreidezirkel'' (1976) *''

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 ...

'' (1976) *''Spur des Falken'' (1976) *''Aus unserer Zeit'' (1970) *''Ich - Axel Cäsar Springer'' (1970) *''Meine besten Freunde'' (1966) *''Wolf unter Wölfen'' (1965) *''

I Sequestrati di Altona ''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 The Condemned of Altona, same name by Jean-Paul Sartre. For this film Vittorio De Sica wo ...

'' (1962) *''Der Traum des Hauptmann Loy'' (1961) *''

Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder ''Mother Courage and Her Children'' (german: Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder, links=no) is a play written in 1939 by the German dramatist and poet Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956), with significant contributions from Margarete Steffin. Four theatrical ...

'' (1961) *''Les Arrivistes'' (1960) *'' The Punch Bowl'' (1959) *''Geschichte vom armen Hassan'' (1958) *'' Das Lied der Matrosen'' (1958) *'' Berlin – Ecke Schönhauser…'' (1957) *'' Schlösser und Katen'' (1957) *''Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder'' (1955) *''Die Gewehre der Frau Carrar'' (1953)

Works

*2001 ''Meine Schule des Theaters''. Seminare, Vorlesungen, Demonstrationen, Diskursionen. Suhrkamp, *2002 ''Buckower Barometer''. Gedichte. Frankfurt Insel,

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schall, Ekkehard 1930 births 2005 deaths East German actors