Martin Sperr (14 September 1944 – 6 April 2002) 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 ...

and

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

. He was born in Steinberg near

Marklkofen Marklkofen is a municipality in the district of Dingolfing-Landau in Bavaria in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Ru ...

and died in Landshut.

Awards and honors

*1978 Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis

Works

* 1965 * 1967 ''Landshuter Erzählungen'' * 1970 ''Koralle Meier'' * 1970 ''Herr Bertolt Brecht sagt. Bei Brecht gelesen und für Kinder und andere Leute ausgesucht'' (with Monika Sperr) * 1971 ''Münchner Freiheit'' * 1971 ''Die Kunst der Zähmung'' (adapted from

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

's ''

The Taming of the Shrew ''The Taming of the Shrew'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken ...

'') * 1977 ''Die Spitzeder'' * 1979 ''Willst du Giraffen ohrfeigen, mußt du ihr Niveau haben'' (poems and drawings)

Filmography

* 1969: ''

Hunting Scenes from Bavaria ''Hunting Scenes from Bavaria'' () is a 1969 West German film directed by Peter Fleischmann. It is based on a play of the same name by Martin Sperr, who also played the main role in the film. It was chosen as West Germany's official submissio ...

'' (dir.

Peter Fleischmann Peter Fleischmann (26 July 1937 – 11 August 2021) was a German film director, screenwriter and producer. He worked also as an actor, cutter, sound engineer, interviewer and speaker. Fleischmann belonged to the New German Cinema of the 1960s a ...

) * 1970: '' Mathias Kneissl'' (dir.

Reinhard Hauff Reinhard Hauff (born 23 May 1939) is a German film director. His works, which were mostly carried out in the late 1960s to early 1990s, are known for their social and political commentary. ''Stammheim (film), Stammheim'', which is based on the act ...

) * 1972: ' (dir.

Peer Raben Peer Raben (born Wilhelm Rabenbauer, 3 July 1940 – 21 January 2007) was a German composer who worked with German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Life Raben was born in Viechtafell, Bavaria, and attended Musische Gymnasium Straubing. He died ...

) * 1981–1983: '' Die Knapp-Familie'' (TV series)

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sperr, Martin 1944 births 2002 deaths People from Dingolfing-Landau German male stage actors German male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century German dramatists and playwrights 20th-century German male writers