Sammy Drechsel (25 April 1925, in
Berlin
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– 19 January 1986, in
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
), born Karl-Heinz Kamke, was a German political comedian, journalist and sports reporter. In 1956, together with
Dieter Hildebrandt
Dieter Hildebrandt (23 May 1927 – 20 November 2013) was a German Kabarett artist.
Biography
Hildebrandt was born in Bunzlau, Lower Silesia, Weimar Germany (now Boleslawiec, Poland) where he attended school. In World War II he became a Fla ...
, he founded the
Münchner Lach- und Schießgesellschaft
The Münchner Lach- und Schießgesellschaft (; Munich laughing and shooting company) is a German political ''kabarett'' (satirical revue) that runs at its own theatre in Schwabing, Munich. It was founded in 1956 by journalist Sammy Drechsel and ...
, one of Germany's most successful and influential sites of political
kabarett
Kabarett (; from French ''cabaret'' = tavern) is satirical revue, a form of cabaret which developed in France by Rodolphe Salis in 1881 as the ''cabaret artistique''. It was named Le Chat Noir and was centered on political events and satire. It ...
, for which he was producer and director up to his death. From 1950 to his death he also worked as a sports reporter for the
Bavaria
Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...
n "Bayrischer Rundfunk". He also became well known for his 1955 book "Elf Freunde müsst ihr sein" ("You Ought to be Eleven Friends"), which targeted an adolescent audience. (The book has also become available as an audiobook, narrated by his long-time friend Hildebrandt.) One of Drechsel's last appearances was in the German TV series ''
Kir Royal'', directed by
Helmut Dietl
Helmut Dietl (; 22 June 1944 – 30 March 2015) was a German film director and author from Bad Wiessee.
Work
After leaving grammar school in 1958, Dietl completed a degree in theatre studies and history of art. He then became head of photogra ...
, which was completed shortly before his death.
From 1962 to 1986, Drechsel was married to Irene Koss.
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1925 births
1986 deaths
German male comedians
German male journalists
20th-century German journalists
German sports journalists
German male writers
20th-century comedians
Bayerischer Rundfunk people
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