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

Ekkehard Schall (29 May 1930 in

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– 3 September 2005 in

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) 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 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 Langho ...

Life

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

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( 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 ''

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

Filmography

*''Die unwürdige Greisin'' (1985) *''Wagner'' (1983) *''Die Rache des Kapitäns Mitchell'' (1979) *''Coriolan'' (1978) *''Der Kaukasische Kreidezirkel'' (1976) *'' Im Staub der Sterne'' (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'' (1962) *''Der Traum des Hauptmann Loy'' (1961) *'' Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder'' (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