Steffen Jürgens or Steffen C. Jürgens (born 27 July 1967) is a

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and

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Life and work

After Jürgens studied at the German

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HBK Braunschweig, he went in 1997 to

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to continue his study at the

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, where he focused on

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. In 2003, Jürgens finished his study with a

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. One year later his debut film ''Der Ärgermacher'' was released in German cinemas. Steffen Jürgens also works as independent screenplay author. As an actor, he appeared in a few German

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s and

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s. Furthermore, he took part in of the first German

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for the German

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''watch berlin''. The series was called ''Der Kulturterrorist''. Steffen Jürgens played the fictitious character ''Jochen Antrazith'', who confronted the Berlin citizens with cultural and political themes and provocative statements, comparable to figures like

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or Horst Schlämmer. In the late 1990s while Jürgens researched for his short feature film ''Stuhlberg - Der jüngste Manager Europas'', he accompanied

Lolo Ferrari Lolo Ferrari (born Ève Valois; 9 February 1963 – 5 March 2000) was a French dancer, actress, and singer billed as "the woman with the largest breast implants in the world". She entered the international limelight in 1995, appearing in the F ...

, billed as "the woman with the largest

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s in the world", during her tour through German TV-

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s and

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s, filmed her and got to know her German manager, Martin Baldauf. Jürgens was fascinated by this

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and

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person. So, his short film ''Stuhlberg - Der jüngste Manager Europas'' was—not as planned—more a film about Martin Baldauf than Lolo Ferrari. In the movie Jürgens plays Martin Baldauf under the name ''Daniel Luigi Baldauf'', which is the main character in the movie. Lolo Ferrari plays an underpart. When ''Stuhlberg - Der jüngste Manager Europas'' was finished, Jürgens furthermore takes an interest in Martin Baldauf. After the death of Lolo Ferrari, he, and sometimes the German film producer

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, accompanied and filmed Martin Baldauf during his business activities in Germany and the

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, where he lives and works in the meantime. With the recorded video material, Jürgens created the controversial documentary portrait ''Der Generalmanager oder How To Sell A Tit Wonder'' about Martin Baldauf. In 2008 this film was released in German cinemas. Steffen Jürgens lives in

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Filmography (selection)

*1998: ...die man liebt... *2000: 8 Grad Celsius *2001: My Brother the Vampire ''(Mein Bruder, der Vampir)'' *2001: ''(Das Leben des C. Brunner) '' *2003: ''(Der Ärgermacher) '', (director, Screenplay author and actor) *2003: ''(Verschwende deine Jugend)'' *2004: (

) *2004: Experiment Bootcamp (TV movie) *2004: Don't Look for Me ''(Such mich nicht)'' *2004: Off Beat ''(Kammerflimmern)'' *2005: *2006: (TV movie) *2006: *2006: Zores (TV movie) *2006:

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(

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) *2006: Der Generalmanager oder How to sell a Tit Wonder (director and

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) *2007: Kahlschlag (TV movie) *2008: 1 May: All Belongs to You ''(1. Mai)'' *2008: In Between Days ''(Die Besucherin)'' *2008: The Clearing ''(Die Lichtung)'' *2009: Claudia - Das Mädchen von Kasse 1 (TV movie) *2009: Résiste - Aufstand der Praktikanten *2012: A Coffee in Berlin *2012:

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''(Košnice)'' *2016: Bittersweet ''(Bittersüß)'' *2016: Ku'damm 56 *2017:

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- Die Abrechnung (TV series)

Awards and nominations

*2007: At the

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the German

''watch berlin'', where Steffen Jürgen appeared as ''Kulturterrorist was nominated for the ''Grimme Online Award''. *2017: Award ''Best Supporting Actor'' at the Romanian film festival ''Best Film Awards'' for ''Bitterweet''Official website of the es Film festival ''Best Film Awards'' with the list of festival winners 2017
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References

External links

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Filmkiosk - Steffen C. Jürgens (German)

STEFFEN C. JÜRGENS - CAMERA ACTING (German)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jurgens, Steffen 1967 births Living people German male film actors German male television actors Male actors from Braunschweig Male actors from Berlin Film directors from Berlin