Ulla Geiger

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Ulla Geiger (* 1951 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen ) is a German actress and filmmaker .

Life

Training and cabaret

Geiger first studied mathematics at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich from the winter semester of 1970/71 , then art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich . In 1980 she passed the Bavarian State Examination. From 1980 to 1992 she worked as a continuity and assistant director .

From 1992 to 2002 she was artistically active as a cabaret artist . a. from 1992 to 1994 as the duo "Boschetsrieder & Hinterpaintner" (1994; 3rd prize at the executioners' ax ) and from 1995 with their solo programs as the Bavarian housewife "Alberta Wurmrieder" (2003; prize from the Wolf-Ferrari-Haus cultural center in Munich ). As a cabaret artist, she also appeared on TV at Otti's Schlachthof .

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Since 1996 she has worked as an actress on television and in the cinema. Geiger was mainly used as a classic supporting actress who gave a role an artistic profile in a few scenes. Caretakers, shopkeepers, secretaries, small employees and neighbors were part of their range of roles. She belongs to the type of popular actress . She often played in productions of the Bavarian Radio , but also in numerous television games , TV series and TV series of ARD and ZDF . It was used very often in series with a South German , Upper Bavarian or Austrian background.

She made her television debut in 1996 with Bavarian Radio / Television in the children's series Pumuckl TV ; there she played Sylvia Kirsch, the sister of the ghost train owner and villain Silvio Kirsch ( Hans Clarin ). This was followed by several appearances in early ZDF court shows and small day roles in various television series.

In the early years of her TV career, Geiger was a strict neighbor in the ZDF television film Das Herz des Priesters (2000), as a psychiatric patient in the television film In the Middle of a Life (2002) and as the wife of a local National Socialist in Xaver Schwarzenberger's TV -See the drama Anna's Homecoming (2003). In the Sat.1 television film The Man Next Door Lives! (2005) by director Miguel Alexandre she played a psychiatric inmate again.

This was followed by roles as the nun "Sister Johanna" in the television film Mord in aller Innschuld (2008), the third part of the "Franziska Luginsland" crime series with Katja Flint as a hobby detective Franziska Luginsland, as a neighbor in the Munich crime scene: Der oide Depp (2008) and, at the side of Franziska Troegner , as a fun-loving elderly lady in love in the TV comedy Urlaub mit Papa (2009) from the Dora Heldt television series on ZDF.

In other ZDF productions she embodied the resolute messie advisor to the art teacher Desirée ( Andrea Sawatzki ) in the mini-series Klimawechsel (2010), the “beastly” shopkeeper and shopkeeper Rosi in the TV drama The Murderer's Daughter and one of the passengers on a bus trip to Scotland in the ZDF Sunday film A Summer in Scotland (2012). In Max Färberböck's TV comedy My Father, His Friends and the Very Fast Money (2013), in which she played the female part of the befriended neighbor couple, she was seen alongside Sigi Zimmigart and Christiane Blumhoff .

In addition to her appearances in prime-time television films, Geiger also took on major supporting roles in the TV series Um Himmels Willen (2013, as a youth welfare worker, Ms. Strittmacher) and Heiter bis födlich: Hubert and Staller (2014, as a pensioner, grandmother and victim of "grandchildren's trick " Frau Blum) and had a brief appearance in the successful ZDF series Spring as the owner of a fashion studio.

In the opening film of the newly placed ZDF “Herzkino” television series Tonio & Julia (first broadcast: April 2018), which focuses on Oona Devi Liebich as family therapist Julia Schindel and Maximilian Grill as Catholic parish priest Tonio Niederegger, Geiger played a supporting role as the older parishioner Hanna Bird. In the 18th season of the ZDF series Die Rosenheim-Cops (2018), she took on one of the leading roles in the episode as the suspect, old neighbor Elfriede Seeliger, with whom the victim had a neighborhood dispute. In the eighth film of the TV series Munich Murder , entitled Munich Murder: Living and Dying in Schwabing (May 2019), Geiger had a supporting role as the ex-hired old general merchant and widow Emma Gutsch. In the full-length “Winter Special” of the 19th season of the ZDF series Die Rosenheim-Cops (February 2020) she took on the role of pensioner Gerlinde Meyr, where the investigating commissioners had to stay overnight due to an avalanche warning . In the 34th season of the ZDF series SOKO Munich (2020) Geiger had one of the leading roles in the episode as suspected pensioner Annemarie Niederlechner, who had an argument with a bicycle courier who allegedly killed her dog .

movie theater

Geiger also acted in a few movies . In the comedy Erkan & Stefan in The Death Comes Krass (2005) she played "Mutti", a Rhinelander on a cruise , at the side of Michael Gahr . In the movie Räuber Kneißl (2008) by Marcus H. Rosenmüller she played the farmer Filomena. In Doris Dörrie's film Die Friseuse (2010) , Geiger was the clerk at the employment office. In the movie Summer in Orange (2011) she played the role of the villager Ms. Rabbit. In the movie Da geht noch was (2013) she was seen in a scene with Florian David Fitz and Henry Hübchen . In Simon Verhoeven's cinema comedy Willkommen bei den Hartmanns (2016) she played the racist and reactionary neighbor Ms. Sobrowitsch. In Fack ju Göhte 3 by Bora Drachtkin she was seen as the "woman with the chipped dog ".

In the short film Border Patrol (2013) by Peter Baumann , which won an Oscar in the category “Best Foreign Film” at the Student Academy Awards , Geiger played a supporting role as the farmer's wife.

Radio plays

Geiger also appeared in a few radio plays , mostly in productions of the Bavarian Radio. She was u. a. several times as a kiosk owner Nanni in the radio scene to hear, so in office hours (2009) and The Stalker (2012).

Filmmaker

In his mid-60s, Geiger made her debut feature film Wir haben kein Film (2017) as a “late caller” . It received good reviews from the press and has won several awards and nominations. Among other things, it was nominated for “Best Debut Film” at the Biberach Film Festival 2018 and received special attention from the public and press at the Snowdance Independent Film Festival 2018.

The satirical comedy We don't make a film , which was published by the distributor “Der Filmverleih” and whose premiere planned for March 2020 and the subsequent theatrical release had to be canceled due to the cinemas being closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany , has now been published online on the streaming platform “Kinoflimmern " released.

Private

Geiger lives in Munich , where, in addition to her acting, she also offers her own demo tape service for actors.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ulla Geiger profile and vita at Schauspielervideos.de. Retrieved March 14, 2016
  2. ↑ a b c Ulla Geiger profile at CAST-FORWARD . Retrieved March 14, 2016
  3. ↑ Pictures of the ZDF film from Chiemsee . Photo. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  4. ^ Tonio and Julia | Pinching does not apply (1) . Cast list. Official ZDF website. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
  5. ↑ A mistake with fatal consequences . Plot and cast at Fernsehserien.de. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  6. ↑ The Rosenheim Cops: Shot Run to Death . Plot and cast. Official website of the ZDF. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  7. ^ SOKO Munich: The last delivery . Plot and cast. Official website of the ZDF . Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  8. ↑ Young German filmmakers get gold and bronze in Hollywood in: DIE ZEIT on June 8, 2014. Accessed on March 14, 2016.
  9. ↑ "We do not make a film" . Awards and nominations from crew united . Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  10. ↑ "We do not make a film" . Criticism on film service. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  11. ↑ “We don't make a film” . Criticism on cinema time. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  12. ↑ "We do not make a film" . Criticism on arthouse cinema. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  13. ↑ "We do not make a film" . Internet presence Filmverleih.de. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  14. ↑ “We don't make a film” . Kinoflimmern.com website. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  15. ↑ Demonandservice Ulla Geiger . Retrieved July 2, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Violinist, Ulla
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress and cabaret artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Garmisch-Partenkirchen , Bavaria , Federal Republic of Germany