Adolph Spalinger

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Adolph Maximilian Martin Spalinger (born January 7, 1915 in Berlin ; † June 14, 2004 in Basel ) was a Swiss actor , director and theater manager.

biography

After graduating from the Prinz-Heinrich-Gymnasium in Berlin-Schönefeld, Spalinger attended the drama school of the German Theater in Berlin under Heinz Hilpert from 1933 to 1935 . There he made his stage debut in 1935 in a performance of Hjalmar Bergmans Markurell . Until 1941 he was a member of the German Theater ensemble. In 1941 he moved to the Stadttheater Bern, where he initially only worked as an actor and later as a director. In 1951 he founded the Bernese Ateliertheater , for which he worked as artistic director, director and actor. Other theater stations were the Stadttheater Basel and the Volksbühne Berlin, where he still appeared as an actor in his eighties. For decades Spalinger played leading and character roles such as Prof. Higgins in George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion , in Neil Simon's Sunny Boys and DL Coburn's Gin Rummy .

On the other hand, Spalinger remained a rare guest in film and television. Here too he was v. a. to be seen in productions of stage dramas, such as “Butler Boby” in Friedrich Dürrenmatt's visit to the old lady (with Maria Schell in the title role) and as Dr. Goll in Peter Zadek's television adaptation of Frank Wedekind's Lulu . His other films include the television drama The Shameless (with Meret Becker and Jürgen Vogel ), the thriller Irrlichter and Heinrich Breloer's semi-documentary television film Death Game about the kidnapping and murder of Hanns Martin Schleyer . He also made guest appearances on television series such as Hagedorn's Daughter .

In addition, Spalinger worked extensively as a speaker for the radio. From 1941 he worked for the station Beromünster, after the end of the war mainly for the Swiss radio DRS , a. a. The Wega company (based on Dürrenmatt, DRS 1968), Die Gerechten (based on Albert Camus , DRS 1950), The English Beloved (based on Marguerite Duras , DRS 1972), Stephen Daedalus (based on James Joyce , DRS 1976) and Ohne Federn (based on Woody Allen , DRS 1990). In 1956 he spoke for a WDR production of Robert Louis Stevenson's Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, both of the leading roles.

Adolph Spalinger was married to the actress and author Hilde Ziegler (1939–1999) for the second time. His sister was the dancer and choreographer Sibylle Spalinger.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1966 The years given away
  • 1966 The Crime Museum (TV series) - The Baroque Angel
  • 1973 The manufacturers
  • 1978 Kneuss
  • 1982 The visit of the old lady (Schell, Lamprecht)
  • 1991 Lulu
  • 1994 The Shameless
  • 1997 Death Game
  • 1998 will-o'-the-wisps

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personal data
SURNAME Spalinger, Adolph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Spalinger, Adolph Maximilian Martin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss actor, director and theater manager
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 2004
Place of death Basel