Albert Lippert

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Albert Lippert (born December 17, 1901 in Oldenburg , † February 21, 1978 in Schlehdorf ) was a German actor , director and theater manager .

biography

Lippert came from a family of glassmakers in Oldenburg .

stage

Lippert took on minor roles at the Oldenburg State Theater as a child . After training to be an actor, his first engagements took him to the stages in Stettin , Graz and Nuremberg (1922–1927), where he mostly embodied the type of youthful hero.

From 1927 to 1944 Lippert was engaged at the Bayerisches Staatsschautheater (he played at the Residenztheater and the Prinzregententheater ) in Munich , where he was initially awarded the title of Bavarian Chamber Actor and, in 1930, the title of Bavarian State Actor .

In 1946/47 he took the position of artistic director at the Oldenburg State Theater in his hometown. In 1948 he moved to the same position at the Schauspielhaus Hamburg , where he increasingly consulted French authors and, above all, achieved a high level of awareness through his productions of the German premieres of Bert Brecht's Herr Puntila and his servant Matti and Paul Claudel's Tobias and Sarah . In 1955 Gustaf Gründgens succeeded him at the Hamburger Schauspielhaus.

In 1955, Lippert succeeded the late Wilhelm (Willi) Hanke as general manager at the theater of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen . There he directed around 30 theater and opera productions until 1962, including Die Harmonie der Welt by Paul Hindemith , Blood Wedding by Wolfgang Fortner and Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen . He also trained young stage professionals such as Claus Wilcke . He promoted ballet at the theater. His modern experiments did not always meet with full approval. He was widely recognized as Nathan the Wise in 1957. Theater conversions hindered his creative time. During his time, Montserrat Caballé was engaged in Bremen from 1959 to 1962 . In 1960/61 there were problems and arguments with his chief dramaturge Conrad Heinemann. Some critics classified him as a traditionalist and he lacked support. Therefore he did not renew his contract. After that he did not take over any further directorship.

In 1962 Lippert moved to Schlehdorf, from where he accepted various guest appearances as an actor and director, including in Frankfurt am Main and Coburg.

Movie and TV

As early as 1926, Lippert made his feature film debut under the direction of Louis Ralph in the war film Kreuzer Emden . Nevertheless, the theater person Lippert remained a rare guest in film and television productions. Few film productions in which he always played supporting roles include Douglas Sirk's final chord , Hans Schweikart's Lessing adaptation Das Fräulein von Barnhelm , the crime films Orient Express (directed by Viktor Tourjansky ) and Dr. Crippen on board (with Rudolf Fernau in the title role), but also propaganda films such as GPU , Germanin and Erich Waschneck's anti-Semitic film The Rothschilds , in which Lippert was supposed to play Jakob Rothschild .

In 1942 Lippert also directed the semi-documentary film Die See ruft .

After the Second World War , there were no more appearances in feature films, instead Lippert appeared in a few television productions, such as in an adaptation of John Osborne's Blick zurück im Zorn , as the director of an adaptation of Adalbert Stifter's Bergkristall (1954), in the multi-part series The silk shoe ( with Maximilian Schell in the leading role) and from 1969 in the television series Percy Stuart as General McLean , one of the thirteen members of the Excentric Club .

further activities

Lippert also worked as a spokesperson for various radio plays for the BR , NWDR and RB and was featured in several episodes of the BR crime series Dickie Dick Dickens .

In addition, Lippert was also the editor of the respective stage magazines and programs (including Die Rampe. Blätter des Deutschen Schauspielhaus Hamburg , 1948-55).

Lippert died in 1978 as a result of an accident.

Filmography (selection)

Radio plays

  • 1950: Gods, Graves and Scholars (Part 2: The Golden Wall) - Director: Gustav Burmester
  • 1951: Radium - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
  • 1951: The story of Gottfried von Berlichingen with an iron hand - Director: Hans Lietzau
  • 1952: Our garden room - directed by Ludwig Cremer
  • 1952: The enjoyable life of Doctor Löhnefink - Director: Eduard Hermann
  • 1953: The court withdraws to deliberate (episode: The rifle on the cabinet) - Director: Gerd Fricke
  • 1953: The Hat Dynasty - Director: Detlof Krüger
  • 1953: The Monk and the Robber - Director: Gustav Burmester
  • 1954: The border - minutes of half an hour - director: Gerlach Fiedler
  • 1955: The Ballad of Prince Arthur - Director: Hans Rothe
  • 1959: Who is Simon Ode? (6th episode: Simon Ode's last appearance) - Director: Günter Siebert
  • 1960: Dickie Dick Dickens (1st season; participation in 7 episodes) - Director: Günter Siebert; Fritz Kraus
  • 1960: Dickie Dick Dickens (2nd season; participation in 2 episodes) - Director: Günter Siebert; Fritz Kraus
  • 1961: Until day comes - Director: Günter Siebert
  • 1961: Dickie Dick Dickens (3rd season; participation in 3 episodes) - Director: Günter Siebert
  • 1962: Tree stays tree or: The rules of the game - Director: Friedhelm Ortmann
  • 1962: The adventurous life of Yankee Jim Fisk - Director: Günter Siebert
  • 1964: Wallpapering for Beginners - Director: Günter Siebert

literature

  • Herbert A. Frenzel , Hans Joachim Moser (ed.): Kürschner's biographical theater manual. Drama, opera, film, radio. Germany, Austria, Switzerland. De Gruyter, Berlin 1956, DNB 010075518 , p. 436f.
  • Obituary, in: Deutsches Bühnenjahrbuch , season 1978/79, 1979, p. 705.

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personal data
SURNAME Lippert, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor, director and theater manager
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Oldenburg
DATE OF DEATH February 21, 1978
Place of death Schlehdorf