Alexander Engel (actor)

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Alexander Engel , actually Kurt Ludwig Wilhelm Engel , (born June 4, 1902 in Berlin , † July 25, 1968 in Saarbrücken ) was a German actor and director . He adopted the stage name "Alexander" to avoid confusion with the musician Kurt Engel, who was popular at the same time .

Life

Alexander Engel was born as the son of the linen tailor Richard Engel and his wife Helene. Heinrich was born in his parents' apartment at Mehnerstraße 3 (today around Mollstraße 20). He received his acting training at the Reichersche Hochschule für Dramatic Kunst in Berlin. From 1923 he was on the stages in Allenstein , Königsberg and Rostock . His brother Rudolf Engel was temporarily chairman of the DEFA board and fought as a resistance fighter against National Socialism.

In 1931 he came to Berlin and played at the Renaissance Theater and the Theater am Kurfürstendamm , among others . He got his first feature film role in 1932 as the office servant Fritz in Hasenklein, can't help it . On stage and in film, he often embodied bizarre characters in supporting roles. Most recently he appeared in some Edgar Wallace films as a mysterious doctor or clergyman.

Alexander Engel died on July 25, 1968 at the age of 66 in Saarbrücken after suddenly collapsing in the studio while recording a radio play . He was buried in Berlin, on the state's own cemetery in Heerstraße in what is now the Westend district (field II-Ur 3-161). The grave site was re-allocated in August 2008 after 40 years of use and can therefore no longer be visited.

His written estate is in the archive of the Academy of Arts in Berlin.

Filmography

cinemamovies

watch TV

  • 1953: The Sieveking case
  • 1954: Doors - Doors - Doors ...
  • 1955: road junction
  • 1956: ship without a port
  • 1957: heads or tails
  • 1958: a white elephant
  • 1958: As you like it
  • 1959: Wanted is murderer X
  • 1959: Dreyfus affair
  • 1961: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
  • 1963: The legend of the holy drinker
  • 1963: friends like wolves
  • 1963: The Choir Boys of St. Cäcilia
  • 1964: The house of the snakes
  • 1964: Elektra
  • 1964: Operation carrier pigeon - fates in divided Berlin
  • 1965: Colombe
  • 1965: Romulus the Great
  • 1966: Jens Claasen and his animals
  • 1966: Live like a prince
  • 1966: Royal Adventure
  • 1967: the betrayal of the times
  • 1967: the auditor
  • 1967: The Public Prosecutor
  • 1967: the role of his life
  • 1967: Henry IV.
  • 1968: The month of the falling leaves
  • 1969: brought by the devil

theatre

Radio plays

Web links

Commons : Alexander Engel (actor)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Birth certificate StA Berlin VIII No. 1542/02 . 1902.
  2. ↑ German Stage Yearbook . Volume 76, 1968, ISSN  0070-4431 . P. 155.
  3. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 . P. 486.
  4. ↑ Alexander Engel Archive Inventory overview on the website of the Academy of Arts in Berlin.
personal data
SURNAME Angel, Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Engel, Kurt (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and director
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH July 25, 1968
Place of death Saarbrücken