Alfons Mühlhofer

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Alfons Mühlhofer , actually Alfons Müller , (born September 29, 1907 in Dresden ; † October 1, 1952 there ) was a German actor .

Life

Grave of Alfons Mühlhofer in the Dresden Johannisfriedhof

Alfons Mühlhofer's father, the son of a box locker at the Dresden theater , supported and encouraged his son's theatrical inclinations. At the age of 16, Alfons Müller, who was to be called Mühlhofer from then on, stood on the stage of the Dresden theater. He was trained by Georg Kiesau , at that time acting director at the Schauspielhaus Dresden, and began his career in the 1920s with a three-year engagement at the Stadttheater Meißen . His mentor was Hans-Chlodwig Gahsarnas in Meissen. Mühlhofer made his debut there with the dervish in Nathan the Wise . The press judged: “Mühlhofer gushed over in splendid temperament as a dervish: this true king in a true beggar. 'A horse that will soon need double feed.' This young actor makes us sit up and take notice. "

He continued his apprenticeship years from 1930 to 1936 at German-speaking theaters in Czechoslovakia. He made guest appearances in Leitmeritz , Komotau and Brüx . He was a defender of the German language. Here he conquered the "subject of good roles" (quote from Martin Hellberg ). His reputation brought him to guest performances in Franzensbad, Teplitz, Saaz, Pilsen, Budweis, Eger, Komotau and Reichenberg, as well as to the Volkstheater in Bilin. At the latter theater he received a modest contract which allowed him to marry a colleague from Dresden.

The strengthening of the Henlein movement in Czechoslovakia around 1931 led to the expulsion of the Reich Germans among the opponents of this movement. With that Mühlhofer lost his position and thus his earnings. He returned to his hometown Dresden in 1933, gave guest roles, radio plays and poetry readings, and worked with his friend Martin Hellberg in the operetta. In 1937 the state theaters brought him in as a young character player. In addition to his work as an actor, he also taught young talent at the drama school. On February 13, 1945 during the second attack on Dresden, the Mühlhofer family lost their apartment in Dresden-Gruna, Gewobag-Siedlung .

After the end of the war in 1945, he made himself available for the reconstruction of the Dresden theaters. On May 30, 1945 he was elected to the five-man committee together with Paul Paulsen , Peter Hamel , Erich Ponto and Albert Fischel , which took over the provisional management of the Dresden stage. A church on Glacisstrasse in Dresden-Neustadt was rededicated as the "Interim Theater Dresdner Bühnen" - the Tonhalle (which later became the Small House). The game started on July 10, 1945 with Nathan the Wise , directed by Albert Fischel, with Erich Ponto in the title role and Mühlhofer again as the dervish . From then on, he completed a variety of roles.

Mühlhofer's star roles were “Mephisto” in Goethe's Faust and the title role in King John of Shakespeare. He fell ill with uremia and died on October 1, 1952 in his hometown. He was buried at the Johannisfriedhof in Dresden-Tolkewitz with the participation of the Dresden citizens. Acting director Paul Lewitt , who already knew the deceased from the Teplitz theater, expressed in his memorial speech at Mühlhofer's grave that "the name of Alfons Mühlhofer will be unforgettable in the history of the Dresden theater".

Roles (selection)

Below is a selection of his over 70 roles:

Of particular popularity, he brought it through his fairy tale roles, among others, he played the title role in The Brave Little Tailor the Brothers Grimm . Guest roles led Mühlhofer in the Meißen city theater.

Filmography

Own productions

literature

  • Heinz Haufe: Alfons Mühlhofer - On his death on October 1st, 1952 . In: Theater of Time . Issue 21, 1953, pp. 24-26 .
  • Hansjörg Schneider: Hope between ruins - Dresden theater after 1945 . Hellerau-Verlag Dresden, Hellerau 1999, ISBN 3-910184-66-9 .
  • Hansjörg Schneider: Dresdner Theater 1933–1945 "Play was the pleasure and play the danger" . Henschel, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89487-456-2 .
  • Hansjörg Schneider: A big one of the Dresden theater - on the 50th anniversary of the death of the actor Alfons Mühlhofer. In: Dresdner Latest News , October 1, 2002.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ “There's a fire at the Mühlhofers! - A memory of February 13, 1945 ”. (PDF) Retrieved June 5, 2015 .
  2. ^ Hansjörg Schneider : Erich Ponto - An actor's life. Henschel-Verlag, Berlin 2000, p. 106.
  3. ^ Paul Lewitt. Retrieved July 26, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Inge Mätie: In memory of Alfons Mühlhofer . In: Sächsisches Tageblatt . September 30, 1987.
  5. ↑ List of roles of the state actor Alphons Mühlhofer in the historical archive of the Saxon State Theaters - Dresden State Opera and Dresden State Theater
  6. ↑ a b c d Wilfried Schulz (Ed.): Staatsschauspiel Dresden - 100 years of the theater . Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-943881-01-1 , pp. 353-355 .
personal data
SURNAME Mühlhofer, Alfons
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Müller, Alfons (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH October 1, 1952
Place of death Dresden