Benjamin Armbruster

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Benjamin Armbruster , maiden name Mircea Breazu , (born January 22, 1946 in Sebeş , Romania ) is a German-Romanian actor , stuntman and choreographer .

life and career

Out of family tradition and influenced by his mother, also an actress, Armbruster went to university - after graduating from Nikolaus-Lenau-Lyceum in Timișoara in 1963 - and has been working as an actor since 1966. He learned to ride at the Red Star Bucharest Military Sports School / Elite Military Club , and he also took part in car races and a youth bike race. First he was engaged at theaters in Bucharest , then in Sibiu and in Kronstadt . In Romanian-language pieces he appeared as Mircea Breazu , in German-language pieces as Benjamin Armbuster , including Das kalte Herz .

Between 1966 and 1978 he also played in several films in Romania: He got a leading role in The Castle Behind the Rainbow ( Tinerete fara batrinete , Rum. 1969). This was followed by appearances in the monumental films Battle of the Titans against Rome with Pierre Brice (F / Rum. 1966, director: Serge Nicolaescu ) and Battle for Rome (BRD / I / Rum. 1968, director: Robert Siodmak ), in Out of Life a good-for-nothing (GDR 1973, based on Joseph von Eichendorff ), in Michael, the brave ( Mihai Viteazul , Rum. 1970), in the DEFA Indian film Ulzana with Gojko Mitić in the title role (GDR 1973) and Der Prophet & das Gold der Transylvanier ( Rum. 1978).

In 1979 Armbruster followed his mother to the Federal Republic of Germany with his wife and son . From the 1980/1981 season he had a decade-long commitment at the Bielefeld City Theaters . He has played leading roles in The King and Me and King Lear . After his retirement in 2011 he can still be seen there as a guest actor. After emigrating, he only had film roles in the short films Genie (2001) and Trautes Heim (2002).

Winnetou actor

According to his own account, Armbruster secretly read the Karl May novels, which were still forbidden in Romania, with friends and acted them out. He saw the film The Treasure in Silbersee 17 times in the cinema.

After all, he started playing in Elspe from 1988 : he auditioned for the role of Winnetou there for the 1987 season. It was tried out by festival director Jochen Bludau first in 1988 in a "pre-season" as Winnetou ( The Treasure in Silbersee ). 1990, after two appearances as a warlike Indian chief in Der Ölprinz (1988) and Der Schatz im Silbersee (1989), Armbruster advanced to winnetou of the regular main season.

In 2003 he celebrated his 1000th performance as Winnetou.

In the 2012 production, Armbruster said goodbye to his star role in an intro to the main plot of Winnetou I.

Together with the pre-season 1988 Armbruster played the role of the Apache chief on one stage in 25 stage productions in 24 years, not to mention the annual Elsper guest performances on the natural stage Blauer See (Ratingen) up to 1994 - no other actor has yet achieved this.

There are also numerous appearances in Apache costume on the sidelines of Karl May exhibitions and at other festivities throughout Germany. He also spoke Winnetou in the radio play Christmas (Trio).

Benjamin Armbruster has been responsible for the dialogue direction behind the scenes since 2011. In the Elsper production Der Ölprinz in 2013 he switched to the side of the bad guys and played the role of the finder Poller. In the Karl May pieces he has also been seen as a co-coachman (Gunman) since 2014.

In 2016 he was back on stage in Elspe in a minor role - but as an illness replacement for some performances in the role of the emigrant Hofer. In addition, he also played the role of Grissom, Sir David Lindsay's servant, as a sickness replacement for some performances .

Quote

“What fascinates me most about 'Winnetou' is its generosity, elegance and inner cleanliness. It would be great if there really were many people of his kind. "

source

  • Entry in the Karl May Wiki

literature

  • Regina Arentz: Benjamin Armbruster: Between cars and other horsepower. A portrait of the versatile actor . In: Karl May & Co. No. 81/2000 , p. 48 ff.
  • Jutta Laroche : Jubilee mood in Elspe. The first Karl May Festival took place in the Sauerland 50 years ago. A look back . In: Karl May & Co. No. 112/2008 .
  • Michael Kunz: A Winnetou says goodbye. Benjamin Armbruster's final in Elspe . In: Karl May & Co. No. 130/2012 , p. 34 ff.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBunT6hVjiA
  2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhetrCsVEnA
  3. ↑ http://karl-may-hoerspiele.info/vproduktion.php?_von=P&_id=142
  4. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Poller
  5. ↑ Interview with Benjamin Armbruster. In: Karl May Circular No. 39 / December 1990, p. 7.
personal data
SURNAME Armbruster, Benjamin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Breazu, Mircea (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian-German actor, stunt man and choreographer
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Sebeș