Benno Schurr

Benno Schurr (born December 17, 1919 in Böttingen ; † May 30, 2002 in Baden-Baden ) was a German radio play director and author .

He also worked as a radio play speaker on the radio. Later he worked as the head of a children's radio editorial office. Occasionally he appeared as the author of his own radio plays for the SWR ( Die Unberechenbare , 1956; NA 2002). From the early 1960s he created numerous radio plays for children and young people based on literary models such as Jules Verne , Karl May , Gerdt von Bassewitz , Erich Kästner and Wolfgang Ecke or TV series such as Fury or the three-part Robbi, Tobbi and the Fliewatüüt based on Boy Lornsen .

His name also appears in the discographies as a copywriter for the singers Edina Pop and Géraldine Olivier .

Radio plays

Director

• Pünktchen and Anton , after Erich Kästner , editors: Kurt Vethake , speakers: Erich Kästner, Rudolf Siege , Karin Hardt , Antje Hagen u. a., Deutsche Grammophon: Berlin 1963.
• Peterchens Mondfahrt , after d. Stage version d. Fairy tale game by Gerdt von Bassewitz with d. Music by Clemens Schmalstich. For d. Edit record by Benno Schurr u. Max Roth , Gütersloh: Ariola GmbH 1964. NA 1974 and 1980.
• Der Ölprinz , adventure radio play based on Karl May , radio play version and production: Kurt Vethake . Directed by Benno Schurr, 1965, NA as CD 4 of Die große Wild-West-Box. Berlin: Universal Family Entertainment 2007.
• Through the desert , adventure radio play based on Karl May, director: Benno Schurr. Kara Ben Nemsi - Wolfgang Reinsch u. a., Autoris 1966, NA as Part 1 of The Great Orient Box. Berlin: Universal Family Entertainment 2007.
• Through wild Kurdistan , adventure radio play based on Karl May, directed by Benno Schurr. Kara Ben Nemsi - Wolfgang Reinsch u. a., Autoris 1966, NA as part 2 of The Great Orient Box. Berlin: Universal Family Entertainment 2007.
• From Baghdad to Stambul , adventure radio play based on Karl May, director: Benno Schurr. Kara Ben Nemsi - Wolfgang Reinsch u. a., Autoris 1966, NA as part 3 of The Great Orient Box. Berlin: Universal Family Entertainment 2007.
• In the gorges of the Balkans , adventure radio play based on Karl May, director: Benno Schurr. Kara Ben Nemsi - Wolfgang Reinsch u. a., Autoris 1966, NA as part 4 of The Great Orient Box. Berlin: Universal Family Entertainment 2007.
• Around the world in 80 days , radio play based on Jules Verne , adaptation: Kurt Vethake, director: Benno Schurr, speaker: Wolfgang Reinsch, Heiner Schmidt , Claus Wilcke , Ilona Wiedem , Fontana - Philips: Hamburg 1966.
• Jungle Boy : Three radio plays (Jungle Boy and the Bank Robbers. Jungle Boy and the Child by the River. Jungle Boy and the Missionary) / Kurt Vethake. Director: Benno Schurr 1967.
• Heidi , radio play by Wolfgang Ecke based on Johanna Spyri . Narrator: Ludwig Thiesen u. a. Director: Benno Schurr, Hamburg: Philips 1968.
• Lighthouse Josefine: The experiences of Captain Smoky, the parrot admiral and mouse Josefine Karl Heinz Gies . Director u. Production: Benno Schurr. Music: Max Roth, Hamburg: Philips 1969.
• Fury's new adventure , after Teddy Parker. Director: Benno Schurr. Music: Max Roth. Speaker: Niels Clausnitzer u. a.
• Uncle Toms Hütte , after Harriet Beecher Stowe , arrangement: Herbert Hennies . Director: Benno Schurr. Speaker: Kurt Ebbinghaus u. a., Munich: Ariola-Eurodisc 1972.
• Piggy Dick And His Friends 4 , book: Wolfgang Ecke, director: Benno Schurr, Fontana 1974.
• Südwestfunk: For young listeners with the tracks For Young Listeners - Jux & Quiz (texts: Elke Heidenreich ; Hartmut Schramm ; Benno Schurr) and Der Hund des Herr Lobkowitz (radio play by Hans Werner Knobloch ), Baden-Baden: Südwestfunk 1984.
• A case for Perry Clifton , Wolfgang Ecke. Heiner Schmidt ; Radio play version: Wolfgang Ecke. Director: Benno Schurr, 5 parts, Dortmund: 1999.
• Master detective Balduin Pfiff , based on Wolfgang Ecke, Hans Jürgen Diedrich, director: Benno Schur, 4 parts, Dortmund: Maritim 2001.
• The flying classroom , based on Erich Kästner . Narrator: Heinz Schimmelpfennig ; Dr. Böckh, private tutor: Wolfgang Reinsch; the non-smoker: Ludwig Thiesen , radio play version and production: Kurt Vethake. Director: Benno Schurr, Hamburg: Oetinger 2006.
• The cold heart , fairy tale by Wilhelm Hauff in radio play form, radio play version and production: Kurt Vethake . Director: Benno Schurr, Fontana 701510 WPY

Web links

• Literature by and about Benno Schurr in the catalog of the German National Library
• Benno Schurr at Discogs (English)
• Benno Schurr in: www.hoerspielkrimi.net; Retrieved December 17, 2015
• A detailed Benno Schurr portrait in the radio play magazine PLAYtaste

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.kupzog.de/Alle_Horspiele/alle_horspiele.html
2. ↑ http://karl-may-hoerspiele.info/vsonder.php?_typ=7
3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ http://geraldine-olivier.com/fr/texthaben/liebeamore.html  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ http://www.jules-verne-comics.de/julesvernehsp/tagen.htm