Boulevard of the Stars
The Boulevard der Stars is a growing monument near Potsdamer Platz in Berlin . It extends from Potsdamer Platz in the middle of the double-lane Potsdamer Straße to Ben-Gurion-Straße and widens on both sides to individual buildings. Following the example of the Walk of Fame in Los Angeles , celebrities who have achieved outstanding achievements in film and television in German-speaking countries are to be honored with a star. The foundation stone was laid on February 5, 2010 as part of the Berlinale 2010 . On February 12th, the first star was presented in honor of Marlene Dietrich . The boulevard was officially opened on September 10, 2010 with the award of 39 additional stars.
history
Film historian Gero Gandert had the idea for the Boulevard of Stars back in 2002. However, a first competition to design the memorial failed in 2004 due to local conditions. As a result, the framework conditions were modified and selection processes were initially carried out, in which 153 applicants from Germany and mainly from other European countries took part. In February 2009, the Berlin Senate announced a competition to design the future boulevard among the remaining seven participants. The design by the Berlin offices Graft and ART + COM emerged unanimously as the winner. Around one million euros are available for realizing the project; the money comes mainly from EU economic development funds . The non-profit "Boulevard der Stars GmbH", headed by Georgia Tornow , intends to take care of the maintenance costs . The costs are mainly to be covered by donations.
Since the median of Potsdamer Strasse was declared in the city of Berlin's urban development plan for traffic in 2003 as a route clearance for the planned tram route towards the Kulturforum , according to the passenger association IGEB it is therefore a temporary location for the work of art. The urban development plan for traffic , amended on March 29, 2011, provides for the implementation of the construction measures from 2014.
Due to increasing pollution and aesthetic reasons, the square came under fire in 2013:
- “The 'Boulevard of Stars' is a panopticon of shabbiness. An unsightly, unkempt piece of median strip that you only enter voluntarily to quickly get to the other side of the street. If this boulevard is advertising, then only for competing film locations. "
In August 2013, those responsible announced that the boulevard would get a new surface. For this reason, the laying of ten new stars was postponed for one year in September 2013. On September 4, 2014, the renovated boulevard was finally reopened and at the same time 20 new stars were inaugurated for 2013 and 2014.
In 2015, there was not enough money from the non-profit organization for an honor. It was not until September 2016 that four more people found their place on the boulevard .
On March 31, 2018, parts of the boulevard were damaged or destroyed in a car accident. The star was recovered damaged by comedian Anke Engelke.
layout
The base of the Boulevard of Stars is a red carpet made of colored asphalt. The individual stars are made of polished bronze and are flush with the carpet ; The name, occupation, dates of life and signature of the person to be honored are engraved on each star. The installed Pepper's Ghost Cameras use an interactive mirror trick to enable visitors to be photographed with their star. Each star is illuminated in the evening by its own small spotlight, the light of which can be varied (for personal reasons, for example).
Selection process and admission requirements
The annual selection of the personalities to be honored is incumbent on a five-member jury, made up of one representative each from the Deutsche Kinemathek Foundation , the German Film Academy , the Federal Cultural Events in Berlin (KBB), the Adolf Grimme Institute and the Film Museum's support group and television . In contrast to the Hollywood Walk of Fame , where anyone can submit nominations, only “organizations and institutions that have been active in the field of film and television for more than three years” can submit candidate proposals. A two-thirds majority in the jury is required to accept a candidate. Every year around seven to ten new personalities are to be honored, partly in spring and partly in autumn.
Dear people
- alphabetically pre-sorted -
Surname | job | Date of honor |
---|---|---|
Sir Ken Adam | Production designer | March 9, 2012 |
Mario Adorf | actor | Sep 10 2010 |
Fatih Akın | Director | Apr 12, 2011 |
Hans Albers | actor | Aug 3, 2012 |
Michael Ballhaus | camera operator | Sep 10 2010 |
Barbara Baum | Costume designer | Sep 10 2010 |
Iris Berben | actress | Sep 9 2016 |
Senta Berger | actress | Apr 12, 2011 |
Frank Beyer | Director | Apr 12, 2011 |
Artur Brauner | producer | Sep 10 2010 |
Heinrich Breloer | Writer / director | 3rd Sep 2012 |
Daniel Brühl | actor | 4th Sep 2014 |
Vicco von Bülow (Loriot) | Actor / director | Sep 10 2010 |
Marlene Dietrich | actress | Feb 12, 2010 |
Doris Dörrie | Director / producer | Sep 10 2010 |
Klaus Doldinger | composer | Sep 10 2010 |
Angelica Domröse | actress | Sep 10 2010 |
Andreas Dresen | Film director | 4th Sep 2014 |
Bernd Eichinger | producer | Apr 12, 2011 |
Hannelore Elsner | Actress / voice actress | 4th Sep 2014 |
Anke Engelke | Actress / presenter | April 12, 2011 |
Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Director | Sep 10 2010 |
Eberhard Fechner | Director | April 12, 2011 |
Karl friend | camera operator | 3rd Sep 2012 |
Bruno Ganz | actor | Sep 10 2010 |
Martina Gedeck | actress | April 12, 2011 |
Götz George | actor | Sep 10 2010 |
Kurt Gerron | Actor / singer / director | 4th Sep 2014 |
Thomas Gottschalk | Presenter / actor | 3rd Sep 2012 |
Dominik Graf | Director | Sep 10 2010 |
Egon Günther | Film director | 4th Sep 2014 |
Helga Hahnemann | actress | Sep 10 2010 |
Thea of Harbou | scriptwriter | 4th Sep 2014 |
Corinna Harfouch | actress | Sep 10 2010 |
Reinhard Hauff | Director | 3rd Sep 2012 |
Michael (Bully) Herbig | Actor / director / producer | 3rd Sep 2012 |
Werner Herzog | Director / Producer | Sep 10 2010 |
Werner Richard Heymann | composer | 3rd Sep 2012 |
Jutta Hoffmann | actress | Apr 12, 2011 |
Hannelore Hoger | actress | 3rd Sep 2012 |
Nina Hoss | actress | 3rd Sep 2012 |
Carl-Franz Hutterer | camera operator | 3rd Sep 2012 |
Emil Jannings | actor | Apr 12, 2011 |
Judith Kaufmann | image-creating camerawoman | 4th Sep 2014 |
Helmut Käutner | Actor / director | 4th Sep 2014 |
Klaus Kinski | actor | Apr 12, 2011 |
Alexander Kluge | Director / Producer | Sep 10 2010 |
Hildegard Knef | actress | Sep 10 2010 |
Wolfgang Kohlhaase | Screenwriter | Sep 10 2010 |
Siegfried Kracauer | Film scholar | Apr 12, 2011 |
Hardy Kruger | actor | 4th Sep 2014 |
Diane Kruger | actress | 4th Sep 2014 |
Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff | Presenter / actor | Sep 10 2010 |
Gerhard Lamprecht | Director | 3rd Sep 2012 |
Fritz Lang | Director | Sep 10 2010 |
Ruth Leuwerik | actress | Sep 10 2010 |
Ernst Lubitsch | Director / actor | Apr 12, 2011 |
Carl Mayer | Screenwriter | Sep 10 2010 |
Wolfgang crowd | Screenwriter | Sep 10 2010 |
Heike Merker | Makeup artist | 4th Sep 2014 |
Claudia Michelsen | actress | 4th Sep 2014 |
Brigitte Mira | actress | 3rd Sep 2012 |
Helke Misselwitz | Director | 4th Sep 2014 |
Armin Mueller-Stahl | actor | Sep 10 2010 |
Ulrich effort | actor | Apr 12, 2011 |
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau | Director | 3rd Sep 2012 |
Asta Nielsen | actress | Sep 10 2010 |
Max Ophüls | Director | Sep 10 2010 |
Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Director | 4th Sep 2014 |
Wolfgang Petersen | Director | Sep 10 2010 |
Erich Pommer | producer | Apr 12, 2011 |
Peter Przygodda | Film editor | Sep 10 2010 |
Liselotte powder | actress | Apr 12, 2011 |
Luise Rainer | actress | 5th Sep 2011 |
Lotte cleaner | Silhouettes animation filmmaker | 4th Sep 2014 |
Edgar Reitz | Director / Producer | Sep 10 2010 |
Günter Rohrbach | producer | Sep 10 2010 |
Gernot Roll | camera operator | 4th Sep 2014 |
Otto Sander | Actor / voice actor | 4th Sep 2014 |
Volker Schlöndorff | Director | 3rd Sep 2012 |
Jan Schlubach | Production designer | Sep 10 2010 |
Helge Schneider | Musicians / entertainers | Sep 9 2016 |
Romy Schneider | actress | Sep 10 2010 |
Werner Schroeter | Director | Apr 12, 2011 |
Til Schweiger | Actor / director / producer | Apr 12, 2011 |
Matthias Schweighofer | actor | Sep 9 2016 |
Hanna Schygulla | actress | Sep 10 2010 |
Max Skladanowsky | Film technology pioneer | Sep 10 2010 |
Wolfgang Staudte | Director | Apr 12, 2011 |
Barbara Sukowa | Actress / singer | 4th Sep 2014 |
Katharina Thalbach | Actress / director | 3rd Sep 2012 |
Ruth Toma | scriptwriter | 3rd Sep 2012 |
Georg Stefan Troller | Director | Sep 10 2010 |
Margarethe von Trotta | Actress / director | Sep 10 2010 |
Ulrich Tukur | actor | 3rd Sep 2012 |
Tom Tykwer | Director / film producer | 4th Sep 2014 |
Jost Vacano | camera operator | Apr 12, 2011 |
Karl Valentin | Actor / director | 3rd Sep 2012 |
Christoph Waltz | actor | 4th Sep 2014 |
Wim Wenders | Director | Sep 10 2010 |
Billy Wilder | Director / screenwriter | Sep 10 2010 |
Karl-Heinz Willschrei | Screenwriter, TV producer | Sep 9 2016 |
Konrad Wolf | Director | Sep 10 2010 |
Regina Ziegler | Producer | 3rd Sep 2012 |
Hans Zimmer | composer | Apr 12, 2011 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ A mini "Walk of Fame" for Berlin Press release from September 9, 2010 (accessed on September 11, 2010)
- ↑ Text of the announcement (accessed on May 12, 2010)
- ↑ Presentation of the winning design (PDF document; 5.9 MB) (accessed on May 12, 2010)
- ↑ Today the Boulevard of the Stars - tomorrow the Boulevard of the Tram (accessed on May 27, 2011)
- ↑ Urban Development Plan for Transport Appendix: Catalog of measures (March 2011) (PDF document; 2.7 MB) (accessed on May 27, 2011)
- ^ Sebastian Leber: "Boulevard der Stars" at Potsdamer Platz. The eyesore in the middle of Berlin. In: Tagesspiegel , May 18, 2013.
- ↑ The new stars 2013 on: Boulevard-der-Stars-Berlin.de, June 7, 2013.
- ↑ New surface for the boulevard - new stars but not until 2014 : Boulevard-der-Stars-Berlin.de, August 8, 2013.
- ↑ A festival for film fans: Reopening of the boulevard with a large cast of stars on: Boulevard-der-Srars-Berlin.de, August 28, 2014.
- ↑ Hollywood glamor on the Boulevard der Stars on: Boulevard-der-Stars-Berlin.de, September 4, 2014.
- ↑ The Boulevard der Stars is growing by four more stars , on www.berliner-woche.de, September 9, 2016.
- ↑ Mercedes driver destroys the "Boulevard der Stars" with a tuned vehicle . In: TAG24 . ( tag24.de [accessed on April 6, 2018]).
- ^ Boulevard der Stars am Potsdamer Platz , Der Tagesspiegel of July 7, 2009 (accessed on May 12, 2010) .
- ↑ Application guidelines (PDF document; 94 kB) (accessed on May 12, 2010)
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 33.6 ″ N , 13 ° 22 ′ 27.6 ″ E