Branko Samarovski

Branko Samarovski ( Austrian Film Award 2017 )

Branko Samarovski (born July 9, 1939 in Zemun , Kingdom of Yugoslavia ) is an Austrian actor . He is a member of the Vienna Burgtheater .

Life

Up to the age of five he grew up in the Danube Swabian district of Franztal von Zemlin (today's Serbia); from there escape to Mondsee in Upper Austria . At the age of 14 he began an apprenticeship as a locksmith in Salzburg . In addition to working as a locksmith, he played on the theater for lovers under the high altar of the suburban church of St. Elisabeth in Salzburg . He took private acting lessons from the director of the Liebhaberbühne Georges Müller and finally came to the Mozarteum in Salzburg, where he completed his acting training.

Samarovski's first and only audition took him to the Vereinigte Bühnen Graz in 1966 . Further theater stations: 1971/72 Darmstadt . From 1972 he was brought to Stuttgart by Hans Peter Doll . From 1979 he went to the Schauspielhaus Bochum with Claus Peymann . In 1985 he was called to the Schaubühne Berlin . He worked with Peter Stein , George Tabori , Andrea Breth and Jürgen Gosch , among others . Since 1991 he has been engaged at the Vienna Burgtheater. In 2006 he was portrayed by the artist Christy Astuy for the new portrait gallery in the Burgtheater.

He has worked in numerous film and television productions, including Herbert Achternbusch's The Young Monk (1978) and several times for Michael Haneke . For the portrayal of the invalid in Haneke's film adaptation of Die Rebellion (1993), he received the Golden Cadre awarded by the Association of Austrian Cinematographers . When Austrian Film Awards in 2017 , he was named best actor in a supporting role, in Kai Wessels fog in August , excellent.

Roles (selection)

Branko Samarovski as Franz Haydinger remembers Joseph Kyselak

• Valentin (in the second part) in " Der Verschwender " (F. Raimund; Director: S. Bachmann)
• Schlucker in " On the ground floor and first floor " (Nestroy; Director: A. Weber)
• Truffaldino in " The Servant of Two Masters " (Goldoni; Director: A. Freyer)
• K. Browick in " Baumeister Solneß " (Ibsen; Director: T. Ostermeier)
• Polonius in " Hamlet " (Shakespeare; Director: K. M.  Brandauer )
• Tarragon in " Waiting for Godot " (Beckett; Director: C. Lievi)
• Don Amalino the blind in " Viridiana " (L. Bunuel; director: D. Gotscheff)
• Frosch in " Die Fledermaus " (J. Strauss; Director: A.  Dresen )
• Willi in "Peep Show" (Tabori; Director: G.  Tabori )
• W. Callaghan in “25. Hour " (Tabori; Director: G. Tabori)
• Kraitmaier in " The Youngest Day " (Ö. V. Horváth; Director: A.  Breth )
• Simeonow-Pistschik in " The Cherry Orchard " (A. Chekhov; Director: A. Breth)
• B. Derill in "The End of the Beginning" (Seán O'Casey; Director: A. Breth)
• Marbod , bear tamer, Hermann's old servant in " Hermannsschlacht " (Kleist; director: C. Peymann)
• Tasso in " Torquato Tasso " (Goethe; Director: C. Peymann)
• Mephisto in "Faust" part 1 and 2 (Goethe; director: C. Peymann)
• Enobarbus in " Antonius und Cleopatra " (Shakespeare, director: P. Stein)
• Casca in Julius Caesar (Shakespeare; Director: P. Stein)
• The old man in "Roberto Zucco" (Koltes; Director: P. Stein)
• Chebutikin in " Three Sisters " (A. Chekhov; Director: P. Stein)
• Firs in " Der Kirschgarten " (A. Chekhov; Director: P. Stein)
• Teufel in " Jedermann " (H. von Hofmannsthal; Director: G. Friedel)

Filmography (selection)

movie theater

• 1991: wildfire
• 1992: the mountain
• 1994: 71 fragments of a chronology of chance
• 1997: The castle
• 2002: Born
• 2003: ravioli
• 2003: Wolf time
• 2004: Villa Henriette
• 2005: Karo and the good Lord
• 2007: Kuka's recommendations
• 2007: The discovery of the currywurst
• 2008: north face
• 2009: The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story
• 2016: Fog in August
• 2017: Grießnocker laxity
• 2018: And facing the future
• 2020: Narcissus and Goldmund

watch TV

• 1986: The Lockspitzel (ZDF)
• 1991: Tatort: ​​Blood Sausage Waltz (TV series)
• 1993: The Rebellion
• 1999: beloved opponents
• 2001: the return
• 2001: Searching for traces
• 2004: the dead live longer
• 2004: Daniel Käfer and Frau Hürsch's villas
• 2004: The healer
• 2004: The slap in the face
• 2005: The winegrower king
• 2007: Crime Scene: Deadly Greed
• 2008: If it could be done, he wrote down his name
• 2009: Topless (series) - from season 3 (incl. Christmas special)
• 2009: A schnitzel for three (TV movie)
• 2009: rude awakening
• 2010: Behind blind windows
• 2012: Hanna's decision
• 2012: Braunschlag
• 2013: Stolberg (TV series, episode The Frankenberg Protocols )
• 2013: Tatort: ​​From the depths of time
• 2014: Crime scene: Paradise
• 2014: Sarah Kohr - The last key witness - Escape to the Alps
• 2014: A love for peace - Bertha von Suttner and Alfred Nobel
• 2015: Small big voice
• 2015: If you only knew how beautiful it is here
• 2015: Lotta & the eternal why
• 2015–2018: suburban women
• 2018: St. Josef am Berg
• 2018: Marie catches fire - second chance
• 2018: The Professor - Crime Scene Oilfield
• 2019: Take it (ARD)
• 2019: Heart chasing

Radio plays

• 1986: George Tabori / Jörg Jannings : First night last night ; Director: Jörg Jannings (RIAS Berlin / NDR)
• 1991: Edgar Hilsenrath : The fairy tale of the last thought (The last thought of Tovma Kathisian) - Director: Peter Groeger (radio play - SFB / HR)

Awards

• Golden Squad for Best Actor 1994 (for the film The Rebellion )
• 2001: Nestroy nomination for Best Supporting Role
• 2017: Austrian Film Prize in the category Best Male Supporting Role

Web links

Commons : Branko Samarovski  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Branko Samarovski in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Branko Samarovski at filmportal.de