Danny Gürtler

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Danny Gürtler

Danny Gürtler (born July 8, 1875 in Darmstadt , † April 30, 1917 in Lichtenberg near Berlin ; real name: Georg Daniel Gürtler ) was a German cabaret artist , poet , actor and film actor . He also published under the pseudonym Walter Emil Diller .

Life

On January 5, 1902, Gürtler played the title role in the world premiere of Georg Büchner's play Dantons Tod at the Volksbühne Berlin . He then worked as a castle actor in Vienna before he was hired by Paul Lindau at the Deutsches Theater with “one-day notice”. In 1913 he was admitted to a psychiatric institution - at least for the second time since 1911. Gürtler died mentally deranged in the lunatic asylum Herzberge in (Berlin-) Lichtenberg. Gürtler was sentenced to one month in prison for religious offenses by the regional court in Stuttgart.

Grave of Danny Gürtler

Danny Gürtler was buried in the Waldfriedhof Darmstadt (grave site: L 4a 12). After his death, an actor appeared as “ Danny Gürtler d. J. “in the Berlin cabaret Schall und Rauch and in several films.

Filmography (selection)

Gürtler was involved in three so-called " sound images " of the Deutsche Mutoskop- und Biograph-GmbH :

  • 1908: Cabaret Entré
  • 1908: wood chopper
  • 1908: Forest wedding

also in a French feature film by Gaumont :

  • 1914: The two old maids

Fonts

  • King of Bohemia. Stern-Ellreich publishing house, Mannheim 1907.
  • Personal experiences in prison and madhouse, poetry and prose. Verlag Stern-Ellreich, Mannheim 1912. (200 pages)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Dietmar Goltschnigg (Ed.): Georg Büchner und die Moderne: 1875-1945: Texts, Analyzes, Commentary Volume 1: 1875-1945 . Erich Schmidt Verlag, 2001 ( full text in the Google book search).
  2. ↑ See the tombstone of the Waldfriedhof Darmstadt and the press reports, e.g. B. Berliner Tageblatt, May 4, 1917 , News-Welt-Blatt, May 6, 1917 ( Link ), Reichspost, May 6, 1917 ( Link )
  3. ↑ King of the Bohème poems by Danny Gürtler
  4. ↑ The tenth muse at zeno.org
  5. ↑ Danny Gürtler . Biography in the German Poetry Library
  6. ↑ Oliver Ohmann: Berlin 1913. Our city 100 years ago. Headlines, reports and news from the "BZ am Mittag". BZ-Ullstein GmbH, Berlin, 2012. (n. Pag.)
  7. ↑ Znaimer Tagblatt of February 26, 1913. February 26, 1913, accessed on October 1, 2016 .
  8. ↑ The artist with the religious offense, in: Berliner Tageblatt, June 1, 1910, p. 3.
  9. ↑ Information board at the main entrance and tombstone of the Waldfriedhof Darmstadt
  10. ↑ cf. GECD # 7306
  11. ↑ cf. GECD # 6324
  12. ↑ cf. GECD # 15723
  13. ↑ comedy, cf. GECD # 18681
personal data
SURNAME Gürtler, Danny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gürtler, Georg Daniel (real name); Diller, Walter Emil (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and film actor, cabaret artist, poet
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH April 30, 1917
Place of death Lichtenberg near Berlin