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.
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
- Bookplate -Druckgrafik for Danny Gürtler by Georges Rogier (1907) in the online catalog of the Albertina
- Danny Gürtler at filmportal.de
- Danny Gürtler at The German Early Cinema Database
- Danny Gürtler in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Picture by Danny Gürtler from the Manskopf Collection
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 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 )
- ↑ King of the Bohème poems by Danny Gürtler
- ↑ The tenth muse at zeno.org
- ↑ Danny Gürtler . Biography in the German Poetry Library
- ↑ 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.)
- ↑ Znaimer Tagblatt of February 26, 1913. February 26, 1913, accessed on October 1, 2016 .
- ↑ The artist with the religious offense, in: Berliner Tageblatt, June 1, 1910, p. 3.
- ↑ Information board at the main entrance and tombstone of the Waldfriedhof Darmstadt
- ↑ cf. GECD # 7306
- ↑ cf. GECD # 6324
- ↑ cf. GECD # 15723
- ↑ comedy, cf. GECD # 18681
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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 |