Dieter Laser

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Dieter Laser (2010)

Klaus Dieter Laser (born February 17, 1942 in Kiel ; † February 29, 2020 in Berlin ) was a German actor .

childhood

Laser was born in 1942 as the second child to his parents Oskar and Lore Laser. His older sister Heidi was also born in Kiel in 1939; she died on November 3rd, 1987. Dieter Laser spent the first year of his life in Laboe near Kiel. When he was born, his father was an officer in the German Wehrmacht in France. In recognition of the invention of a new type of anchor, which was supposed to enable landing craft to land even in heavy swell, after a visit to the Führer headquarters in Berlin , he was transferred for a year to a unit that built bunkers for submarines in the port of Kiel . He was able to be with his wife and two children for almost a year. Oskar Laser was then ordered to the Eastern Front and fell on June 16, 1943 near Orel, Russia , during a " suicide mission " to which he had been assigned because of his Christian beliefs. At this point in time, Dieter Laser was barely one and a half years old.

Dieter Laser has meanwhile been evacuated from Laboe with his mother and sister due to constant air raids on Kiel . After several stops, the family came to Rothenburg ob der Tauber , where, under dramatic circumstances, they saw the end of the war in April 1945. Dieter Laser was rescued from a burning air raid shelter by American soldiers with his mother and sister . The three-year-old had been lying there next to a TB patient and also fell ill.

The illness worsened so much that Dieter Laser had to be admitted to a hospital in Konstanz . After a while, with the support of a Christian community in Hamburg , his mother was able to take him to a home for children with TB in Switzerland in Beatenberg . After he had recovered there, the family moved back to Rothenburg and from there to Hamburg by means of an apartment swap.

Life and work

Dieter Laser grew up in Hamburg. His family belonged to a Christian community in which the only reading allowed was the Luther Bible . He rejected the Christian faith and signed a “contract with the devil” at the age of 14: “It is paid - but paid later.” After he had to leave high school at the instigation of his mother, “because studying the Faith spoils ”, he left his parents' house and went into hiding in Hamburg. During his acting training he worked as an extra at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg and as a hotel servant, but dropped out of his studies in 1960 after a year and despite having passed the state intermediate examination.

In 1961 Laser, who continued to secretly attend rehearsals at the Hamburger Schauspielhaus, was “discovered” by Gustaf Gründgens when he tried to evict him from the auditorium. Laser was initially entrusted by Gründgens with small, then larger roles. "That's how I got into acting because the god of theater was gracious to me," said Laser, looking back. From 1967 to 1974 he devoted himself to the theater. In 1967 he started working with Peter Stein . In 1970 he moved with Stein to the Berlin Schaubühne on Halleschen Ufer , where he was a member of the board of directors from 1971 to 1973. From 1974, Laser worked as a freelancer and with guest engagements at the Staatliche Schauspielbühnen Berlin and the Vienna Burgtheater .

In the 1970s, Laser was repeatedly in front of the camera under the direction of Rainer Erler , with whom he directed the five-part science fiction series Das Blaue Palais , in which he played the researcher Enrico Polazzo , and the film Operation Ganymede . For his performance in Ulf Miehe's directorial debut John Glückstadt, based on a novella by Theodor Storm , Dieter Laser was awarded the German Film Prize in 1975 in the Best Actor category. Two roles made him known to a wider audience in 1975: In the crime scene episode Kurzschluss , directed by Wolfgang Petersen , he played the petty criminal Piet Kallweit in a fatal game with a police officer, played by Günter Lamprecht . Laser appeared on the big screen in the same year as the windy newspaper reporter Tötges in Katharina Blum's lost honor . In 1978 he played alongside Helmut Griem and Brigitte Fossey in Hans W. Geißendörfer's Oscar - nominated film drama The Glass Cell .

In 1986, he took over the role of Friedrich Deutz in the multi-part series Fathers and Sons - A German Tragedy by Bernhard Sinkel about the rise and fall of a German industrial family . In addition to guest appearances in various crime series, Dieter Laser continued to be present in the cinema in the 1990s with films such as Peter Sehrs Kasper-Hauser - Adaptation and Armin Mueller-Stahl's directorial debut Talk with the Beast . In 1996 he played in Der Unhold , again under the direction of Volker Schlöndorff , the “race researcher” Professor Blättchen . In 2007 and 2008 he played the role of Hun King Etzel at the Nibelungen Festival in Worms . In 2012, directed by Dieter Wedel , he played General Speckenschwardt in The Fortune of Mr. Suss .

2009 embodied laser in the Dutch horror film Human Centipede - The human centipede by Tom Six to become quickly cult figure surgeon Dr. Josef Heiter and became an international star. Roger Ebert praised his portrayal, even though it was his 63rd role as the one he was "born" to. In order to bring his portrayal as a bizarre parody close to the notorious Nazi doctor Josef Mengele , Laser got himself an “ Eppendorfer doctor's coat” and suggested that the director give the character the first name Joseph. In the same year he received the Actor Award at the Fantastic Fest in Austin , Texas for his acting performance .

In the third and last part of the Human Centipede trilogy, Laser was to play again. On March 29, 2012, he announced that he was leaving the project due to profound creative differences. Shortly thereafter, Six Entertainment announced in an official press release that it would take legal action against Laser. At the beginning of 2013, both sides announced that they would now realize the film together. Filming was completed in the middle of the same year. A German version is still pending. In an interview, Laser commented on massive problems with the synchronized version.

In November 2015, Laser was in Estonia for the fantasy film Jesus' Blood and Red Currants based on a novel by Andrus Kivirähk in front of the camera. The film had its international premiere under the title November at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2017. Under the title Total Eclipse , Laser announced his debut feature film based on his own script. In the summer of 2019 he played the role of advocate grace in the production of the Kafka play The Trial at the Bad Hersfeld Festival .

Dieter Laser was married and lived with his wife Inge in Berlin, where he also died on February 29, 2020 at the age of 78, as it became known only six weeks later.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Unfortunately we have to inform you that Dieter Laser passed away on February 29th, 2020. In: Twitter. April 9, 2020, accessed April 9, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Peter Andersen: Wrap in Your Mercy ...: Memories of a former Canaan Francis brother. Wallmerod, 2nd edition, 2002, DNB 1088443524 , p. 97.
  3. ↑ Peter Andersen: Cover with your compassion ... p. 75.
  4. ↑ Peter Andersen: Cover with your compassion ... p. 76.
  5. ↑ Peter Andersen: Cover with your compassion ... p. 78.
  6. ↑ Peter Andersen: Cover with your compassion ... p. 77.
  7. ↑ Peter Andersen: Cover with your compassion ... p. 78.
  8. ↑ Peter Andersen: In your mercy cover ... pp. 80–83.
  9. ↑ Peter Andersen: Wrap in your mercy ... p. 84.
  10. ↑ Peter Andersen: Cover with your compassion ... p. 85.
  11. ↑ Peter Andersen: In your mercy cover ... pp. 85–87.
  12. ↑ a b according to Dieter Laser in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
  13. ↑ Interview with Dieter Laser (The Human Centipede-First Sequence). In: thrillandkill.com. September 2, 2011, accessed April 25, 2019 . Dieter Laser, actor, Berlin. In: crew-united.com. Retrieved May 2, 2019 .
  14. ↑ People: Dieter Laser was discovered by theater legend Gründgens. In: Focus Online . June 25, 2019, accessed March 12, 2020 .
  15. ^ Ensemble: Dieter Laser. In: Nibelungenfestspiele.de. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013 ; accessed on April 10, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Roger Ebert: Reviews: Ew! I hate it when that happens! In: rogerebert.com. May 5, 2010, accessed April 10, 2020 (The Human Centipede movie review (2010)).
  17. ↑ Kerstin Hergt: Chic in the hospital. In: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung . March 2, 2018, accessed April 10, 2020 .
  18. ^ Dieter Laser: The Human Centipede and beyond - Interview (German version). In: screen / read. October 13, 2010, accessed April 10, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Michael Gingold: “Human Centipede 3” crawling toward us with original stars! In: fangoria.com. May 2, 2012, archived from the original on March 4, 2012 ; accessed on April 10, 2020 (English).
  20. ↑ Exclusive: Dieter Laser leaves The Human Centipede 3. In: screen / read. March 29, 2012, archived from the original on April 7, 2012 ; accessed on April 10, 2020 .
  21. ↑ Dieter Laser below over “Centipede”. In: Fangoria. March 29, 2012, archived from the original on April 1, 2012 ; accessed on April 10, 2020 (English).
  22. ^ Todd Brown: Dieter Laser Re-Joins The Human Centipede 3. In: Twitch. January 7, 2013, archived from the original on May 7, 2013 ; accessed on April 10, 2020 .
  23. ↑ The Human Centipede 3: German dubbed version without Dieter Laser? In: screen / read. June 25, 2017, archived from the original on July 1, 2017 ; accessed on April 10, 2020 .
  24. ↑ Dieter Laser: Taboos, Millipedes and the Death of Dr. Cheerful interview. In: screen / read. October 25, 2015, archived from the original on November 15, 2015 ; accessed on April 10, 2020 .
  25. ↑ November - 2017 Tribeca Film Festival. In: tribecafilm.com. Archived from the original on March 27, 2017 ; accessed on April 10, 2020 (English).
  26. ↑ Exclusive: Dieter Laser on The Human Centipede 3 and future projects - Interview (German version). In: screen / read. July 13, 2013, archived from the original on July 16, 2013 ; accessed on April 10, 2020 .
  27. ↑ Another star: Dieter Laser plays in "The Trial". In: screen / read. April 12, 2019, accessed April 12, 2020 .
  28. ↑ Knaurs Prominentenlexikon 1980: The personal data of celebrities from politics, economy, culture and society . With over 400 photos. Droemer Knaur, Munich / Zurich 1979, ISBN 3-426-07604-7 , Laser, Dieter, p. 262 .
  29. ^ Brian Brooks: Fantastic Fest Thrills Up Prize Winners. In: indiewire.com. September 30, 2009, accessed April 10, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Laser, Dieter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Laser, Klaus Dieter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiel
DATE OF DEATH February 29, 2020
Place of death Berlin