Eberhard Möbius

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Eberhard Möbius (1990)

Eberhard Möbius (born October 11, 1926 in Wernigerode ; † June 10, 2020 in Hamburg ) was a German cabaret artist , actor , director and author.

Life

Eberhard Möbius was born as the second child of the owner couple of the Möbius stationery store in Wernigerode and grew up there. After his time in labor service and service in the navy , he began his acting career in November 1945 at the Stadttheater Wernigerode, where he played the role of Jakob in "Der Strom" by Max Halbe . He then received roles at the Quedlinburg Municipal Theaters and at the Harz Bergtheater Thale . This was followed by directorial work at the state theaters of Saxony and at the rock stage in Rathen . In 1954 he became acting director at the Stralsund Theater . When, in January 1958 with his ensemble without permission for a guest performance at the Youth Theater of Friedrich Schütter had occurred in Barmbek, he was reprimanded for it. In November 1958 he left the GDR and moved via West Berlin to Hamburg, where he worked as a ship and boiler cleaner in the port until 1964. Since May 1959 he worked alongside this work at theater 53 and staged several plays there. In 1962 he began to work as a dramaturge and director of the Junge Theater , which from 1964 was located in what is now the Ernst-Deutsch-Theater . Since 1971 he has been the artistic director of Uwe Deeken's theater for children .

With his wife Christa, to whom he had been married since 1961, he acquired Das Schiff , in which he opened a floating theater in 1975. Since then Möbius has also organized the Hamburg city center festival “ Alstervergnügen ”. In 1981 he designed the cultural program of the Federal Garden Show in Kassel.

In addition, Möbius published several books, including the travelogue about the children's republic "Bemposta" and the autobiography "Please turn the page!". He was also the author of various television games and series for the NDR . Möbius died in June 2020 at the age of 93 and was buried in the Nienstedten cemetery .

Works (selection)

  • The children's republic . Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg, 1973

Honors

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mourning for theater maker Eberhard Möbius , ndr.de, published and accessed on June 10, 2020
  2. ↑ a b More than "The Ship" Eberhard Möbius . In: Elbblicke No. 11/2011 . 2011, p. 14–15 ( elbschloss-residenz.de [PDF; 4.3 MB ; accessed on June 10, 2020]).
  3. ↑ Senate breakfast on the occasion of the 90th birthday of Eberhard Möbius. In: hamburg.de. February 16, 2017, accessed June 10, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Volker Behrens: Farewell to Möbi: What a life . In: Hamburger Abendblatt . July 4, 2020, p. 11 .
personal data
SURNAME Möbius, Eberhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moebius, Eberhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cabaret artist, actor, director and author
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Wernigerode
DATE OF DEATH June 10, 2020
Place of death Hamburg