Erdal Merdan

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Erdal Merdan, photographed by Greta Merdan

Erdal Merdan (born April 8, 1949 in Kayseri ; † March 24, 2010 in Brannenburg ) was a German theater and radio play writer as well as an actor and director of Turkish origin.

Life

Erdal Merdan, born in Kayseri, Turkey , in 1949, received his theater training at the LCC Istanbul after graduating from high school and began his own productions in Turkey. From 1969 he lived in Germany. Here he directed, inter alia, at the Munich Schauburg am Theater der Jugend , for example his play for young people and adults Leyla, Leyla (1986) about a problematic teenage love affair between a Turkish girl and a German boy. Merdan created other youth theater pieces, e.g. B. Ayschegül and the black donkey (1991), which were published by the Stückgut Theaterverlag. From 1991 to 1992 he was a scholarship holder of the Literary Colloquium Berlin in the field of children's theater. Initially, he also did journalistic work, including for the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet .

After attending the Fritz Kirchhoff School and the Alice George Drama School in Frankfurt at the beginning of the 1970s, Merdan also worked as an actor on German-speaking theaters from 1973, after his first engagements at the Darmstadt State Theater and at the Frankfurt Junge Bühne 57, for example in Helmut Ruge's Who Paid the colliery? at the Ruhr Festival 1984–85. In the in-house production of the Ruhrfestspiele ensemble, which has been played more than fifty times at home and abroad , he embodied the main character of a Turkish miner who followed the traces of his Polish predecessors. Another leading role in the theater followed in the folk play Türkenglück by Ivo Hirschler , which was shown in 1985 in Deutschlandsberg, Austria at the Theater im Garten . The ORF also broadcast a television recording of this performance at the end of 1986. In the same year Merdan was part of the premiere ensemble of the “Bavarian Requiem” Der Weihnachtstod (1986) by Franz Xaver Kroetz at the Münchner Kammerspiele . In the four-person play staged by the author, he and Emine Sevgi Özdamar portrayed a Turkish couple in a foreign country “quite realistically” according to contemporary critics. At the Modern Theater in Munich , the actor was still in the world premiere of Sarah's comedy The Guest Room (1996) Camp , a "piece for a foreigner and a German", directed by Michael Tschernow . As an employee of the independent Munich theater group Fisch & Plastik , he played a central role in the four-hour production Transit Heimat / Gedeckte Tische - a trip with Gorki's summer guests (1996) in Giesingen train station , which was awarded the AZ star of the year in 1997 . Together with the Lower Bavarian playwright Martin Sperr , Merdan also appeared on the stage of the experimental theater in 1997 in "The Blind" or "The Unreasonable Die Out" by Maurice Maeterlinck and Peter Handke .

The playwright also produced a number of original radio plays for radio, the criminal grotesque Das Opferfest (1982), produced by Bayerischer Rundfunk with speakers such as Panos Papadopulos and Michael Habeck (director: Harald Clemen ), Freunde (1983), a “love tragedy (...) in Age of pinball and killer machines ”, was created in a production by Norbert Schaeffer for Hessischer Rundfunk . He was active as a speaker in other productions, for example in Wolfgang Hermann Körner's science fiction play Ich will den Fischen vom Wasser ( Südwestfunk , 1979) and in the SWF radio play adaptation of the bestselling novel Happy Birthday, Turk! (1989) by Jakob Arjouni , which was also published as an audio book in 1997 by Hörverlag . Merdan also acted as a spokesperson outside of the radio, e.g. B. as the narrator in Hans A. Guttner's widely acclaimed documentary film Alamanya, Alamanya - Germania, Germania (1979), which early on addressed labor migration to the Federal Republic of Germany and is now considered a classic of the genre, as well as in the thematically related documentary Guttner's Im No Man's Land (1983). In the same year, Merdan was mainly involved in an advisory role in the German-Turkish family series Our Neighbors, the Baltas (1983).

Since the mid-1970s, Merdan has been in front of the camera as an actor in addition to his theater work, especially for television. He was seen several times in the crime film series Tatort . In the episode Death in the U-Bahn Schacht (1975), he played the main role of the illegal witness Arkan, who is caught between the fronts of the police and organized crime. This first film in the history of the series with a “central reference to migration” is also one of the most controversial and at the time even occupied politics. Numerous other series appearances of different sizes followed, mainly in crime productions such as Der Anwalt (1977 and 1978), Der Fahnder (1988 and 1990), Blank Meier Jensen (1992) and Polizeiruf 110 (1994), but Merdan also worked as an actor in various feature films With. Tugrul was one of the main characters in the televised version of the novel “About foreign hatred and racism” Fire for the Great Dragon (1984) by -ky , which is also available on video . In the Swiss cinema production Reise der Hoffnung (1990), which appeared in 1991 received the Oscar for best foreign language film , for example, he played the role of Aldemir. One of his minor film appearances had Merdan as drug dealers alongside Jürgen Vogel and Christiane Paul in 1997 at the Hofer International Film Festival premiered Stefan Aust- film version The pirate .

As a film actor, Merdan also supported the work of young filmmakers in the Munich area, such as Su Turhan's short film debut Der Schlüssel (1998) or the episode film Cypress (2006) of the Film and Television course at the Macromedia University for Media and Communication (MHMK). He played a leading role as himself in Doron Wisotzky's award-winning comedy debut, Kopfsache (2006). The student work, co-produced by the HFF Munich , showed the nonetheless fictional "Author Merdan (...) in a creative crisis " and was selected as the supporting film for the 2006 Hesse Summer Cinema . The artist had a late leading role in the short film Charity on the subject of euthanasia, made in 2009 as an MHMK practice project , which received several festival invitations the following year.

Merdan was married since 1974 with Greta Merdan, as in his dramatic work co-author acted. From 1976 the couple lived in Munich. As a significant personality in the Federal Republic of Germany, he was accepted into the English-speaking Who's Who in the Arts in 1978 . In 2010 Erdal Merdan, who was actively involved in the integration of children and young people with a migration background in Germany, died after a long illness at the age of sixty in Brannenburg, Upper Bavaria . He did not live to see the successful festival participation in the film Charity , which was accompanied by numerous audience award nominations .

Works

theatre

  • Aladdin and the tired lamp (1986), children's play with Gretel Merdan
  • Leyla, Leyla (1986), piece for young people and adults together with Gretel Merdan
  • Ayschegül and the black donkey (1991), children's play

radio play

  • The Festival of Sacrifice (1982), radio play
  • Friends (1983), radio play with Gretel Scherzinger

Book contribution

Filmography (selection)

Awards

  • Inclusion in the English language edition of the personal encyclopedia Who's Who 1978
  • Scholarship from the Literary Colloquium Berlin 1991
  • AZ -Star of the year 1997 as an ensemble member for Transit Heimat / Gedeckte Tische - a trip with Gorky's summer guests (fish & plastic)
  • tz -Rose as a member of the ensemble for Transit Heimat / Gedeckte Tische - a trip with Gorky's summer guests (fish & plastic)

literature

  • Otto J. Groeg: Who's who in the Arts: A Biographical Encyclopedia Containing Some 13,000 Biographies and Addresses of Prominent Personalities, Organizations, Associations and Institutions Connected with the Arts in the Federal Republic of Germany , Who's Who-Book & Publ., 1978

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Theater heute - issues 1–6, page 58, 1986
  2. ^ Program booklet "Leyla, Leyla", performance by Schwabenbühne Illertissen 1988 (PDF; 3.2 MB). On: schwabenbuehne-illertissen.de; Retrieved June 23, 2013.
  3. ^ Theater der Zeit , Volume 46, Issues 7–12, Henschelverlag 1991
  4. ↑ Deutsches Bühnen-Jahrbuch Volume 82 , Druck und Kommissionsverlag FA Günther & Sohn, 1974, p. 245.
  5. ↑ Helmut Ruge's theater work . On: helmut-ruge.de; Retrieved July 28, 2013.
  6. ^ Achim Klünder: Lexikon der Fernsehspiele / Encyclopedia of television plays in German speaking Europe , Volume II, 1978/87, KG Saur Verlag GmbH & Company, p. 97.
  7. ^ Franz Xaver Kroetz : Pieces I-II , Suhrkamp 1989, p. 446
  8. ↑ Volker Hage (Ed.) In collaboration with Adolf Fink: Deutsche Literatur 1986. Jahresrückblick , Reclam-Verlag 1987, p. 132.
  9. ↑ Vita Michael Tschernow - Director , accessed on June 1, 2013. ( Memento of the original from February 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.michael-tschernow.com
  10. ^ Sarah Camp : The guest room , program booklet Modernes Theater Munich 1996, p. 1 ff.
  11. ↑ Employee of the Theater Fisch & Plastik . On: fischundplastik.de; Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  12. ↑ Chronicle of the plays by Theater Fisch & Plastik: Transit Heimat / Set Tables - a journey with Gorky's summer guests . On: fischundplastik.de; Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  13. ↑ Chronicle of the plays of the Theater Fisch & Plastik: The blind "or" The unreasonable die out . On: fischundplastik.de; Retrieved July 5, 2013.
  14. ↑ 2 radio plays with author = »Merdan« Author first name = »Erdal« . On: hoerdat.de ; Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  15. ↑ Horst G. Tröster: Science-fiction in radio play , German broadcast archive 1993
  16. ↑ Happy Birthday, Turk! Radio play announcement Deutschlandfunk from January 3, 2001. On: dradio.de ; Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  17. ^ Films by Hans A. Guttner: Alamanya - Alamanya . On guttner.de ; Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  18. ^ Films by Hans A. Guttner: In No Man's Land . On guttner.de ; Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  19. ↑ Yüksel Pazarkaya : Our neighbors, the Baltas (credits) . On: youtube.com ; Retrieved June 28, 2013.
  20. ↑ Hans Günther Pflaum , Hans Helmut Prinzler (Ed.): Film in the Federal Republic of Germany , Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag 1982, p. 185.
  21. ↑ Crime scene episodes: Death in the subway shaft . On: tatort-fundus.de; Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  22. ↑ Christina Ortner: Tatort: ​​Migration. The subject of immigration in the crime series Tatort , Hans-Bredow-Institut (Ed.): Medien & Kommunikationwissenschaft. 2007/1, Baden-Baden 2007. p. 10 ( Memento from September 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ; PDF; 230 kB)
  23. ↑ Tatort poison cabinet on: tatort-fundus.de; Retrieved May 29, 2013.
  24. ↑ cf. Hörzu No. 48/1975, p. 134 and Frankfurter Hefte Volume 31/1976, p. 130
  25. ^ The lawyer: 30 years for a kilo . On: krimiserien.heimat.eu; Retrieved July 28, 2013.
  26. ^ The lawyer: cost rent . On: krimiserien.heimat.eu; Retrieved July 28, 2013.
  27. ^ German broadcast archive: Blank Meier Jensen . On: dra.de ; Retrieved May 29, 2013.
  28. ↑ "Master of the Sociocratic": "-ky" alias Horst Bosetzky turns 70. He often addressed social problems before they were discussed in public . On: berlinerliteraturkritik.de ; Retrieved June 2, 2013.
  29. ↑ 'Fire for the big dragon' in the catalog of the libraries of Heidelberg University (HEIDI) . On: uni-heidelberg.de ; Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  30. ↑ Dr. Dieter Rohnfelder: Book presentation "Fire for the great dragon" by -ky . On: krimi-couch.de ; Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  31. ↑ Credits: Journey of Hope . On: imdb.com ; Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  32. ↑ Credits: The Key . On: bitfilm.com. ( Memento from June 28, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  33. ^ Premiere of the student-produced feature film 'Cypress' MHMK News on May 10, 2006. On: macromedia-fachhochschule.de ; Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  34. ↑ Head thing . On: hff-muenchen.de ; Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  35. ↑ Team 2 m-hmk: Exercise film 1, the second . On: movie-college.de. ( Memento from July 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  36. ^ Sought-after “charity”: MHMK film at festivals MHMK News from April 9, 2010. On: macromedia-fachhochschule.de ; Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  37. ↑ Search results for 'Gretel Merdan' . On: theatertexte.de. ( Memento from April 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  38. ↑ About Greta Merdan ( Memento of the original from August 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . On: greta-merdan.de; Retrieved June 10, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gretamerdan.de
  39. ↑ Greta Merdan. Photos as staging of a world from the archive , Isarbote, issue 26 of June 24, 2007. On: isarbote.de. ( Memento from July 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  40. ↑ Otto J. Groeg: Who's who in the Arts: A Biographical Encyclopedia Containing Some 13,000 Biographies and Addresses of Prominent Personalities, Organizations, Associations and Institutions Connected with the Arts in the Federal Republic of Germany , Who's Who -Book & Publ., 1978
  41. ^ Edith Sollfrank: Work with foreigners and integration research - balance sheet and perspectives. German Youth Institute, 1987, p. 221
  42. ↑ Awards: Charity (2009) . On: crew-united.com ; Retrieved June 7, 2013.
  43. ↑ “Charity” unbroken: MHMK film at the MHMK News festival on August 19, 2010. On: macromedia-fachhochschule.de ; Retrieved May 24, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Merdan, Erdal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Turkish playwright, director and actor
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Kayseri
DATE OF DEATH March 24, 2010
Place of death Brannenburg