Erich Neuberg

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Erich Neuberg (actually Erich Nechradola ; born August 12, 1928 in Vienna ; † January 10, 1967 there ) was an Austrian theater maker , film and television director .

Life

Neuberg belonged to the theater avant-garde of post-war Vienna, he founded the theater “49” on Vienna's Naschmarkt and staged at the University Studio, a student stage in which Helmut Qualtinger , Karlheinz Böhm and Hilde Sochor also took part. From 1953 to 1956 he was director of the Theater am Parkring. There was Samuel Beckett's " Waiting for Godot " premiered for Austria. Neuberg also staged radio plays for Austrian radio.

Starting in 1956, was Neuberg senior director and head of the teleplay department at the then-new medium of television ( ORF ). He shaped the first ten years of television in Austria. With “ Der Herr Karl ” (1961) Neuberg commissioned the ORF's first original television game , triggered a scandal and, when it was first broadcast on November 15, 1961, with Helmut Qualtinger in the title role, wrote television history. He directed groundbreaking television films such as 1961 " Tales from the Vienna Woods " based on Ödön von Horváth . With this television film, Neuberg triggered a Horváth renaissance.

This was followed by theater directing at the major stages in Vienna and at the Zurich Schauspielhaus . At the Vienna Volkstheater Neuberg directed Gustav Davis ' comedy Das Protektionskind (with Fritz Muliar ) in 1961 and Henrik Ibsen's Die Stützen der Gesellschaft in 1962, and in 1963 he staged Georg Büchner's “ Woyzeck ” at the Burgtheater . In 1963 he also appeared as an actor in the film Staatsaffären (director: Wolfgang Glück ).

Neuberg died on January 10, 1967 in Vienna by suicide. His grave is located in the Vienna Central Cemetery .

Filmography

Erich Neuberg Prize

The Erich Neuberg Prize for Directors has been awarded annually by the ORF to directors for the best directorial performance in a program or film produced by ORF since 1980 . The financial basis and initiative was donated by his father in 1980.

literature

  • E. Itkyn: Erich Neuberg. An era of Austrian TV theaters , 1992.

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personal data
SURNAME Neuberg, Erich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nechradola, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian director
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 1967
Place of death Vienna