Erwin Bootz
Erwin Bootz (born June 30, 1907 in Stettin ; † December 27, 1982 in Hamburg ) was a German pianist and entertainer . From 1928 to 1938 he was a member of the Berliner Ensemble Comedian Harmonists .
Life
Erwin Bootz grew up with his six siblings in Stettin. His parents ran a music shop, so Bootz came into contact with music at an early age. He learned to play the piano at the age of four. He attended the Loewe Conservatory in Stettin from 1920 and then studied at the Berlin Music Academy from 1924 .
In 1928 he came through Ari Leschnikoff to the Comedian Harmonists, which had just been founded. He played the piano for the vocal ensemble and also arranged and composed songs.
In 1938 he divorced his wife Ursula, whose father was the sculptor Benno Elkan . The reason he gave was "irreconcilable opposites". His friends accused him of leaving Ursula for fear of the Nuremberg race laws because she was Jewish. However, he has always denied these allegations.
After the dissolution of the Comedian Harmonists in 1935 and after leaving the successor formation Master Sextet in 1938, Bootz worked at the Berlin Cabaret of Comedians as an author, orchestra director, composer and comedian. He married a second time.
In 1942 he was drafted as a soldier, but was used in troop support and as a radio presenter for the Reichssender Berlin .
After the war he worked successfully in the film industry: he dubbed cartoons for Bavaria in Munich . He wrote over 180 dialogue books and directed about 100 films.
Eventually he divorced his second wife and emigrated to Canada in 1959 , where he also hosted several TV shows. In 1971 he returned to Germany and worked at the theaters in Bochum , Bremen and Berlin . In May 1980 he performed at the opening of the Berlin Tempodrom . In the Schauspielhaus Bochum Erwin Bootz was the musical director of the revue Kleiner Mann, what now? by Peter Zadek and Tankred Dorst , after Hans Fallada , responsible.
In 1982 he died in Hamburg of the consequences of a heart attack.
Bootz was played by Kai Wiesinger in Joseph Vilsmaier's film Comedian Harmonists .
literature
- Eberhard Fechner : The Comedian Harmonists. Six résumés. Quadriga, Weinheim 1988, ISBN 3-88679-174-2 (paperback edition: Heyne, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-453-87315-7 ).
- Eckhard Wendt: Stettiner Lebensbilder (= publications of the Historical Commission for Pomerania . Series V, Volume 40). Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-412-09404-8 , pp. 92–93.
Web links
- Erwin Bootz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bootz, Erwin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pianist and entertainer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Szczecin |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 27, 1982 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |