Folker Bohnet

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Folker Bohnet (* 7. August 1937 in Berlin , † 6. October 2020 in Hamburg ) was a German actor , theater director and playwright .

Career

After four semesters, Bohnet gave up studying law , which he had initially started in Cologne , in favor of a visit to the UFA junior studio in Berlin. While still at drama school, he made three films in quick succession, including the world hit " Die Brücke " in 1959 (director: Bernhard Wicki ). This was followed by permanent engagements and guest performances at renowned theaters, including the Thalia-Theater Hamburg, Renaissance Theater Berlin, Schauspielhaus Frankfurt, Ernst-Deutsch-Theater Hamburg, Residenztheater Munich, Theater in der Josefstadt Vienna, the Städtische Bühnen Köln , theFreie Volksbühne Berlin , the Hamburger Kammerspiele , and at almost all known comedy houses in Germany as well as at festivals (e.g. Bad Hersfeld Festival ) and touring productions. In addition to his work as an actor, Folker Bohnet regularly directed the theater. Folker Bohnet has produced numerous comedies since 1977, which are performed throughout the German-speaking region and beyond.

He was married to the actress Ann-Monika Pleitgen , and the marriage produced a son, the physicist and writer Ilja Bohnet . He has another son, the actor Markus Lorenz-Bohnet. In 2001 Folker Bohnet officially entered into a registered civil partnership with Alexander Alexy, dentist and partner in a large number of his plays, with whom he had been in a relationship since the 1980s.

Filmography (selection)

As an actor (selection)

  • 1958: As long as the heart beats
  • 1959: The bridge
  • 1960: officers' factory
  • 1960: The Miser (TV movie)
  • 1965: Winter in Ischia
  • 1967: Big man what now? (TV series, 7 episodes)
  • 1968: The Merchant of Venice (TV movie)
  • 1970: Friedrich III. '... died as Kaiser' (TV movie)
  • 1972: Ludwig II. (Ludwig)
  • 1973: Hubertus Castle
  • 1977: Kaspar Lari, (Director: Armin Maiwald), ARD series
  • 1981: The Laurents, (Director: E. Neureuther), ARD series
  • 1992: Salzburger Nockerln, RTL series
  • 1992: Friends for Life, ZDF series (one episode)
  • 1995: Series stars with a difference - the country doctor lets the pig out (ZDF television documentary of the tour "In other circumstances" with Folker Bohnet, Walter Plathe (director), Claudia Rieschel and others)
  • 1995: The Partners, RTL series
  • 1997: Parkhotel Stern, Sat1 series

Theater recordings (as an author, actor or director, selection)

  • 1963: Les Caprices de Marianne (play)
  • 1981: Gyges and his ring (play)
  • 1986: Kuckucksei (Director)
  • 1996: In Different Circumstances (Writer, Actor and Director)
  • 1996: Our mother becomes a diva (Author)
  • 2002: Pleasure trip to paradise (Ohnsorg Theater, director)
  • 2005: Pension Schöller (Ohnsorg-Theater, director)
  • 2006: The Queen of Quäkenbüttel (Ohnsorg Theater, director)
  • 2006: All at the beginning (Ohnsorg-Theater, director)
  • 2008: Dree Mann an ne Küst (Ohnsorg-Theater, director)
  • 2009: Money spoils the character (Ohnsorg-Theater, director)
  • 2010: Everything on sickness certificate (Ohnsorg Theater, director)
  • 2013: Lies have young legs (Ohnsorg-Theater, director)
  • 2017: The cat does not let the mouse mouse (Ohnsorg Theater, director)
  • 2020: Oscar dla Emily ("An Oscar for Emily", Teatr Telewizji Warsaw, author)

Plays and world premieres

  • 1977: My mother doesn't! (in collaboration with Gunther Beth )
  • 1986: The housekeeper (in collaboration with Jürgen Schatz )
  • 1993: Heritage committed (in collaboration with J. Schatz)
  • 1996: In other circumstances (in collaboration with Alexander Alexy)
  • 1997: Everyone according to their own style (in collaboration with A. Alexy)
  • 2001: Happy Birthday to You (in collaboration with A. Alexy)
  • 2008: Liebeslong (in collaboration with A. Alexy)
  • 2010: An Oscar for Emily (in collaboration with A. Alexy)
  • 2013: The Frog King (fairy tale based on the Brothers Grimm , in collaboration with Mathias Fischedick)
  • 2017: Tango under the rainbow (in collaboration with A. Alexy)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Enchanted Boy from the Bridge , obituary on Ilja Bohnet's personal website , last accessed on October 7, 2020.
  2. ^ Oscar dla Emily , play by the Teatr Telewizji in Warsaw, Poland. Last accessed on October 6, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Bohnet, Folker
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor, theater director and playwright
DATE OF BIRTH August 7, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH October 6, 2020
Place of death Hamburg