Friedel von Wangenheim
Friedel Freiherr von Wangenheim (* 11. May 1939 in Moscow ; † 6. April 2001 in Berlin ) was a German chanson - and playwright , actor and playwright .
Life
Friedel von Wangenheim came from a family of famous German stage actors. His grandfather was Eduard von Winterstein , his parents Inge and Gustav von Wangenheim . Friedel von Wangenheim himself was married to the actress Renate Reinecke for the second time .
In the GDR, Wangenheim worked as a playwright for the Friedrichstadtpalast and wrote chansons for the men's singing quartet Die Mimosen . His last work was Claire Waldoff. Stations in a cabaret career , which was performed in 2000 at the Charlottenburg Theater Tribüne with Angelika Mann in the role of Claire Waldoff .
He also appeared as an actor (e.g. at the current Eduard-von-Winterstein-Theater in Annaberg-Buchholz, which his grandfather opened as Egmont in 1897 ), including in 1999 in the leading role of Rosa von Praunheim's feature film Der Einstein des Sex whose script he co-wrote. In the same year, the detective novel Camera is running, Mr. Commissioner , which he had written under the pseudonym "vW" together with Jan Eik .
On April 6, 2001 Friedel von Wangenheim committed suicide. He is buried in the cemetery of the Dorotheenstadt and Friedrichswerder parishes . The grave is located in Dept. CU2.
Works
- The Einstein of sex. Doctor Magnus Hirschfeld: Gay, Jew and Socialist. A script . Berlin 1996. (with Valentin Passoni and Rosa von Praunheim)
- The camera is on, Commissioner. A media thriller . Ullstein, Berlin 1999. ISBN 3-548-24593-5 (with Jan Eik)
Film rolls
- 1997: Gay Courage - 100 Years of the Gay Movement ; Director: Rosa von Praunheim
- 1999: The Einstein of Sex ; Director: Rosa von Praunheim
- 1999/2000: The Queen. Marianne Hoppe ; Director: Werner Schroeter
Web links
- Friedel von Wangenheim in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Friedel von Wangenheim is dead. The playwright took his own life . Der Tagesspiegel , April 7, 2001
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SURNAME | Wangenheim, Friedel von |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wangenheim, Friedel Freiherr von (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chanson and playwright, actor and dramaturge |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1939 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |
DATE OF DEATH | April 6, 2001 |
Place of death | Berlin |