Friedrich Schütze (actor)

Friedrich Schütze (born August 1, 1891 in Berlin , † December 7, 1968 in Cologne ) was a German actor and UFA cast head.

Life

Friedrich Schütze received his acting training from 1911 to 1913 at the drama school of the Deutsches Theater Berlin , where he was taught in particular by Eduard von Winterstein . He also made his stage debut at the Deutsches Theater Berlin as "Fortinbras" in a Hamlet production by Max Reinhardt .

For a year, the tall and slim actor was hired as the “first hero” at the Märkisches Wandertheater, where he played alongside Jürgen Fehling . During the First World War , Friedrich Schütze did military service at the front and worked as an actor at the Deutsches Theater in the city ​​of Kaunas , which was occupied by the German Empire . In 1917 he temporarily took over the management of this theater. After the war he was engaged by the Schauspielhaus Potsdam for two years and then played for two more years at the Theater Lübeck , the Theater Kiel , the City Theater in Königsberg , the Altona City Theater , the Theater Aachen and the Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf . Another year followed at the Baden-Baden Theater .

Then Schütze was hired by the Burgtheater , whose ensemble he belonged to for seven years. During this time he was in Vienna and Berlin , where he made several guest appearances, and also worked as an acting teacher. He successfully trained his students specifically as film actresses , which made the UFA film company aware of him and appoint him as casting director. As such, he “discovered” several later popular film actors. During the time of National Socialism he stood up for his persecuted Jewish colleagues. It was his undoing when he tried to hire theater directors who were married to Jewish women for the UFA. Friedrich Schütze was arrested, sentenced to prison and finally banned from working. As a result, he emigrated to Switzerland , Austria , Czechoslovakia and Latvia . There he worked at the Stadttheater Bern , the Schauspielhaus Graz and the municipal theaters of Brno , Prague and Riga .

In 1940 he was allowed to play at the Deutsches Theater in Warsaw with a special permit . At times he also took over the management of the theater. The Cooperative of German Stage Members , for which he had worked as local chairman at various locations from 1919, successfully campaigned for his ban on the profession to be lifted. In 1941 Friedrich Schütze was allowed to accept an engagement at the stages of the city of Cologne . He was a member of their ensemble until shortly before his death.

Awards

• 1963: Great Golden Decoration of Honor from the Cooperative of German Stage Members

literature

• Friedrich Schütze (on his 75th birthday). In: German stage yearbook. 75th year 1967 - season 1966/1967 . Cooperative of German Stage Members, Hamburg 1968, p. 92
• Friedrich Schütze (obituary). In: German stage yearbook. 78th year 1970 - season 1969/1970 . Cooperative of German Stage Members, Hamburg 1972, p. 124

Web links

• Friedrich Schütze at filmportal.de