Günter Naumann

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Günter Naumann (born November 17, 1925 in Chemnitz , † November 6, 2009 in Berlin-Köpenick ) was a German actor .

Life

Grave site of Günter Naumann in the Waldkirchhof Mahlsdorf, 2012

After completing an apprenticeship as a concrete worker , Naumann began studying architecture, which he was unable to complete due to being drafted into the Wehrmacht . At the end of the Second World War , Naumann became a prisoner of war. After the end of his imprisonment, Naumann occupied himself with painting. In 1950 he began to study drama in Leipzig and received his first engagement at the municipal theaters of his hometown after its completion in 1953 . In 1957 he moved to the Berliner Ensemble . Here he played important roles in numerous productions and developed into a sought-after character actor. A short time later he made his debut as a film actor for DEFA . For example, he was seen in Frank Beyer's anti-war film Five Cartridge Cases in the role of the Bulgarian Dimitri Pandorov.

In 1970 Naumann switched from theater to television and was a member of the actors' ensemble of the television of the GDR . Here he also portrayed important characters. For example, as Chief in the popular series Zur See (1977), as Esteban Ahimundo y Abreojos in Die arge Legende vom rissenen Galgenstrick (1977), as Neidhardt von Gneisenau in Scharnhorst (1978) or as Captain Werner Steinitz in the series Treffpunkt Flughafen (1985). In 1981 he played the famous doctor Robert Koch in a series about the beginnings of the Berlin Charité . Due to the precise portrayal of a wide variety of characters, Günter Naumann was one of the busiest actors on television. Several times he took over in the crime film series Polizeiruf 110 and The Public Prosecutor has the word important roles as a perpetrator or a witness. In 1977 Naumann was honored with the GDR Art Prize and in 1982 with the GDR National Prize.

At the end of the 1980s, he himself switched to the role of investigator. In Police Call 110 he took on the role of Captain Beck , who investigated important cases in the crime series, including in The Crossword Puzzle Case and Death Comes With the Call, both of which are based on true cases. He also investigated the film Das Duell , in which the events of the peaceful revolution were dealt with from the perspective of the transformed GDR. The role of Chief Inspector Beck was retained even after the end of German television ; Naumann played in the first police call the ARD after it was decided in 1993 to continue the series. Until 1997, Beck determined in the transmission area of ​​the Central German Radio ( Saxony , Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt ). After a break due to illness in 1996, Chief Inspector Beck returned for one last case ( Der Tausch , director: Andreas Dresen ) and was then involuntarily retired in favor of the new Schmücke and Schneider team .

Even in reunified Germany , Naumann was a sought-after actor; especially on television. He took on roles in series such as Marienhof , Der Landarzt , Wolffs Revier , In allerfreund and in television films such as Nikolaikirche , Zwei in eine Boot or Meer is nich . In recent years, however, Naumann has complained about a lack of offers. His last appearance was in the series SOKO Leipzig , in which he again played a commissioner who was based on his role in the police call.

The actor died on November 6, 2009 in a hospital in Berlin-Koepenick after kidney failure. His grave is in the Mahlsdorf forest cemetery .

Filmography (selection)

theatre

Radio plays

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ MDR shooting: Chief Inspector Beck solves criminal cases again . In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung , August 13, 1996.
  2. ↑ Torsten Wahl: Günter Naumann solves his last case as Inspector Beck in "Polizeiruf 110": Farewell with grinding teeth. In: Berliner Zeitung , March 8, 1997
  3. ↑ a b Bärbel Beuchler: On the death of actor Günter Naumann . In: Super Illu
  4. ↑ Günter Naumann is dead . n-tv.de, November 8, 2009
  5. ^ Evangelical Cemetery Association Berlin-Southeast
personal data
SURNAME Naumann, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH November 17, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz
DATE OF DEATH November 6, 2009
Place of death Berlin-Koepenick