Günter Pfitzmann

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Günter Erich Helmut Pfitzmann (born  April 8, 1924 in Berlin ; †  May 30, 2003 there ) was a German actor , voice actor and cabaret artist .

Life

Günter Pfitzmann was the son of Erich and Charlotte Pfitzmann. He also had a brother named Karl-Heinz Pfitzmann. In 1942 he passed the Abitur and was then drafted into the Wehrmacht . Due to a war injury to his leg, he was unable to start studying sports that he originally wanted. Pfitzmann then turned to acting and took acting lessons from Fritz Kirchhoff at the drama school "Der Kreis" in Berlin-Charlottenburg.

During his training (1945–1947) he got roles in nine plays at the Landestheater Mark Brandenburg, which was then playing in the theater of the New Palace at Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam. In Berlin, his theater career began in 1952 at the "Komödie", where he also ended it in 1985. During this time he also played in the Theater am Kurfürstendamm , in the Freie Volksbühne ', in the Hebbel Theater and in the Berlin Theater .

Günter Pfitzmann was one of the founding members of the Berlin cabaret group " Die Stachelschweine ", with whom he appeared from 1949 to 1957 and then again in 1965 for the opening program of the new cabaret theater in Berlin's Europa Center . As part of his acting career, he played the Berliner with heart and soul in more than 50 films and TV series .

His early films included: The Captain and His Hero (1955), Dr. Crippen is alive (1958), dogs, do you want to live forever (1958) and above all Die Brücke (1959). He also played the title role in the Edgar Wallace film Der Zinker (1963).

The first television series with him as the leading actor was Amgrün Strand der Spree (1960), based on the book of the same name by Hans Scholz . He played the actor Bob Arnoldis. Other leading actors included Bum Krüger , Werner Lieven , Malte Jaeger , Peter Pasetti and Elisabeth Müller . This was followed by permission, my name is Cox (1961) based on the book by Rolf and Alexandra Becker . In the first episodes, alongside Ellen Schwiers , “porcupine” colleague Wolfgang Neuss played at his side .

After the 1960s, Pfitzmann almost only appeared in TV adaptations. He had guest appearances in the series Das Kriminalmuseum (1968) (the first crime series to be broadcast on ZDF ), in the family series The Despicable One (with Inge Meysel and Joseph Offenbach ), in PS - Stories about the Car (1975), in the Tatort episode Feuerzauber (1977), in the series A man wants to go up (1978) with Ursela Monn and Mathieu Carrière , based on Hans Fallada , in the doctor series Klinik unter Palmen (1996) and in Traumschiff (2000). His best-known series roles on television were that of Otto Krüger from the series Drei Damen vom Grill (1977–1985), that of Dr. Brockmann from the Bülowbogen practice series (1987–1996) and that of Richard Kaiser in the family series Der Havelkaiser (1994–2000).

Berlin memorial plaque on the house, Zietenstrasse 22, in Berlin-Schöneberg
Honorary grave at the Zehlendorf forest cemetery

One of the highlights of Pfitzmann's career was participating in the musical My Fair Lady , where he acted as Professor Henry Higgins in both Hamburg and Berlin. As an emcee , he accompanied the (English-speaking) comedian Marty Feldman on his tour through Germany in the 1970s .

In 1987 Pfitzmann gave Joachim Fuchsberger a 40-minute interview as part of his talk show Heut'abend .

In addition to theater, film and television, Pfitzmann also worked as a voice actor . He has had dubbing leading roles in films such as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ( Kirk Douglas ), Pepé le Moko ( Jean Gabin ) and Under Water Around the World ( Lloyd Bridges ). In the 1984 re-dubbing of Asterix the Gauls (1967) he spoke the Obelix, as well as in the Asterix radio play series produced by EUROPA in 1986-1992 . Fans also discovered Günter Pfitzmann as a speaker in the radio play series Die Drei ??? and TKKG . In the 1981 fantasy film Time Bandits , Pfitzmann speaks the dwarf Randall . In addition, Pfitzmann shot TV commercials for the alcoholic praline brand Edle Drops as a testimonial with his sonorous voice . As a singer, Pfitzmann interpreted the song Irgendwo ist noch something open in Berlin , a piece written by composer Klaus Günter Neumann that tells of the pulsating nightlife of the German city.

In 1999 Pfitzmann co-founded the Zille Museum in Berlin with Harald Juhnke and Walter Plathe .

His last television appearance was in 2002 as a patient in the doctor series In aller Freund (episode: 162: "A delicate decision")

On October 15, 2018 , a Berlin memorial plaque was unveiled at the former location for the show Praxis Bülowbogen , Berlin-Schöneberg , Zietenstrasse 22 .

Private life

Günter Pfitzmann was married to the actress Karin Hübner and, since 1964, to Lilo Giebken, with whom he had two sons. He lived in the Berlin-Nikolassee district until his death . A square was named after him in April 2017.

Sickness and death

The actor died on May 30, 2003 of complications from a heart attack . According to media reports, he was terminally ill with lung cancer two years before his death , but was unaware of the diagnosis. He was buried in Dept. XVI-A W28 of the forest cemetery in Zehlendorf in Berlin-Nikolassee with great sympathy from the population . The funeral service in the Berlin Memorial Church was broadcast live on television by RBB and nationwide by n-tv .

On March 24, 2020, the Berlin Senate decided to designate Pfitzmann's grave as an honorary grave .

Others

  • Pfitzmann took part in the Buddy Bear Berlin Show in 2001 ; together with his wife Lilo he designed a bear that stood in front of the theater on Kurfürstendamm for two years . In January 2003 this bear was auctioned in the presence of the Pfitzmann couple in the Mercedeswelt am Salzufer for the benefit of Berlin children's aid organizations. A school friend of Günter Pfitzmann's was Gerd E. Schäfer , who became known as " Maxe Baumann " in the GDR and who also had smaller appearances in Pfitzmann's series Praxis Bülowbogen , Berliner Weisse mit Schuss and Der Havelkaiser .
  • Pfitzmann originally had a ticket for flight 4590 with the Air France Concorde on July 25, 2000, because he was to board the luxury liner Deutschland from New York and perform there as an entertainer. He canceled the flight because of a heart attack in mid-April.

Filmography

movie theater


Television (selection)


Radio plays (selection)

Awards

Blackboard on Günter-Pfitzmann-Platz in Berlin-Nikolassee

Web links

Commons : Günter Pfitzmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pfitze turns 75 . In: Berliner Kurier , April 4, 1999
  2. ↑ This evening. In: wunschliste.de. Retrieved March 24, 2016 .
  3. ^ Zille Museum in Berlin. Retrieved January 18, 2016 .
  4. ↑ a b Unveiling of the nameplate - Berlin now has a Günter-Pfitzmann-Platz , rbb-online.de, April 9, 2017
  5. ↑ Steglitz-Zehlendorf honors Günter Pfitzmann with a place In: Bild, bild.de
  6. ↑ Günter Pfitzmann named a place in Zehlendorf , berlin.de
  7. ↑ RP ONLINE: "Bild": The disease was incurable: Pfitzmann: It was lung cancer. Retrieved July 23, 2018 .
  8. ^ Grave of Günter Pfitzmann knerger.de
  9. ↑ Loriot and Günter Pfitzmann receive an honor grave. Senate Chancellery Berlin, March 24, 2020, accessed on March 25, 2020 (German).
  10. ^ Eva Herlitz , Klaus Herlitz : Buddy Bear Berlin Show . Neptun Verlag, CH-8280 Kreuzlingen, ISBN 3-85820-152-9 , pp. 20, 21, 52
  11. ^ "Maxe Baumann" "died . In: Berliner Zeitung , September 24, 2001
  12. ↑ Concorde booked, then canceled. In: spiegel.de . July 26, 2000, accessed September 8, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 31, No. 19, January 27, 1979.
  14. ↑ Steglitz-Zehlendorf honors Günter Pfitzmann with a place . In: image
personal data
SURNAME Pfitzmann, Günter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pfitzmann, Günter Erich Helmut (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and cabaret artist
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 2003
Place of death Berlin