Georg Schuchter

Georg Schuchter (born December 5, 1952 in Salzburg ; † September 29, 2001 near Berchtesgaden ) was an Austrian actor.

Career

Schuchter was the son of the conductor Gilbert Schuchter. He studied at the Academy for Music and Performing Arts, Mozarteum , in Salzburg (first piano and conductor, then from 1974 to 1977 acting). He began his professional theater career at the Burgtheater in Vienna (1977–1985). Further stations were the State Drama Theaters in Berlin , the Volkstheater Vienna , the Schauspielhaus Zurich , the Salzburg Festival , the Ulm Theater , the Zurich Opera House and the Paris Opera . In addition to his theater work, he has appeared in numerous films, such as Der Bockerer .

Schuchter, whose passion was sport as well as theater, had an accident in 2001 when he was descending from Hohen Göll . It rests in the Petersfriedhof in Salzburg. His sister is the actress Gabriele Schuchter .

Important roles

• Salzburg State Theater
  • Hamlet (1988)
  • Jaromir in the incorruptible (1988)
  • Torquato Tasso (1989)

• Schauspielhaus Zurich
  • The Prince in The Prince of Homburg (1990)

• Salzburg State Theater
  • Titus Feuerfuchs in The Talisman (1993)
  • Mephisto in both parts of Goethe's Faust I and Faust II (1993)
  • The double bass (1994)
  • Patriarch of Jerusalem in Nathan the Wise (1995)
  • Liliom (1995)
  • Weinberl in He wants to make a joke (1997)
  • Alfred in Tales from the Vienna Woods (2001)

• Wiener Festwochen
  • Alma , 1996–1998 as Alexander Zemlinsky (Director: Paulus Manker )

• Volkstheater Vienna
  • Leicester in Maria Stuart (1991/92)
  • Burgmüller in the presence of memory (1994/95)
  • Direction and lead role in Just a Slice of Bread (1994/95)
  • Fadinard in The Florentine Hat (1995/96)
  • Lucio in measure for measure (1995/96)
  • Zanga in The Dream a Life (1997/98)
  • Teddy in Valparaíso (1999/2000)
  • Pedrosa in Mariana Pineda (2001/02)

Directorial work

• Mary Magdalene (1989)
• At the Irrsee (1991)
• The double bass (1994)
• Nathan the Wise (1995)

Movies

• 1976/77: A real Viennese does not go under (as a lover of Fini Blahovec, played by Dolores Schmidinger )
• 1977: The Despicable One (as Hans; Director: Jochen Bauer ; with Ossy Kolmann )
• 1980: Joseph Roth - A life in legends
• 1981: Der Bockerer (as a son; director: Franz Antel ; with Karl Merkatz , Ida Krottendorf , Hilde Sochor )
• 1990: Code name: Gorilla (TV series, episode: The Gorilla and the Berlin Congress)
• 1994: You'll kill me (Director: Wolfram Paulus ; with August Zirner , Gabriela Benesch , Katja Flint , Louise Martini , Herbert Fux )
• 1995: Every 3rd Sunday (Director: Leopold Huber ; with Dietmar Schönherr )
• 1996: Azzurro (as Wiggerl; director: David Ruehm ; with Dietrich Siegl , Alexandra Hilwerth , Claudia Maria Haas )
• 1997: Derrick (TV series, episode: The murder that was a mistake; as the cause of the accident and subsequent murder victim)
• 1999: Alma - A Show Biz ans Ende (three-part series; as Alexander Zemlinsky ; director: Paulus Manker )
• 2001: Julia - an unusual woman (TV series, episode: character assassination; as Dr. Schwandtner)
• 2009: Zapping-Alien @ Mozart-Balls (as politician; director: Vitus Zeplichal )

Radio plays

• Amadeus in Amadeus by Peter Shaffer , directed by Götz Fritsch , Rundfunk der DDR 1985

Web links

• Georg Schuchter in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Charcoal sketches of the rehearsals at the Schauspielhaus Zurich in 1990