Gerd Oelschlegel
Gerd Oelschlegel (born October 28, 1926 in Leipzig , † July 15, 1998 in Herrsching am Ammersee ) was a German playwright , screenwriter and director .
Life
Oelschlegel was the author of dramas such as Die tödliche Lüge (1955) and One of Seven (1961). The fatal lie was premiered in 1955 in the Landesbühne Niedersachsen Nord . The play examines the fate of a married couple from the Soviet occupation zone and their attempts to gain a foothold in West German society.
His pieces such as the radio play A Lifetime Achievement from 1956 are still played today. In 1956 he received the Lessing Prize grant from the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg .
In 1957, alongside Ingeborg Bachmann , he was awarded the Bremen Literature Prize for his play Romeo and Juliet in Berlin .
He was also the author of the scripts for numerous radio and television plays and in some cases also a director . In 1962 he received the German Film Prize in the category of best screenplay for two under million and in 1964 special recognition from the press jury at the Adolf Grimme Prize for the television film Sonderurlaub , which is about a failed escape from the GDR in which Herwig Walter played one of the leading roles alongside Fritz Wepper . His most important other works include The Decision (1963), The Mayors (1964), A Man Called Pavlov (1965), The House (1965), Visit From Over There (1965), The Experiment (1966), High Voltage (1967), The Travel Bag (1967), Forbidden Game (1967) and The Children of Geltenhausen (1968).
He was also the director of the works of other authors such as the 1982 television game Fluchthelfer wanted for the work of Paul Mommertz and the scriptwriter for the television series Ein Heim für Tiere .
Web links
- Gerd Oelschlegel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Gerd Oelschlegel at filmportal.de
- Lithist: literary historical data
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cf. Carola Hannusch, The Hour of Birth. A look at the beginnings of the Landesbühne. - In: Gerhard Hess (ed.), Theater am Meer. 50 years of the Landesbühne Niedersachsen-Nord and Stadttheater Wilhelmshaven . Wilhelmshaven 2002, pp. 19–27, here: p. 25
- ↑ HR: Program July 11, 2010 ( Memento of the original from August 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ RADIO BREMEN: Awarded the Bremen Literature Prize 1957
- ↑ Winner of the Adolf Grimme Prize 1964 ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oelschlegel, Gerd |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German director and playwright |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 28, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 15, 1998 |
| Place of death | Herrsching am Ammersee |