Gerhard Bengsch

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Gerhard Bengsch (pseudonyms: Terenz Abt, Gerhard B. Wenzel, Renate Gaerber ; born November 24, 1928 in Berlin ; † March 11, 2004 in Kleinmachnow ) was a German writer and screenwriter and from 1954 a member of the GDR Writers' Association .

Life

Bengsch began his career after the end of the Second World War as a reporter and editor for the Berliner Zeitung . In the early 1950s he published his first short stories in the GDR and wrote the novel Bodelsang Institute under suspicion of murder .

The Bulgarian director Slatan Dudow , who is closely associated with Bertolt Brecht , invited Bengsch in 1954 to help write the screenplay for his film Frauenschicksale . This was the beginning of Bengsch's career as a screenwriter. He wrote the scripts for several DEFA feature films, television games, television films and TV multi-part series for German television . In 1968 ARD broadcast the GDR television film Irrlicht und Feuer, which was based on a script by Bengsch. At the meeting of the Berlin section of the GDR Writers' Union on June 7, 1979 in East Berlin, Bengsch voted for the exclusion of the censorship- opposed writers Stefan Heym , Klaus Schlesinger , Adolf Endler , Klaus Poche , Joachim Seyppel , Karl-Heinz Jakobs , Rolf Schneider , Dieter Schubert and Kurt Bartsch .

Gerhard Bengsch 2002

Before reunification , Bengsch wrote (under the pseudonyms Renate Gaerber and Gerhard B. Wenzel) for ARD Karambolage (1989) and Musikwechsel (1990). Bengsch then wrote the reunification comedy Grüß Gott, Comrade for ARD Dornberger in 1992 and the reunification comedy in 1993 , as well as scripts for TV series for ARD and private broadcasters.

Finally, Bengsch turned back to his writing activity. In 1997 he wrote the satire Mr. Minister sends greetings ; 1998 followed. An answer is requested and the story Good night, Antonio; 2000 appeared u. a. Prünzke & Prott , a collection of satirical stories. In 2003 the Scheunen-Verlag published Der Colonel von Cattenberg . In March 2004 the last work by the author was published by BS Verlag Rostock: Failure to help - two criminal cases .

Bengsch was awarded the Theodor Fontane Prize of the Potsdam district in 1960 and received the FDGB Art Prize from 1967 to 1969 and 1980 and the DFD Literature Prize in 1975 . He was also awarded several silver and gold laurels from the DFF . He received the GDR National Prize for art and literature twice, in 1969 1st class in a collective and in 1980 2nd class. In 1994 he was honored with the DAG television award .

He lived in Kleinmachnow since 1956. His grave is in the village's forest cemetery.

Publications

  • 1950: women who are spoken of
  • 1951: The young Scot
  • 1952: The great change
  • 1952: DWK 10
  • 1952: The mysterious wreck
  • 1954: Radio message from Kubberlitz
  • 1955: The green ghost
  • 1955: Bodelsang Institute under suspicion of murder
  • 1956: I was looking for paradise
  • 1957: One city of many
  • 1969: Krupp and Krause
  • 1973: eva + adam
  • 1998: Failure to provide assistance
  • 1998: Good night, Antonio
  • 2000: Prünzke & Prott
  • 2000: My travels with Annabella
  • 2001: marriage fraud
  • 2003: Witching Hour
  • 2003: The Colonel von Cattenberg

Filmography

Gravestone for Gerhard Bengsch in the forest cemetery Kleinmachnow
  • 1952: the fate of women
  • 1954: The mysterious wreck
  • 1954: The barbed animal : The economic miracle (idea)
  • 1954: The barbed animal: The study trip (scenario)
  • 1955: The barbed animal: fallen into the water (idea)
  • 1956: The barbed animal: The Coruptica bell (scenario, with Heinz Brandt)
  • 1956: The barbed animal: The gold in Ackerstrasse (screenplay, with ER Greulich )
  • 1957: The Barbed Animal: Adventure on the Moon (screenplay, with Johannes Kittel)
  • 1959: Test series K7 (TV)
  • 1959: Model boys
  • 1960: Night duty (TV)
  • 1960: Shortcoming (TV)
  • 1961: Hope for Credit (TV)
  • 1961: The doctor from Bothenow
  • 1961: Guest performance in the jungle (TV)
  • 1961: Shortly before twelve (TV)
  • 1962: Poison (TV)
  • 1962: The discoveries of Julian Böll
  • 1962: The house on the railway embankment (TV)
  • 1962: Asphalt Story (TV)
  • 1963: Shadows and Shades (TV)
  • 1963: Revue at midnight
  • 1963: Reserved for death
  • 1964: black velvet
  • 1964: The barbed animal: ... but exactly! (Screenplay, with Heinz Thiel )
  • 1966: Wisp and Fire (TV)
  • 1967: bread and roses
  • 1968: Heroin
  • 1969: Krupp and Krause (TV series)
  • 1970: Two letters to Pospischiel (TV)
  • 1973: Eva and Adam (TV four-part series)
  • 1975: Profile of an unwanted person (TV)
  • 1976: Strategy of Dreams (TV)
  • 1978: fire spots
  • 1979: The Long Street (TV miniseries)
  • 1983: The Uninvited Guest (TV)
  • 1989: collision (TV)
  • 1989: those involved
  • 1990: Exchange of notes (TV)
  • 1992: Dornberger (TV)
  • 1993: Hello, Comrade (TV)

Radio plays

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Joachim Walther (ed.): Minutes of a tribunal. The exclusions from the GDR writers' association in 1979 . Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg 1991. ISBN 3-499-12992-2 . Pp. 66-68.

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personal data
SURNAME Bengsch, Gerhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abbot, Terenz (pseudonym); Wenzel, Gerhard B. (pseudonym); Gaerber, Renate (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 2004
Place of death Kleinmachnow