Gerhard Klingenberg

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Gerhard Klingenberg (2010)

Gerhard Klingenberg , actually Gerhard Schwabenitzky (born May 11, 1929 in Vienna ) is an Austrian actor , director and artistic director .

Life

Klingenberg took acting and directing classes at the Vienna Conservatory . From 1948 he received his first engagements at theaters in St. Pölten , Klagenfurt and Innsbruck before joining the Berliner Ensemble in 1956 . From 1962 to 1968 he worked at theaters in Cologne , Frankfurt am Main and Hamburg as well as at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus , the Schauspielhaus Zürich and the Münchner Kammerspiele .

From 1968 he worked as a director at the Vienna Burgtheater , where he was director from 1971 to 1976. One of Klingenberg's special merits at the Burgtheater was that he brought the then European avant-garde directors to Vienna. Among others, the directors Claus Peymann , Giorgio Strehler , Peter Hall , Luca Ronconi , Jean-Louis Barrault , Roberto Guicciardini and Otomar Krejča staged under his direction .

Following his management in Vienna, Klingenberg returned to the Schauspielhaus Zurich as director from 1977 to 1982 and was then director of the Berlin Renaissance Theater from 1986 to 1995 . After his work in Berlin he worked as a freelance director. In addition to his work at the theater, Klingenberg has worked on numerous television productions as an actor, director and screenwriter and also worked as a Shakespeare translator.

Klingenberg is the father of the director Reinhard Schwabenitzky .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1959: What if ...? (Director)
  • 1959: Haunted Villa Sunshine (Director)
  • 1960: Hello, dear day (director and screenplay)
  • 1962: Tevya and His Daughters (Director)
  • 1963: Under the pear tree (director)
  • 1963: The Man from England (Director)
  • 1964: In the case of J. Robert Oppenheimer (director)
  • 1965: A Winter's Tale (Director)
  • 1966: The Scholars Women (Director)
  • 1966/67: The Swedish Match (direction and screenplay)
  • 1968: The Death of the Salesman (Director)
  • 1968: Tragedy on the Hunt (Director)
  • 1969: The Talisman (Director)
  • 1970: Ardèle or the Daisy (director)
  • 1976: Cabal and Love (Director)
  • 1977: Tomorrow (Director)
  • 1978: The Spider Killer
  • 1986: Murder by the Pool (Director)
  • 1988: Sincere Liar (Director)

theatre

Director

actor

Awards

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Julia Danielczyk: Gerhard Klingenberg . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 2, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 1001 f.
  2. ↑ a b List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Klingenberg, Gerhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schwabenitzky, Gerhard (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor, director and artistic director
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna