Gerhard Lau (actor)
Gerhard Lau (born January 13, 1926 in Königsberg , † February 25, 2005 in Berlin ) was a German actor .
Life
In the mid-1950s, Gerhard Lau came from the Stralsund Theater via the Rostock Volkstheater to the Dresden State Theater . He stayed here until 1964, when he went to the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, to which he remained loyal until the end of his stage career. In addition to his stage work, he made several films for DEFA and above all for television.
Gerhard Lau was married to Elsa Lau, a trained singer and actress, who had her first engagement at the theater in Stralsund.
Filmography
- 1954: Ernst Thälmann - son of his class
- 1954: beacon
- 1954: Alarm in the circus
- 1955: Rushing melodies
- 1956: Thomas Müntzer - A film of German history
- 1957: Casino affair
- 1958: Emilia Galotti
- 1960: Hatifa
- 1962: royal children
- 1962: The black galley
- 1963: The bald gang
- 1966: living goods
- 1966: The prosecutor has the floor: Der Rosenkavalier (TV series)
- 1968/1970: I - Axel Cäsar Springer (five-part TV series)
- 1970: Everyone dies for himself alone (TV film, 3 parts)
- 1971: The public prosecutor has the floor: The Valentin Erbsand case
- 1971: The prosecutor has the floor: trade risk
- 1972: The public prosecutor has the floor: The call came too late
- 1973: Stülpner legend (TV series, 7 parts)
- 1974: ... damn it, I'm an adult
- 1974: My dear husband and I (TV movie)
- 1975: The Invisible Visor (TV series, episode 4, episode 8: Murderers don't take a break )
- 1975: The invisible visor (TV series, episode 4, episode 9: The peacock has seven eyes )
- 1975: Police Call 110: The Man (TV series)
- 1976: Police call 110: an almost perfect thing
- 1976: life and death of Richard III. (Theater recording)
- 1976: The prosecutor has the floor: the letter from Slubice
- 1977: Police call 110: Tired of being alone
- 1980/1990: The prosecutor has the floor: Risk (TV series)
- 1982: The Righteous von Kummerow
- 1983: Die liebe Luder (TV movie)
- 1984: The Lude
- 1985: The round heads and the pointed heads (theater recording)
- 1987: Wallenstein (theater recording)
- 1988: The Blue Boll (theater recording)
theatre
- 1952: Georgi Mdivani : Where does the shoe pinch - Director: Hanns Anselm Perten ( Volkstheater Rostock )
- 1956: Jean Anouilh : Colombe (Julien) - Director: Ottofritz Gaillard ( Staatstheater Dresden )
- 1957: Bertolt Brecht : Life of Galilei - Director: Hannes Fischer (Staatstheater Dresden)
- 1957: Hans Lucke : Der Keller (Obergefreiter) - Director: Hannes Fischer (Staatstheater Dresden - Kleines Haus)
- 1960: Alexei Arbusow : Irkutsker Geschichte (Viktor) - Director: Hannes Fischer (Staatstheater Dresden)
- 1962: Ignati Dworetzki : Hohe Wogen (Brigadier) - Director: Gerhard Winterlich (Staatstheater Dresden)
- 1964: Horia Lovinescus : Fever - Director: Gotthard Müller ( Deutsches Theater Berlin )
- 1965: Alfred Matusche : Der Regenwettermann (Feldwebel Escher) - Director: Wolf-Dieter Panse (Deutsches Theater Berlin - Reading Theater)
- 1965: Jewgeni Schwarz : Der Drache (Weber) - Director: Benno Besson (Deutsches Theater Berlin)
- 1967: Friedhold Bauer : Baran or the people in the village - Director: Friedo Solter (Deutsches Theater Berlin - Kammerspiele)
- 1968: Martin Sperr : Landshuter Erzählungen - Direction: Erhard Marggraf (Deutsches Theater Berlin)
- 1969: Hans Lucke: Moderation is the beginning of all vice - Director: Uta Birnbaum / Friedo Solter (Deutsches Theater Berlin - Kammerspiele)
- 1970: Helmut Baierl : The long way to Lenin (Munich workers) - Director: Adolf Dresen (Deutsches Theater Berlin - Kammerspiele)
- 1970: Isaak Babel : Maria - Director: Adolf Dresen (Deutsches Theater Berlin - Kammerspiele)
- 1971: Rolf Schneider : Moving into the castle - Director: Hans-Georg Simmgen (Deutsches Theater Berlin)
- 1974: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe : The story of Gottfried von Berlichingen with an iron hand (Bauer Link) - Director: Horst Schönemann (Deutsches Theater Berlin)
- 1975: Heinrich von Kleist : The Broken Jug (Veit) - Director: Adolf Dresen (Deutsches Theater Berlin)
- 1976: Arnold Wesker : Day by Day (Stan Mann) - Director: Horst Schönemann (Deutsches Theater Berlin - Kammerspiele)
- 1978: Alexander Wampilow : Last summer in Tschulimsk (Valentina's father) - Director: Horst Schönemann (Deutsches Theater Berlin - Kammerspiele)
- 1978: Nikolai Chaitow : Dogs (Matscho) - Director: Reinhard Hellmann ( Berliner Arbeiter-Theater )
- 1978: Gerhart Hauptmann : Michael Kramer (Pedells Krause) - Director: Wolfgang Heinz (Deutsches Theater Berlin)
- 1980: John Millington Synge : Nebelschlucht (Old Man) - Director: Freya Klier (Deutsches Theater Berlin - Kleine Komödie)
- 1980: Gabriele Bigott (after Dieter Noll ): Kippenberg (party secretary Bosskow) - Director: Peter Schroth / Peter Kleinert ( Theater im Palast - TiP )
- 1982: Michail Bulgakow : Conspiracy of the hypocrites (nobleman) - Director: Thomas Langhoff (Theater im Palast - TIP)
- 1984: Friedrich Schiller : Wallenstein (Deveroux) - Director: Friedo Solter (Deutsches Theater)
- 1985: Pedro Calderón de la Barca : Life is a dream (Jailer Clotard) - Director: Friedo Solter (Deutsches Theater Berlin)
- 1986: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Egmont (Zimmermann) - Director: Friedo Solter (Deutsches Theater Berlin)
- 1986: Hermann Sudermann : The Tempest Sokrates (Innkeeper) - Director: Thomas Langhoff (Deutsches Theater Berlin - Kammerspiele)
- 1989: Thomas Bernhard : Der Theatermacher (Landgasthofswirt) - Director: Peter Schroth / Peter Kleinert (Deutsches Theater Berlin - Kammerspiele)
Radio plays
- 1968: Emmanuel Roblès : Men’s Work - Director: Edgar Kaufmann (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR )
- 1970: Sophokles : Die Antigone des Sophokles (Choir of the Elderly) - Director: Martin Flörchinger (radio play - Rundfunk der DDR)
- 1971: Heinrich Mann : The Youth of King Henri Quatre - Director: Fritz Göhler (Radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1973: Linda Teßmer : Am schwarzen Mann (Harald Kasch) - Director: Joachim Staritz (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1973: Gisela Richter-Rostalski : Think better of Ewald (Heinz) - Director: Manfred Täubert (children's radio play - GDR radio)
- 1973: Hans-Ulrich Lüdemann : Survive the grave (Murray) - Director: Werner Grunow (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1974: Hans-Ulrich Lüdemann: Blümlein is gone (Otto Kruse) - Director: Fritz Göhler (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1976: Heinrich von Kleist : Prince Friedrich von Homburg - Director: Joachim Staritz (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1978: Ödön von Horváth : Kasimir and Karoline (paramedics) - Director: Werner Grunow (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1981: Günter Eich : Dreams - Director: Peter Groeger (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1984: Bertolt Brecht : Fear and Misery of the Third Reich - Director: Achim Scholz (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
Web links
- Gerhard Lau in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Gerhard Lau at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neue Zeit of May 22, 1993, pp. 18
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lau, Gerhard |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1926 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Koenigsberg |
DATE OF DEATH | February 25, 2005 |
Place of death | Berlin |