Gert Rabanus

Gert Rabanus (* 1923 ) is a German dubbing director and dialog book author .

Life

After use in the Second World War and captivity Gert Rabanus studied German literature and musicology in Göttingen and Bern .) At the Faculty of Georg-August University Göttingen , he was in 1957 with the dissertation to Goethe's reviews in the general Jenaischen literature newspaper for Doctor of philosophy (PhD.) PhD .

He then carried out various activities in publishing, film and television. He was the authorized representative of BetaFilm founded by Leo Kirch . Since 1964 he has mainly been active in the film dubbing industry. Gert Rabanus founded Lingua-Film GmbH in Munich in 1973 , in which he is still a partner. His son Benedikt Rabanus , who also works as a dubbing writer and director, took over the management of the company in the 1980s. However, since 2006 Linguafilm has not been active any more for economic reasons and only exists on paper.

In the course of his synchronous work, Gert Rabanus has participated in more than 500 productions. He is responsible for the German versions of numerous Charlie Chan films, as well as for several episodes of the popular television series Columbo . But Rabanus also directed dialogues for classic films such as Pride and Prejudice . One of his greatest challenges was the British Broadcasting Corporation's 33-part television adaptation of plays by William Shakespeare ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) between 1978 and 1985 .

In recognition of his “special achievements in dubbing” he received the jury's honorary award for “outstanding overall work” at the 2010 German Synchronous Award.

Apart from his synchronous work, Rabanus published the Kaiser directory together with Gesar Anssar and Helmut Kreuzer in 2003, which lists all books, articles, essays, lectures, reviews and forewords as well as all radio and television programs by Joachim Kaiser .

Gert Rabanus lives in Munich .

Synchronized work (selection)

- Information according to the synchronous year, if possible; (L) indicates a lingua film synchronization -

• 1971: The secret of Luca (Il Segreto di Luca) - dialogue book and dialogue direction
• 1971: I kiss your hand, Madame (The Emperor Waltz) - dialogue director
• 1975: Columbo : A memorial for eternity (Blueprint for Murder) - dialogue director (L)
• 1975: Columbo: Murder with the Left Hand (Death Lends a Hand) - dialogue director (L)
• 1975: Columbo: Deadly Separation (Columbo: Murder by the Book) - dialogue director (L)
• 1975: Columbo: Steps out of the shadows (Columbo: Lady in Waiting) - Dialogue director (L)
• 1975: Columbo: Murder in Pastel (Columbo: Suitable for Framing) - dialogue director (L)
• 1975: Columbo: Cigars for the Boss (Columbo: Short Fuse) - dialogue director (L)
• 1976: A cold day in the park (That Cold Day in the Park) - Dialog book and dialogue director
• 1976: Ich, Claudius, Kaiser und Gott (I, Claudius) - dialogue director
• 1977: Charlie Chan in Egypt (Charlie Chan in Egypt) - dialogue director (L)
• 1977: Charlie Chan at the Opera (Charlie Chan at the Opera) - dialogue director (L)
• 1977: Charlie Chan in London (Charlie Chan in London) - dialogue director (L)
• 1977: Charlie Chan in Shanghai (Charlie Chan in Shanghai) - dialogue director (L)
• 1977: Charlie Chan in the Circus (Charlie Chan at the Circus) - dialogue director (L)
• 1978: Charlie Chan on a cruise (Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise) - dialogue director (L)
• 1978: Charlie Chan on Treasure Island (Charlie Chan at Treasure Island) - dialogue director (L)
• 1978: Charlie Chan: Dangerous Money - dialogue director (L)
• 1978: Charlie Chan's Secret - dialogue director (L)
• 1978: Charlie Chan: The Trap '46 - dialogue director (L)
• 1978: Charlie Chan at the Olympics (Charlie Chan at the Olympics) - dialogue director (L)
• 1978: Charlie Chan in the wax museum (Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum) - dialogue director (L)
• 1979: Pride and Prejudice (Pride and Prejudice) - dialogue director (L)
• 1994: Il Postino - The Postman (Il Postino) - Dialogue director (L)
• 1994–1997: Hospital of the Spirits (Riget) - Dialogue director (L)
• 1998: Kalman's Secret (Left Luggage) - Dialogue Director (L)
• 1999: Women among themselves (Agnes Browne) - dialogue director (L)
• 2002: Frida (Frida) - dialogue director (L)
• 2004: When dreams learn to fly (Finding Neverland) - dialogue direction

Web links

• Literature by and about Gert Rabanus in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Brief portrait of the editor of the book Kaiser directory . Allitera Verlag, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-86520-019-2 , p. 2 ( PDF ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and Archive link according to instructions and then remove this note. 
2. ^ NN: Great tremor . In: Der Spiegel No. 27/1970, p. 136 ( version in the Spiegel Online Archive ; accessed on August 21, 2011)
3. ^ Helen Krüger: Winner of the Silhouette 2010 ; Retrieved August 21, 2011
4. ↑ ^{a b} German Prize for Synchron 2010 - The Prize Winners ; Retrieved August 21, 2011