Hannjo Hasse

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Hannjo Hasse (born August 31, 1921 in Bonn , † February 5, 1983 in Falkensee ) was a German actor .

Life

After initially working as an office assistant, Hasse studied for three years at Lilly Ackermann's training institute for young German stage talent in Berlin. His training was interrupted when he was drafted into labor service and later into the armed forces in 1941. After returning from captivity, Hasse briefly studied at the drama school in Weimar, gained first stage experience as a dramaturge and actor in Nordhausen, before he came to Potsdam through theater engagements in Eisleben, Burg and Schwerin, where he was with the Hans Ensemble from 1954 to 1962 Otto Theater belonged to. Then he went to the Berliner Volksbühne , where he had already played alongside Armin Mueller-Stahl in William Shakespeare's Was ihr wollt in 1961 , then to the German Theater before he later became a member of the DEFA drama ensemble . Hasse played character roles like Mackie Messer as well as comic roles in operettas like The Bat .

The actor made his first film experiences in a supporting role in Wolfgang Staudte's Der Untertan from 1951. In his further film career at DEFA, Hannjo Hasse was often used as a villain, such as in the internationally successful Der Fall Gleiwitz . Under the direction of Gerhard Klein, Hasse embodies the fanatical National Socialist Alfred Naujocks , who organized the attack on the Gleiwitz transmitter . Hasse belonged to the permanent acting ensemble of DEFA.

Hasse was not only in front of the camera for movies, he also made numerous television films such as Alchemists 1968 and Martin Luther 1983. He also appeared in several productions at the Moritzburg television theater , in television series such as Polizeiruf 110 and as Major Zirrgiebel in Archive of Death .

In addition to his appearances as an actor, Hasse worked as a voice actor , among others he dubbed Philippe Noiret , Pierre Brasseur and Yves Montand .

On May 7, 1971, Hasse received the GDR Art Prize .

His grave is in the south-west cemetery Stahnsdorf .

Filmography (selection)

Radio plays

literature

Individual evidence

  1. Erika Tschernig, Monika Kollega, Gudrun Müller: Our culture: GDR time table, 1945–1987 . Dietz Verlag (1989), ISBN 978-3-320-01132-1 , p. 197

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