Hans Lietzau

Hans Lietzau (born September 2, 1913 in Berlin ; † November 30, 1991 there ) was a German actor , director and artistic director .

Life

Training and initial engagements

Lietzau broke off his studies in theater and newspaper studies in Berlin and attended the drama school of the Berlin State Theater under Gustaf Gründgens from 1933 to 1935 . Lietzau's first engagements brought him to Kiel , Leipzig and finally to the Burgtheater in Vienna in 1939 .

theatre

After the end of the Second World War , Lietzau worked as a director in Bern , Berlin , Darmstadt and at the Hamburg Thalia Theater with Willy Maertens . In 1955 he staged for the first time at the Münchner Kammerspiele under artistic director Hans Schweikart . From 1965 to 1969 he was senior theater director at the Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel , then, in two stages, from 1969 to the end of 1970, director of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg and from 1972 to 1980 director of the Staatliche Schauspielbühnen Berlin . He then returned to the Münchner Kammerspiele, where he continued to work as a director under the direction of Dieter Dorn at the time. His last directorial work there was the production of Ernst Barlach's Der Blaue Boll (premiere on March 8, 1991), which was also invited to the 1992 Theatertreffen in Berlin.

Lietzau's productions were invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen three times :

1967 his production of The Chairs by Eugène Ionesco
1969 his productions of Friedrich Schiller's Die Räuber and Heiner Müller's Philoktet
1992 (posthumously) his last production of Ernst Barlach's The Blue Boll at the Münchner Kammerspiele.

After Dieter Dorn moved to the Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel, Lietzau's production of Thomas Bernhard's Der Theatermacher (premiere: December 18, 1988) was resumed at the Münchner Kammerspiele and integrated into the repertoire.

In addition to his activities at the theater, Lietzau also worked as a film and radio play director.

Private life

Lietzau was married to the actress Carla Hagen . With the aim of the artistic estate of her husband make them available to the public subject to change, she left the Berlin Academy of Arts , the bequest as a gift. The legacy comprised several thousand photos as well as documents on directorial work in Vienna , Hamburg , Bochum and Berlin .

Filmography (selection)

1953: The chiffon scarf
1957: Colportage
1958: A glass of water
1959: forgotten faces
1959: Herbert Engelmann
1960: After all this time
1960: The Great Cophta
1961: The Persians
1961: a true hero
1963: Maria Stuart
1963: Then go to Thorp
1965: The Great Wall of China
1966: A hermit is discovered
1969: Hôtel du commerce
1972: The Marquis of Keith
1977: Travesties
1978: no man's land

Awards

1968: Berlin Art Prize
1984: Large Federal Cross of Merit
1988: Schwabing Art Prize (Honorary Prize)

literature

Thomas Blubacher : Hans Lietzau . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 2, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 1111 f.
Margarethe Matić: The director Hans Lietzau . Thesis. University of Vienna, Vienna 1992.
Klaus Völker (Ed.): Hans Lietzau. Actor, director, director. ed. from the Foundation Archive of the Academy of the Arts / Edition Hentrich, Berlin 1999, ISBN 978-3-88331-187-6 (Academy of the Arts) / ISBN 3-933471-10-9 (Edition Hentrich)
The piece has the style . In: Berliner Zeitung , September 25, 1998.

Web links

Literature by and about Hans Lietzau in the catalog of the German National Library
Hans lietzau in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Hans Lietzau Archive in the Archive of the Academy of Arts, Berlin

Individual evidence

↑ Lietzau resigned without notice . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 13, 1970, p. 4 , below ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).

^ Berlin is waiting for Lietzau . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 15, 1970, p. 6 , Mitte ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).

^ The Lietzau succession . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 16, 1970, p. 12 , bottom left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).

↑ No final Lietzau successor yet: Interim solution: Liebermann . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 17, 1970, p. 6 , Mitte ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).

↑ Lietzau commented: Painted black on the market . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 5, 1971, p. 6 , bottom right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).

^ Günter Bruno Fuchs (author), Hans Lietzau (director): At Ribbeck in Havelland . Radio play (49 min). Broadcast date ORF : February 5, 1972. SDR / WDR / RIAS, 1971. In: oe1.orf.at , accessed on November 11, 2010.

↑ Schwabinger Art Prize on München.de; Retrieved July 29, 2011

↑ Austrian Library Association

Remarks

↑ Lietzau's termination (s) without notice should have reflected or intensified the mood at the Schauspielhaus (since 1963), since one week after Litzau's final declaration, administrative director Gerhard Hirsch committed suicide (at the age of 47) and in a farewell letter justified his imminent step with the "lack of character" felt on stage. - See: After the suicide of Gerhard Hirsch: No end to the Hamburg crisis . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 22, 1970, p. 10 , bottom right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).

personal data
SURNAME	Lietzau, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German actor, director and artistic director
DATE OF BIRTH	September 2, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin , Germany
DATE OF DEATH	November 30, 1991
Place of death	Berlin , Germany

[1] Lietzau resigned without notice . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 13, 1970, p. 4 , below ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).

[2] Berlin is waiting for Lietzau . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 15, 1970, p. 6 , Mitte ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).

[3] The Lietzau succession . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 16, 1970, p. 12 , bottom left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).

[4] No final Lietzau successor yet: Interim solution: Liebermann . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 17, 1970, p. 6 , Mitte ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).

[5] Lietzau commented: Painted black on the market . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 5, 1971, p. 6 , bottom right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).

[6] Lietzau's termination (s) without notice should have reflected or intensified the mood at the Schauspielhaus (since 1963), since one week after Litzau's final declaration, administrative director Gerhard Hirsch committed suicide (at the age of 47) and in a farewell letter justified his imminent step with the "lack of character" felt on stage. - See: After the suicide of Gerhard Hirsch: No end to the Hamburg crisis . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 22, 1970, p. 10 , bottom right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).