Hans Madin
Hans Madin (born February 8, 1911 in Vienna , as Johann Madincea; † October 9, 1991 in Berlin ) was an Austrian (since 1961 German) actor and director .
Life
After graduating from the Theresianum in Vienna, Madin took acting lessons with Arndt at the Vienna Burgtheater . His stage debut was in 1931 at the United Theaters in Breslau. Engagements followed there, in Aachen, Hanover, Chemnitz, Berlin ( Rose-Theater ), Fürth, Münster, Stettin, Dresden, Frankfurt am Main and at the Stadttheater Konstanz, where he also functioned as director until 1955. In autumn 1955 he moved to the ensemble of the Landestheater Darmstadt (now the Staatstheater Darmstadt ) led by Gustav Rudolf Sellner . This was followed by engagements at the Wiesbaden State Theater (from 1957), Schillertheater in Berlin (from 1964; director: Boleslaw Barlog). Egon Seefehlner brought him to the Deutsche Oper Berlin as in-house director , and he ended his career as an actor at the Schaubühne Berlin (Peter Stein).
In his acting career he embodied numerous classic roles such as the "Prince of Homburg" in Heinrich von Kleist 's drama of the same name in Breslau, "Wladimir" in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot in Constance, and "Father" in Jean Anouilh's Ball of Thieves in Darmstadt. As a director he staged performances of Terence Rattigan's Der Fall Winslow , Georg Büchner's Woyzeck and Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's Emilia Galotti, among others .
In addition, Madin worked regularly in film and television productions. He mainly played adaptations of stage designs or literary film adaptations. He worked in Fritz Kortner 's Shakespeare adaptation Der Sturm , the black comedy Das Königsstechen (by Thomas Strittmatter after Fanny Morweiser ) and in the television films Das Gartenfest after Václav Havel , The Story of the Rittmeister Schach von Wuthenow after Theodor Fontane , Assassination attempt on the mighty based on Edzard Schaper and The Treasure Trove Story based on Werner Bergengruen . On the other hand, he rarely appeared in television series such as Fall for Stone . In the cinema you could see him in Helma Sanders-Brahms ' Kleist biography Heinrich , Hans W. Geissendörfer's crime film Ediths Tagebuch after Patricia Highsmith and the Botho Strauss film Big and Small , directed by Peter Stein .
Filmography (selection)
- 1966: The garden party
- 1966: The story of Rittmeister Schach von Wuthenow
- 1969: The storm
- 1969: Assassination attempt on the mighty
- 1970: The Treasure Trove Story
- 1976: A case for stone - reminder notes by phone
- 1977: Heinrich
- 1980: big and small
- 1981: Berlin Tunnel 21
- 1982: nest break
- 1983: Edith's diary
- 1985: the bear
- 1988: The king jump
Radio plays
- 1991: Edgar Hilsenrath : The fairy tale of the last thought (Basch-Kjatib, the head clerk) - Director: Peter Groeger (radio play - SFB / HR )
- 1991: Gabriel Josipovici : Obituary for LS (old man) - Director: Robert Matejka (radio play - RIAS Berlin)
- 1986: The Miracle of Narnia, radio play series in 6 parts, as Aslan the Lion (1st voice)
literature
- Herbert A. Frenzel , Hans Joachim Moser (ed.): Kürschner's biographical theater manual. Drama, opera, film, radio. Germany, Austria, Switzerland. De Gruyter, Berlin 1956, DNB 010075518 , p. 455.
Web links
- Hans Madin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kürschner's biographical theater manual. P. 455.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Madin, Hans |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Madincea, Johann (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian-German actor and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 9, 1991 |
| Place of death | Berlin |