Hans Schroeder

This article deals with the graphic designer and television director Hans Schroeder. For other people see Hans Schröder .

Hans Schroeder (born October 25, 1928 in Stettin ; † January 11, 2014 in Berlin ) was a German graphic artist, puppet maker, puppeteer and television director.

Career

Hans Schroeder began his studies at the HdK Berlin in 1946 and later in Berlin-Weißensee a . a. with Oskar Nerlinger . As early as 1952, he also made the decorations for Kurt Weiler's first puppet film Oskar Kulicke and the Pacifist . This was followed by a collaboration with the puppet theater Die Nußknacker under the direction of Erich Hammer , with whom Schroeder was later to collaborate at DEFA and the German TV broadcaster (DFF). In 1953 Schroeder received his first orders from DEFA-Studio Babelsberg for the decoration of a home decor film. Hans Schroeder joined the DFF in 1956 from the newly founded DEFA studio for animated films in Dresden . Here he developed a new puppet film series for preschool children in addition to the already existing Flax and Krümel series. He came up with the concept for a series of stories featuring the animal figures tomcat and bunny, which had human-like features. This was the basis for the fairytale forest in GDR children's television. Important figures created by him are Mr. Fuchs and Mrs. Elster , who would later achieve cult status. Other figures he created are Mrs. Igel and her child Borstel and Uncle Uhu. After a falling out about the conceptual development of the series, Hans Schroeder left children's television. In 1961 he worked with his wife Gertrud as a puppet maker and puppeteer in the production of the DFF film Bodo Baddy's Colorful Stage . This 40 minute long film was directed by Bruno Kleberg and for the first time allowed real actors and puppets to act together on television. The then popular comedian couple Rolf Herricht and Hans-Joachim Preil were seen in leading human roles.

From the beginning of the 1960s, Hans Schroeder worked for the television station's agricultural department. The television advisory program " You and Your Pet ", which Hans Schroeder directed for almost ten years, was a great success with the public . After the fall of the Berlin Wall he was involved in the founding of the Brandenburg state broadcaster, from which the ORB emerged , and after his retirement he mainly worked for the Goethe Institute in Berlin.

Filmography (selection)

• 1952: Oskar Kulicke and the Pacifist - production design (directed by Kurt Weiler)

DEFA animation films

• 1954: Knirps and the fish robber - production design, puppeteer
• 1955: The ghost in the village - production design, puppeteer - directed by Erich Hammer
• 1956: Fuchs remains Fuchs - production design, puppeteer - directed by Erich Hammer
• 1956: Lunch in the courtyard - production design, puppeteer - directed by Erich Hammer
• 1956: Der Kluge Bauer - production design, puppeteer - directed by Erich Hammer
• 1956: Bimbo - production design, puppeteer - directed by Erich Hammer
• 1957: Die Wette - production design, puppeteer - directed by Erich Hammer

DFF television films and series

• from 1957: tomcat and rabbit - fairytale forest stories in the DFF a. a. with Mr. Fuchs and Mrs. Elster, author, player, design of the dolls and decorations
• 1961: Bodo Baddy's colorful stage - puppet making and puppetry, with Rolf Herricht and Hans-Joachim Preil - directed by Bruno Kleberg
• You and Your Pet (TV Guide) - Director

DFF television documentaries

• 1977: Müritz - Kleines Meer - The four seasons on the largest inland lake in the GDR - director
• 1978: Ganh - one timber, two baskets - Vietnamese travel impressions - director
• 1980: La tierra es vida From Matanzas to the Sierra Maestra - The development of Cuban agriculture after the revolution - Director

Web links

• Hans Schroeder in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The creator of Mr. Fuchs and Mrs. Elster on the sandman website of the RBB
• ErzählCafé with Hans Schroeder, December 2002 , "The fishing island 44 years ago - an artists' colony"
• Inventors of Mr. Fuchs and Mrs. Elster died , RBB

Individual evidence

1. ^ Oskar Kulicke and the pacifist
2. ↑ Knirps und Fischräuber in Progress Filmverleih  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.