Hans Krull

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Hans Krull (born March 8, 1916 in Berlin ; † 1983 ) was a German actor , radio play speaker and director .

Life

Krull attended the drama school of the Deutsches Theater Berlin and also took private acting lessons while training with Otto Brefin. He made his stage debut in 1937 as "Romeo" in the Göttingen City Theater, where he received his first engagement until 1938. Other stage stations were the Bochum City Theater from 1938 to 1940, the Posen Reichsgautheater from 1940 to 1942 and the Strasbourg City Theater from 1942 to 1944. After a brief guest appearance in 1943 at the Renaissance theater in Berlin, Krull found a job in 1946 at the Stuttgarter Kammerspiele and was finally appointed director of the “New Theater” in East Berlin in 1948 . He later played in the west of the city, for example at the Schloßparktheater , the Hebbel Theater and the stands . Krull played numerous classic main and character roles such as "Franz Moor" in Schiller's Robbers in Stuttgart or "John Worthing" in Oscar Wilde's Bunbury in 1955 at the Berlin Tribune. In addition to his work as an actor and director, he also wrote the musical comedy Game in Love with Friedrich Steig .

In addition, Krull also regularly took on roles in film and television productions. As early as 1950 he played in Paul Verhoeven's DEFA fairy tale classic The Cold Heart . In the Federal Republic of Germany he has appeared in front of the camera several times under the direction of Falk Harnack : in the historical dramas Anastasia, the last daughter of the Tsar and Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin - The Hour of Decision , in the war film Restless Night , in the adventure film Fight for Rubber and in the drama A Gynecologist Complains on with Dieter Borsche . His other films include the Grethe-Weiser comedy Jenny und der Herr im Frack , the television drama Little Boy by Eberhard Itzenplitz and the Edgar Wallace crime thriller Im Banne des Unheimlichen . He replaced Heinz Drache in the role of "Kollin" for four episodes of the series Krimi-Quiz - Amateurs als Kriminalisten . Krull was the main actor in one of the first playback programs on German television. On December 9, 1953, a production of La Traviata was broadcast live as a television opera, in which Krull in the lead role of "Alfred Germont" took off his lips after the previously recorded tape singing by the tenor Hugo Sieberg. He also worked as a speaker for radio and radio play productions.

Hans and Charlotte Krull Foundation

Hans Krull was temporarily married to the singer and dancer Charlotte Biewald (1918–1992). In memory of their parents, their daughter Charlit Krull set up the Hans and Charlotte Krull Foundation in her will . The non-profit foundation under civil law based in Berlin was founded in 2009. It awards work grants of up to 12,000 euros annually and subsidizes selected projects in the visual arts and horticulture in Berlin and Brandenburg.

Filmography (selection)

theatre

Radio plays (selection)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Portrait of Krull on the pages of the Krull Foundation
  2. ^ Krull's lip play . In: Der Spiegel . No. 4 , 1954, pp. 28 ( online ).
  3. ^ Articles of Association. In: Krull Foundation. Retrieved on July 20, 2019 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Krull, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor, radio play speaker and director
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 1983