Harald Posch (actor)

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Harald Posch (born December 19, 1963 in Graz , Styria ) is an Austrian director , theater director , film and theater actor ,

Short biography

Harald Posch graduated from the Academic Gymnasium in Graz , where Alfred Kolleritsch was his German teacher. He has been an actor since 1982. This year Posch was discovered as a layman by the Austrian film production company MR-Film for the TV series "Waldheimat" in the role of Peter Rossegger's brother .

In the 1986/87 season Posch was a member of the ensemble at the Schauspielhaus Graz . This was followed by engagements at houses such as the Volkstheater Wien and the Theater in der Josefstadt . In the latter, he was also a permanent member of the ensemble from 1989 to 1993 and played roles such as Kasimir in “ Kasimir und Karoline ” by Ödön von Horváth or Ferdinand in “ Kabale und Liebe ” by Friedrich von Schiller . The play " Spring Awakening " by Frank Wedekind was recorded for TV with Posch in the role of "Melchior", directed by Hannelore Hoger .

Since 1993 he has worked as a freelance actor, author and director. From then on, Harald Posch appeared in front of the camera in numerous German-language television series, such as Kommissar Rex , Der Bulle von Tölz or Tatort, but also in films such as “Spurensuche” or “Black Flamingos” (movie) for which he also wrote the script. In 2005 he shot the US two-parter Pope John Paul II for CBS in the role of Nazi politician Hans Frank alongside James Cromwell , Ben Gazzara , Christopher Lee and John Voight as Pope.

After working in front of the camera, Posch began his career as a theater director. Together with the satirist Thomas Gratzer , he first founded the Duo Habsburg Recycling , with whom he wrote, played and staged the controversial pieces Habsburg Recycling's happy X-Night and New Evangelization Tour in 1997, among other things . Because of the controversial content, he was sentenced in the same year for degrading religious teachings (§188 StGB ). In addition, he staged pieces such as “ Trainspotting ” by Irving Welsh , “Land of the Dead” by Neil La Bute or “Spring Awakening - Escalation” in his own versions and thus also ensured controversial and media-controversial productions.

In 2004 Posch finally founded together with Ali Abdullah and the Drama X label another independent theater project for contemporary drama in Vienna, which up until 2008 produced projects with up to 10 authors, plays and directors in one evening.

In 2009 Posch and Abdullah were subsequently appointed artistic directors of the former ensemble theater on Petersplatz, which from then on operated as Garage X Theater Petersplatz . Posch opened the house with his staging of the annual report of a group in November 2009 under the title "On the basis of an equity capital of 4% this is not a problem ..." according to the quote of a banker from the bankrupt Lehmann Brothers that year. As a result, GARAGE X continues to cause a stir by inviting its own productions to the Thalia Theater Hamburg or the Residenztheater Munich.

From 2014 Posch / Abdullah also took over the former “Palais Kabelwerk” in Vienna-Meidling and have since run both stages under the WERK-X label (www.werk-x.at) as artistic directors. The name refers to the former, largest cable factory in Europe at the same location and the previous projects by Posch / Abdullah. Renowned German-speaking theater makers such as Herbert Fritsch , Marius von Mayenburg , Schorsch Cameroon or Milan Peschel showed under Posch / Abdullah z. Some of her first work in Austria.

Posch himself staged texts by Tex Rubinowitz , "Democratic Night, you Prolet!" after Italian Night by Ödön von Horvath , Uncle Tom's Hut by Harriet Beecher Stowe or The lost honor of Katharina Blum by Heinrich Böll . Posch was awarded the funding cost of the Kainz Medal for best young actor, the Salzburger Stier wrote and after 7 nominations and 4 × with NESTROY PRICE for productions at FACTORY X excellent.

Filmography (selection)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mourning for "facilitator" of literature Alfred Kolleritsch. kleinezeitung.at, May 30, 2020, accessed on May 31, 2020 .

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personal data
SURNAME Posch, Harald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian film and theater actor, director and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz , Styria