Heinrich Greif
Otto Karl Heinrich Greif (born March 11, 1907 in Dresden , † July 16, 1946 in Berlin ) was a German actor. The Heinrich Greif Prize , a prize for film and television art in the GDR, was named after him .
Life
After graduating from high school, Greif began studying law in Berlin, but dropped out after a few semesters in favor of a career as an actor. After his training he worked as an actor in productions at the Berlin Volksbühne from 1927 , and from 1928 at the Piscator stage , followed by positions at other Berlin theaters. In 1930 he toured numerous German cities with the stage play § 218 by Carl Credé , directed by Erwin Piscator . In July 1931 Greif went to the Soviet Union for a few months , where he starred in the German version of Piscator's only feature film Der Aufstand der Fischer . The film was not completed in a Russian version until 1934. As a member of the Communist artist group " Troop 1931 " by Gustav von Wangenheim emigrated Reach for the seizure of power by the National Socialists of Paris and Zurich to Moscow. Greif, who had already become a KPD member in Paris , was chief spokesman for the German-language broadcasts on Radio Moscow from 1935 to 1945 . He also worked several times in Soviet films, including a. as SA storm leader in von Wangenheim's fighters .
In 1945 he returned to Germany and became a member of the ensemble of the Deutsches Theater Berlin . Heinrich Greif died a year later as a result of an inguinal hernia operation in the Berlin Charité . The routine operation was carried out personally by the then surgical director of the clinic, the 71-year-old Ferdinand Sauerbruch . In Sauerbruch, symptoms of his illness ( cerebral sclerosis ) were already showing at this point , and gross errors in the operation led to Griffin's death.
He rests in the French cemetery .
Filmography
- 1931–33: The Fishermen's Revolt ( Восстание рыбаков )
- 1936: Fighter ( Борцы )
- 1944: Person No. 217 ( Человек № 217 )
- 1945: It was in Donbass ( Это было в Донбассе )
Radio plays
- 1945: Friedrich Wolf : Professor Mamlock (Dr. Helpach) - Director: Hannes Küpper ( Berliner Rundfunk )
- 1946: Hedda Zinner : That happened - Director: Hedda Zinner (Berliner Rundfunk)
Literary work
- A German, 30 years old. Poems by the actor Heinrich Greif . Kiepenheuer, Weimar 1947.
literature
- K. Libera: Greif, Otto Karl Heinrich. In: History of the German labor movement. Biographical Lexicon . Dietz Verlag, Berlin 1970, pp. 164-165.
- Julia Danielczyk: Heinrich Greif . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 1, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 749.
- Curt Trepte, Renate Waack: Heinrich Greif, artist and communist. Henschel, Berlin 1974.
Web links
- Henry Griffin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Heinrich Greif Collection in the archive of the Academy of Arts, Berlin
References and comments
- ^ Valentina Choschewa: VOICE OF RUSSIA celebrates 85th anniversary. In: Voice of Russia. October 28, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Griffin, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Greif, Otto Karl Heinrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 11, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 16, 1946 |
| Place of death | Berlin |