Heinz Kögel

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Heinz Kögel (born November 22, 1916 in Karlsruhe , † March 25, 1973 in Berlin ) was a German actor and director .

Life

After studying at the universities in Vienna and Munich as well as at the academies in Schönbrunn and Karlsruhe , Heinz Kögel got his first engagement at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe . He himself describes his move to the Stadttheater Konstanz as the real start at the theater. After another engagement in Karlsruhe, appearances at the Breisach Festival and work at the Deutsches Theater in Prague , his acting activity was interrupted by his work as a soldier in World War II. As a Soviet prisoner of war, he was commissioned to set up a prisoner-of-war theater.

After his return from captivity, the gym of the teachers' college at Wittelsbacherplatz in Würzburg became his new artistic home. From 1948 onwards, the Theater am Wittelsbacherplatz was located here , where he last worked as senior theater director. After its closure, Kögel went to the GDR, played and staged at the theaters in Meiningen and Magdeburg , and then went to the Brandenburg State Theater , which later became the Hans Otto Theater in Potsdam . After working here for many years as senior director, he started working as a freelance actor and director for German television in the 1960s . In the last few years he worked under the direction of Walter Felsenstein , as head of the "group actors small subject" at the Komische Oper Berlin .

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SURNAME Kögel, Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and director
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 1973
Place of death Berlin