Hildegard Knef
Hildegard Frieda Albertine Knef [ kneːf ] (born December 28, 1925 in Ulm ; † February 1, 2002 in Berlin ) was a German actress , voice actress , chanson singer and author . While she was known in German-speaking countries as Hildegard Knef, from 1948 to around 1968 she called herself Hildegarde Neff outside of German-speaking countries .
Life
family
Hildegard Knef was founded in 1925 as a subsidiary of the Flemish -stämmigen tobacco merchant and attorney Hans Theodor Knef and his wife Frieda Auguste, born Gröhn in Ulm born. In 1926 the father died of syphilis , and the mother moved with her daughter to Berlin , where Hildegard attended a middle school in the former Schöneberg district , which was housed in the same building complex as the Rückert School ( Lyceum , today: Rückert Gymnasium ). In 1933 her mother married the master shoemaker and leather manufacturer Wilhelm Wulfestieg. Knef's half-brother, the jazz musician Heinz Wulfestieg (1936–1978), emerged from the marriage. He died in August 1978 under unexplained circumstances at the age of 41 in Berlin. She did not come to terms with his sudden death in 1982 in her book So Not .
Marriages
Hildegard Knef was married three times:
- from 1947 to 1953 with Kurt Hirsch, an American of German-Czech-Jewish origin. In Hollywood , he worked as an agent for actors, but could not prevent the contract company from giving his wife no roles for years.
- from 1962 to 1976 with the British actor David Cameron , who also appeared together with her on a tour through Germany in the play "Not of yesterday" ( Born Yesterday ). He is the father of her daughter Christina Antonia, married. Gardiner (born May 16, 1968 in Munich , called "Tinta").
- from 1977 until her death in 2002 with Paul Rudolf Freiherr von Schell zu Bauschlott (born November 28, 1940), who came from an old Austro-Hungarian noble family.
UFA years
At the age of 15 she left school with secondary school leaving certificate and began training as a draftswoman in the animation department of the UFA film studios in Berlin-Mitte. In 1943 UFA film director Wolfgang Liebeneiner became aware of her and she was trained as an actress. Her acting teachers were Karl Meichsner and Else Bongers , who was UFA's junior manager at the time , who became her mentor and lifelong advisor. In 1944 Knef began an affair with the " Reichsfilmdramaturgen " Ewald von Demandowsky , who was also the production manager of the Tobis film company . Before the end of the war, she appeared in films for the first time (including Unter den Brücken , 1944; Fahrt ins Glück , 1945).
Early post-war period
In 1945 Hildegard Knef appeared in cabaret and theater and met the US control officer Kurt Hirsch, whom she married on December 15, 1947. Her first theater roles were given by Boleslaw Barlog at the Schlosspark Theater in 1946. Wolfgang Staudte saw Knef on stage and engaged her in the first German post-war film Die Murder sind unter uns (1946), which also made her internationally known. After that, they continued to play theater and synchronized way Soviet films for the DEFA . For her play in Untitled Film , she received the award for best female actress in Locarno in 1948 . On August 1, 1948, Hildegard Knef was featured on the cover of the first issue of the new Stern magazine . She became the first great German post-war star.
Due to the international success of the film Murderers Among Us , and flanked by a multi-page report in the US magazine LIFE of submitted Hollywood - producer David O. Selznick Knef in which the offer, US to come. In early 1948 she signed a seven-year contract for his studio, which earned her a very lucrative check every week, but no roles. Between language classes and test shoots, she met Marlene Dietrich in the United States . In 1950 she became a US citizen .
Between Europe and the USA
In 1950 Hildegard Knef briefly returned to the Federal Republic of Germany to shoot the Willi Forst film Die Sünderin . It was only through protests by the Catholic Church that the melodramatic film with a short nude scene Knef and the thematization of the taboos of prostitution and suicide became one of the biggest scandals in German post-war cinema : with demonstrations for and against Die Sünderin , barricaded cinemas, film bans in numerous German and European cities, lawsuits up to the Federal Administrative Court and Federal Court of Justice . The Catholic protest was sparked above all by the killing on demand , which was shown in the final scene and which reminded of the euthanasia propaganda of the “Third Reich” in the film I complain by Wolfgang Liebeneiner . The sinner was seen by over seven million cinema-goers in the Federal Republic of Germany alone. In connection with the success of the film, Knef published inter alia. in October 1951 her first record ("Ein Herz is to be given away").
Outlawed as a border violator, Knef immediately "fled" back to Hollywood to direct a series of films for the 20th Century Fox company , to which she was now under contract. Between filming in the USA, where she also met Marilyn Monroe and immortalized her hand and footprints in front of Hollywood's legendary premiere cinema, the Grauman's Chinese Theater , she also appeared in German, British and French film productions. In 1955 she made her Broadway debut in the musical Silk Stockings (German title: Ninotschka or Seidenstüfte ) by Cole Porter - she is the only German who has so far managed to debut in a leading role on Broadway. In 1957 Knef left the USA after falling out with 20th Century Fox: The rival film company MGM had acquired the film rights to "Silk Stockings" and wanted Knef for the lead role in the film of the same name; but Fox did not release her, but insisted that she first shoot the films contracted with Fox, which had been postponed due to her Broadway commitment. Knef then returned to the Federal Republic of Germany. By breaking her contract with Fox, Knef basically ended her film career in the USA.
Film and music
Hildegard Knef had passed the zenith of her film career when she returned from Hollywood in 1957. In Germany more or less still and - after a film flop ( Madeleine and the Legionnaire ) - ostracized again, she filmed mainly in England and France in the late 1950s and early 1960s - partly in demanding and successful, but mostly in mediocre productions (e.g. La Strada dei Giganti ). In 1959 she met her second husband, who was then married David Cameron , while filming in Great Britain .
During these years, Knef increasingly came to the fore in her role as a singer, among others. 1959 on the BBC television show The Hildegarde Neff Show . In her early films she had already sung a lot, e.g. B. in the film Mandrake (with Hollywood legend Erich von Stroheim ), in the melodrama Illusion in minor (with Hardy Krüger ) or in the Hemingway drama Snow on Kilimanjaro , in the original version of which she sang two songs by Cole Porter . He was so impressed by her interpretation that he hired her as the leading actress for his production Silk Stockings . As a ninotschka, she celebrated great success on Broadway from 1954 to 1956. The record also sold very well in the USA. In 1957 she recorded an EP with several songs in England and later also jazz records in France. Due to the positive response to her “second career” abroad, she was again noticed in Germany.
In 1962 the first record was recorded in Germany since 1952. The single He was never a cavalier became a sales success. In 1963 she released her first LP So oder so ist das Leben (8th place in the German charts ). With the titles But it was beautiful (1963), Mackie-Messer (1963) and One and One, That Makes Two (1964, written by Charly Niessen ), she entered the German single charts. As a chanson singer, Knef has now also received her first shows on German television. In 1965 she wrote her own lyrics for the first time ( Are clouds getting old? ). The LP I see the world through your eyes with self-written texts was a great success in 1966. In the same year she went on her first concert tour.
The success of their records continued for the next few years. In 1968 their daughter Christina Antonia was born through a caesarean section . She herself was in mortal danger for a short time. In the same year her optimistic - ironic signature song For me it should rain red roses was published .
Ella Fitzgerald described Hildegard Knef as the "best singer without a voice". The smoky organ, the precise, sometimes brash, but consistently soulful nature of the presentation and the own texts, which are characterized by cleverness and laconic irony, made Knef a unique figure in German-language popular music. She performed with first-class backing bands (e.g. from Kurt Edelhagen , Hans Hammerschmid , Bert Kaempfert and Gert Wilden ).
bestseller
In 1970 Hildegard Knef published her autobiographical work Der schenkte Gaul , on which she had worked for years and which landed at number 1 among the Spiegel bestsellers. The book has been translated into 17 languages and became the most internationally successful book by a German author since 1945. Her music albums KNEF (including I need a change of scenery ) and What is this actually about were released in 1970 and 1971 respectively ? , set to music by Hans Hammerschmid and Les Humphries . Commercially, these beat- and pop-influenced works were less successful than earlier works.
In 1975 she published Das Judgment , a book about cancer , which she herself suffered from (breast cancer) and which, due to its directness, gave rise to great discussions. In 1976 the book was among others. second on the US bestseller list . In the same year she divorced David Cameron after 14 years of marriage.
ups and downs
From 1977 her records sold only slowly. Hildegard Knef married Paul von Schell , a Hungarian-American nobleman, who was 15 years his junior for the third time . After Knef had dominated the headlines in the years that followed after suffering from cancer and fought a real battle with the tabloid press around 1980, she “fled” in 1982 with her husband and daughter from Berlin to Los Angeles . After the hype in the press (illness, war of divorce, facelift , world tour), Knef was written off for the next few years in German-speaking countries. It was still astonished to note that the press dedicated headlines and multi-page reports to her in L.A.: "Hildegarde Neff back to Hollywood". However, apart from a few American productions, she could not really gain a foothold in Hollywood in the following years.
In 1987 she celebrated a successful comeback as "Fräulein Schneider" in John Kander's and Fred Ebbs Musical Cabaret in the Berlin Theater des Westens , directed by Helmut Baumann , with Helen Schneider , Wolfgang Reichmann and Utz Richter at her side. In 1989 she moved from the USA back to Germany and was heavily indebted.
In 1992, Knef released their first single in five years, a reinterpretation of For me it's supposed to rain red roses together with the rock band Extrabreit . At the same time, she received numerous honors and recognition for her life's work, played small supporting roles on television and was seen as a legendary film and chanson star in television and talk shows. In 1999 17 millimeters appeared , produced by Till Brönner ; her first LP since 1980 and her last ever. She was a success and was able to place in the charts; something she hadn't been able to do since 1969. The publication also received a German Jazz Award for over 10,000 records sold.
The last few years have been overshadowed by diseases. In 2001 Knef suffered a collapsed lung that made him hospitalized for months.
On June 27, 2001, she regained German citizenship.
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Two weeks after her last public appearance on the Johannes B. Kerner Show, Hildegard Knef died on the night of February 1, 2002 at around 2 a.m. at the age of 76 of acute pneumonia . Federal President Johannes Rau and Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder turned to the widower with letters of condolence .
Seven days later, on February 7, 2002, the funeral ceremony took place in the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church and the burial in the Zehlendorf Forest Cemetery in a grave of honor in the city of Berlin .
After Hildegard Knef's death
The Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin took over her personal estate in 2002 and showed the first pieces from it in an exhibition at the end of the year.
On December 27, 2002, Deutsche Post issued a special postage stamp with the portrait of the late artist as part of the series "Women in German History".
In 2003, the musical version of her autobiography Der schenkte Gaul (written by the theater director and author Reinhardt Friese , the composer Udo Becker and her husband Paul von Schell based on a fragment she wrote) was produced in Wilhelmshaven under the direction of Friese with great success and nationwide media coverage Premiered.
On the occasion of Hildegard Knef's 80th birthday, the first performance of the musical took place in Berlin in 2005 at the Hansa Theater , directed by Christian Alexander Schnell and Thomas Grandoch .
From December 7, 2005 to February 27, 2006 the Schwule Museum in Berlin showed the exhibition Hilde Knef - Hold me tight (memories-knowledge-impulses). A homage by Dieter Bornemann on the occasion of Hildegard Knef's 80th birthday.
On December 17, 2007, the western forecourt of the Berlin-Südkreuz long-distance train station was named Hildegard-Knef-Platz . According to a Berlin law, the nomination may only take place five years after the death of the recipient. The Knef's youth in Schöneberg was given as the reason for the name .
In July 2008, filming began on the cinema production Hilde , a film adaptation of Hildegard Knef's autobiography Der schenkte Gaul . Heike Makatsch can be seen in the main role . The film celebrated its world premiere on February 13, 2009 in the Friedrichstadtpalast in Berlin , and it was released in theaters on March 12, 2009.
On September 10, 2010, Hildegard Knef received a star on the Boulevard der Stars in Berlin.
On August 15, 2012, a Berlin memorial plaque was put up for them at Leberstrasse 33 in Berlin-Schöneberg .
Hildegard Knef's star on the Boulevard der Stars in Berlin (2010)
Berlin memorial plaque on the house, Leberstrasse 33, in Berlin-Schöneberg
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On the occasion of her 90th birthday, the tribute album Für Hilde was published on December 18, 2015 , for which a total of 19 pop artists (including Mark Forster , Die Fantastischen Vier , Nisse and Johannes Oerding ) reinterpreted her titles. The album also features songs based on previously unpublished lyrics.
On November 22, 2018, the car with the number 56 of the Ulm tram with the name Hildegard Knef went into operation.
Filmography (selection)
cinemamovies
- 1945: The Noltenius brothers
- 1945: Under the bridges
- 1945: Spring melody (unfinished)
- 1946: The murderers are among us
- 1947: between yesterday and tomorrow
- 1948: Untitled film
- 1948: Journey to happiness
- 1951: The sinner
- 1951: Miracles still happen
- 1951: Decision before dawn
- 1952: On the streets at night
- 1952: Courier to Trieste
- 1952: Snow on Kilimanjaro (The Snows of Kilimanjaro)
- 1952: Night Without Sleep
- 1952: Mandrake
- 1952: On the streets of Paris
- 1952: Illusion in minor
- 1953: Dangerous vacation
- 1954: a love story
- 1954: private confession
- 1954: Svengali
- 1958: Madeleine and the legionnaire
- 1958: The girl from Hamburg ( La fille de Hambourg )
- 1959: The man who sold himself
- 1959: Subway to Heaven
- 1960: The Fearless of Parma
- 1962: Lulu
- 1963: Catherine of Russia
- 1963: The murderer of women in Paris
- 1963: The Threepenny Opera
- 1963: The dark green suitcase
- 1963: The great love game
- 1964: secret agent in Gibraltar
- 1964: Waiting room to the afterlife
- 1964: Condemned to sin
- 1965: Blonde freight for Zanzibar
- 1968: Beasts lurk in front of Caracas
- 1976: Everyone dies for himself alone
- 1978: Fedora
- 1980: Why the UFOs steal our lettuce
- 1984: wings and fetters
- 1988: Witchcraft - Evil Lives
- 1999: an almost perfect wedding
watch TV
- 1959: International Detective
- 1959: ITV Play of the Week
- 1960: the beloved voice
- 1962: Golden Boy
- 1962: Laura
- 1963: Curd Jürgens tells ...
- 1966: Mrs. Dally: Today is Independence Day
- 1978: Big city miniatures
- 1979: The Old Man : Illusions about Murder
- 1982: The gardener of Toulouse
- 1984: Agent with a Heart : Waiting for Godorsky (Season 1, Episode 21)
- 1990: A castle on Lake Wörthersee : the nobility are not obliged to do anything
- 1992: In deep enmity
- 1992: House by the lake
- 1993: Berlin Break
- 1994: The City Indians
- 1994: Deadly Legacy
- 1995: Peter Strohm : The Countess
Stage roles
- 1944: Little Mr. Nobody , Kammerspiele of the German Theater, Berlin. Role: Lena. First performance: June 8, 1944.
- 1945: Tonight at six , grandstand, Berlin. Role: Conférencière. First performance: June 16, 1945.
- 1945: The Robbery of the Sabine Women , Renaissance Theater, Berlin. Role: Paula. First performance: June 1945.
- 1945: Hocus-pocus , Schloßpark-Theater, Berlin. Berlin. Role: speaker. First performance: November 3, 1945.
- 1945: A game about death and love , Schloßpark-Theater, Berlin. Role: Female lead (temporarily). First performance: December 8, 1945.
- 1945: Zum Goldenen Anker , Schloßpark-Theater, Berlin. Role: Fanny, clam seller (temporarily). First performance: February 20, 1945.
- 1946: Then , Schloßpark-Theater, Berlin. Role: Ursel. First performance: January 11, 1946.
- 1946: As you like it , Schloßpark-Theater, Berlin. Role: Celia. First performance: April 30, 1946.
- 1946: Three men on a horse , Schloßpark-Theater, Berlin. Role: Mabel. First performance: August 16, 1946.
- 1947: O wilderness! Schloßpark-Theater, Berlin. Role: Belle, prostitute. First performance: July 4, 1947.
- 1955: Silk Stockings , Imperial Theater, New York. Role: Ninotchka. First performance: February 24, 1955
- 1960: The Mink , Schloßpark-Theater, Berlin. Role: Marie-Paule, prostitute. First performance: June 4, 1960.
- 1961: Not from yesterday (Born Yesterday) , touring theater "Die Schaubühne", Minden / Westphalia. Role: Billie Dawn. First performance: January 12, 1961.
- 1965: Mrs. Dally , touring theater "Die Schaubühne", in: Theater in the Leopoldstrasse, Munich. Role: Mrs. Dally. First performance: February 2, 1965.
- 1987: Cabaret , Theater des Westens, Berlin. Role: Miss Schneider. First performance: October 3, 1987.
Radio plays
- 1947: Curt Goetz : Hokuspokus - Director: Hans Fahrenburg ( Berliner Rundfunk )
Audio books
- 1998 ( Audible release 2005): The gift horse , tacheles! / Roof Music
- 2003: The judgment , tacheles! / ROOF Music, ISBN 978-3-936186-37-6
Discography
LP albums
- 1955: Cole Porter : Silk Stockings
- 1961: Hildegard Knef speaks Jean Cocteau: The beloved voice
- 1963: The Threepenny Opera
- 1963: One way or another life is
- 1964: The great successes
- 1964: Hildegard Knef
- 1964: Affair after notes: Actors sing chansons (Ilse - Wedkind)
- 1964: your great successes
- 1964: illusions
- 1964: Germany's Hildegard Neff
- 1965: Mrs. Dally (Today is Independence Day)
- 1965: Hildegard Knef speaks and sings Tucholsky
- 1965: Chansons with Hildegard Knef
- 1966: I see the world through your eyes
- 1966: So everything has its meaning
- 1966: The new Knef tour LIVE
- 1966: The big Knef
- 1967: hold me tight
- 1967: Hildegard Knef
- 1968: your name is dreams
- 1968: knef concert
- 1968: So what ...
- 1968: The moon was free
- 1969: Love for Sale
- 1969: The great successes 2
- 1970: KNEF
- 1970: Portrait in Music
- 1970: Hildegard Knef reads: The gift horse - report from a life
- 1970: change of scenery
- 1970: Grand Gala
- 1970: Hildegard Knef
- 1971: From Here On In It Gets Rough
- 1971: What is this actually about?
- 1971: The World of Hildegard Knef
- 1971: yesterday - today
- 1972: And I turn around again
- 1972: Texts, written and read: Hildegard Knef
- 1973: portrait in gold
- 1974: I've come a long way
- 1975: The verdict - Hildegard Knef reads from her novel
- 1975: applause
- 1975: Star for millions: Hildegard Knef
- 1976: It was always so nice with you
- 1976: The great successes
- 1976: Grand Gala of Stars: Hildegard Knef
- 1977: Lousy times
- 1977: Golden Series: Hildegard Knef
- 1978: Homesick Blues
- 1978: Roses bloom everywhere
- 1979: Eins & Eins - Hildegard Knef, her great successes and the Bert Kaempfert orchestra
- 1979: Wereldsuccessen
- 1979: Profile: Hildegard Knef
- 1979: 20 great successes
- 1980: There is a time ...
- 1980: Tour, tour ... the live album of their concert tour
- 1980: Motifs: Hildegard Knef
- 1980: Star magazine: Hildegard Knef
- 1981: Portrait: Hildegard Knef
- 1984: But it was nice - 16 great successes
- 1985: Her friends call her Hilde
- 1985: Your 16 greatest successes
- 2002: The Reform Sessions
CD albums
- 1985: Hildegard Knef - The Lady Is a Tramp - International successes
- 1988: Hildegard Knef - Concert - your greatest successes
- 1988: Idols: Hildegard Knef
- 1989: Silk Stockings - 1955 Original Broadway Cast
- 1992: Hildegard Knef - your great successes
- 1993: Hildegard Knef - It's supposed to rain red roses for me - your 20 most beautiful songs
- 1994: The Fantastic World of Voices: The Great Hildegard Knef
- 1994: Sound film hits: Famous film melodies and their best interpreters 1937–1955
- 1995: Pocahontas - film soundtrack, German original version
- 1995: Hildegard Knef - It should rain red roses for me
- 1997: Hildegard Knef - My songs are different
- 1997: Pocahontas - The original radio play for the film
- 1998: Hildegard Knef, Curd Jürgens, Gert Fröbe and others - The Threepenny Opera
- 1999: Hildegard Knef reads: The gift horse
- 1999: Hildegard Knef - 17 millimeters
- 1999: Hildegard Knef - I sing your song
- 2000: Hildegard Knef - I see the world through your eyes
- 2000: Hildegard Knef - The great successes
- 2000: Knef - Hold me tight
- 2000: Hildegard Knef - Nothing knocks me out
- 2001: Pop 2001 - history is made
- 2002: The Reform Sessions
CD albums - posthumous:
- 2002: Hildegard Knef - but it was nice
- 2002: Hildegard Knef - either way is life
- 2002: Knef Sings, Kaempfert Swings
- 2002: Hildegard Knef - The Reform Sessions
- 2002: Hildegard Knef - In Concert
- 2002: Hildegard Knef - sings Cole Porter
- 2003: Hildegard Knef - A Woman and a Half
- 2003: Hildegard Knef - sings and speaks Tucholsky
- 2003: Hildegard Knef - One way or the other is life
- 2003: Hildegard Knef reads: The judgment
- 2005: Hildegard Knef - Schöne Zeiten - your unforgettable singles
- 2005: KNEF
- 2005: What is this actually about?
- 2005: Hildegard Knef - I've come a long way
- 2007: Hildegard Knef - From Here on it got rough. The best of her english recordings
- 2012: Hildegard Knef Remixed - 12 Versions By Hans Nieswandt
Singles / EPs (original releases)
- 1951: A heart is to be given away / Every evening I stand at the harbor
- 1952: illusions
- 1952: The Song of the Lonely Girl
- 1958: La fille de Hambourg
- 1958: Bal de Vienne (among others)
- 1958: The girl from Hamburg
- 1959: A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square (among others)
- 1962: He was never a gentleman
- 1962: But it was nice
- 1963: Mackie Messer’s morality
- 1963: It was at the Bal paré
- 1963: Homesickness for Kurfürstendamm
- 1963: One and one, that makes two
- 1964: Be like you were back then
- 1964: That goes away the first time
- 1965: In this city
- 1966: I'd like to have Sunday on Monday
- 1967: Those were good times
- 1967: lonely
- 1968: It's supposed to rain red roses for me
- 1971: Christina
- 1972: Auntie (with Enrico Macias, Sandra & Andres, Alice Babs, Demis Roussos, Vicky Leandros)
- 1974: The old wolf
- 1976: Just in case
- 1978: Good morning, Paul
- 1979: People have to be among the people
- 1986: Don't you remember
- 1987: Ways Of Love (with Glenn Yarbrough)
- 1992: It's supposed to rain red roses for me (with extra width)
- 1993: Tell me where the flowers are
- 1995: That irritated oyster / So or so is life (with Max Raabe and the Palast Orchester)
- 1995: One and One, That Makes Two (Special Mixed by DJ Stevie Steve)
- 1995: From now on things went downhill (with Engel Against Will)
- 1995: Listen with your heart
- 2002: Why probably (feat. Thomas S .; posthumously)
- 2002: You are my salt in the soup (Atex Candy Mix; posthumous)
Other well-known songs (selection)
- I've come a long way
- I need a change of scenery
- The pirate Jenny
- The world ended on Lake Zurich
- My room at night
- His name was not von Oertzen
- Gray rain
- The Baltic song
- He drops me off the wheel
- When the donkey is doing too well
- I still have a suitcase in Berlin
- Berlin, your face has freckles
- In this city
- I think I'll never be a lady (English Lady is a tramp )
- Where once there was nothing
- I get dressed and slowly undress
- I'm too tired to go to sleep
Chart placements
Albums
| year | title |
Highest ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
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| 1963 | One way or another life is |
DE14 (8 weeks) DE |
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| 1964 | The big Achievements |
DE24 (10 weeks) DE |
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| Hildegard Knef |
DE38 (1 week) DE |
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| 1966 | I see the world through your eyes |
DE3 (7 weeks) DE |
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| The new Knef Tour Live |
DE2 (11 weeks) DE |
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| 1967 | Hold me tight |
DE4 (15 weeks) DE |
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| 1968 | Dreams are your name - Hildegard Knef sings Cole Porter |
DE11 (7 weeks) DE |
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| Knef Concert |
DE7 (5 weeks) DE |
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| 1969 | The great successes 2 |
DE19 (4 weeks) DE |
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| 1999 | 17 millimeters |
DE73  (2 weeks)DE |
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| 2002 | It should rain red roses for me |
DE53 (4 weeks) DE |
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| But it was nice |
DE30 (6 weeks) DE |
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| 2009 | Hilde - The best from Hildegard Knef |
DE72 (1 week) DE |
Singles
| year | Title album |
Highest ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
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DE
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| 1963 | But it was nice |
DE47 (4 weeks) DE |
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| Macky knife |
DE27 (13 weeks) DE |
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| It was at the Bal Pare |
DE54 (4 weeks) DE |
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| 1964 | One and one, that makes two |
DE27 (13 weeks) DE |
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| 1993 | It should rain red roses for me |
DE22 (35 weeks) DE |
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Awards, honors, prizes
- 1949: Award for best female actress for film without a title at the Locarno Film Festival
- 1951: Hand and footprints in front of the premiere cinema Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood
- 1953: French film criticism award for her role in La Fête à Henriette
- 1959: Award of the Federal Film Prize : Film ribbon in silver for the best female supporting role in the film The Man Who Sells
- 1968: Election for "best German-speaking singer"
- 1969: Edison (for best lyrics and greatest audience popularity in Europe)
- 1975: Federal Cross of Merit first class "for services to the recognition of the Federal Republic of Germany in the world"
- 1976: Golden film award role as best actress for the film Everyone dies for himself at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
- 1976: Mark Twain Prize for the English edition of The Judgment
- 1977: Federal Film Prize : Gold film tape for the entire work
- 1980: Golden Tulip (Dutch Music Prize)
- 1993: Helmut Käutner Prize of the City of Düsseldorf
- 1995: Order of Merit of the State of Berlin
- 1996: Berlin Bear (BZ Culture Prize) for life's work
- 1996: First winner of the “Marlene” award for stage entertainment
- 1999: DIVA award for life's work
- 1999: Prize for the most successful jazz production of the year (for the CD 17 millimeters with jazz musician Till Brönner )
- 2000: Golden Camera in the Berlin Honorary Award category
- 2000: Echo for life's work
- 2001: Bambi for life's work
- 2017: Inauguration of one of the first new Intercity Express trains ( ICE 4 ) to Hildegard Knef.
literature
Publications by Hildegard Knef
- The gift horse. Report from a lifetime. Molden, Vienna, Munich and Zurich 1970, ISBN 3-217-00858-8 . ( No. 1 on the Spiegel bestseller list from September 28, 1970 to May 9, 1971 )
- I need a change of scenery. Molden, Vienna et al. 1972, ISBN 3-217-00457-4 .
- The judgment or the opposing person. Molden, Munich et al. 1975, ISBN 3-217-00654-2 .
- with Hans Kossatz : Homesick Blues. Freund, Berlin 1976, ISBN 3-921532-03-5 .
- Nothing but curiosity. Interviews on questions of parapsychology. Goldmann, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-442-03690-9 .
- Not like that. Knaus, Hamburg 1982, ISBN 3-8135-8092-X .
- Romy. Contemplation of a life. (With a report by Curt Riess: last conversation with Romy.) Knaus, Hamburg 1983, ISBN 3-8135-0443-3 ; (Reprints partly under the title Romy. Contemplations of a life path and Romy Schneider. Contemplation of a life ).
Publications about Hildegard Knef
- Ernst Schmacke: Hildegard Knef. (= Arcadia Star Parade, issue 7). Arcadia-Verlag, Hamburg 1954.
- HE Weinschenk: Chatting artists: Hildegard Knef. Hamburg 1954.
- Lucas Lewalter: "The Sinner" on Broadway. Life novel about Hildegard Knef . (= Prominent series , No. 3). Bastei-Verlag Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1955.
- David Cameron : Falling on my feet. Autobiography. Neff, Vienna 1987, ISBN 3-7014-0242-6 .
- Axel Andree : The Knef. Langen-Müller, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-7844-2804-5 .
- Paul von Schell: Hilde. My declaration of love to Hildegard Knef. Henschel, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-89487-450-3 .
- Roman Kuhn, Marieke Schroeder (ed.): Hildegard Knef. More than a woman. Collection Rolf Heyne, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-89910-205-3 .
- Alice Schwarzer : Hildegard Knef (1925–2002), actress , in: Alice Schwarzer portrays role models and idols. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2003, ISBN 978-3-462-03341-0 , pp. 72-76. (First published in EMMA 2/2002)
- Christian Schröder: Hildegard Knef. I should meet all miracles. Biography. Aufbau-Verlag , Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-351-02575-0 .
- Daniela Sannwald, Kristina Jaspers, Peter Mänz (eds.): Hildegard Knef. An artist from Germany . Bertz + Fischer Verlag , Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-86505-167-7 .
- Jürgen Trimborn : Hildegard Knef. Happiness only knows minutes . Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-421-05827-X .
- Corinna Weidner (Ed.): Hildegard Knef. Photographs by Rico Puhlmann . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag , Munich 2005, ISBN 3-89602-662-3 .
- Christian Kuchler: Episcopal protest against National Socialist “euthanasia” propaganda in the cinema: “I accuse”. In: Historisches Jahrbuch der Görresgesellschaft , 126, 2006, pp. 269–294, especially p. 291 f.
- Petra Roek: Don't ask why: Hildegard Knef - the biography . Edel Edition, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-941378-01-8 .
- Ulrich Bach: The Woman Between. Hildegard Knef's Movies in Cold War Berlin. The Woman Between. In: Philip Broadbent, Sabine Hake (eds.): Berlin: Divided City 1945–1989. Berghahn Books , New York 2010, pp. 115–124.
- Frank Raberg : Biographical Lexicon for Ulm and Neu-Ulm 1802-2009 . Süddeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft im Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2010, ISBN 978-3-7995-8040-3 , p. 207 f .
- Eberhard Weißbarth : Hildegard Knef - between yesterday and today. Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz , Weitra 2011, ISBN 978-3-85252-910-3 .
- Imre Kusztrich: I'm not a cancer model. Talk, feel, tremble with Hildegard Knef. Memories and conversations from the most difficult years of a great artist in the grueling battle with media and everyday life. IGK-Verlag, Neusiedl / Austria 2011, ISBN 978-3-9503215-3-1 .
Films about Hilde Knef (selection)
- The profile: Hildegard Knef in conversation with Friedrich Luft. Studio talk, Federal Republic of Germany, 1967, 29 min., Moderation: Friedrich Luft , production: Sender Freies Berlin , series: Das Profil , first broadcast: January 15, 1967 on ARD , summary by rbb , online video .
- A Woman and a Half - Hildegard Knef . Documentary, Germany, 2001, 90 min., Written and directed by Clarissa Ruge
- Knef - The early years . Documentary film, Germany, 2005, 60 min., Script and director: Felix Moeller , production: NEF, WDR , rbb , first broadcast: November 25, 2005 on West 3 , synopsis from ARD , film data from filmportal.de , among others. with Volker Schlöndorff , Jürgen Trimborn and their three husbands Kurt Hirsch, David Cameron , Paul von Schell.
- Hilda . Feature film, Germany, 2009, 137 min., Written by: Maria von Heland , directed by Kai Wessel , release date: February 13, 2009.
- Hilde Knef - a world star from Berlin . Documentary, Germany, 2012, 87:47 min., Script and director: Jens Rübsam, speaker: Judy Winter , Volker Lechtenbrink , production: rbb , first broadcast: January 28, 2012 on rbb television , among others. with Joachim Fuchsberger , Till Brönner , Thomas Fritsch , Ulrich Pleitgen , Hella von Sinnen , Gabriele Henkel .
- Hildegard Knef - happiness with a break. Documentary film collage, Germany, 2014, 29:30 min., Script and director: Frank Diederichs, production: WDR , first broadcast: December 28, 2014 on Das Erste , synopsis by ARD .
various
- In 1996, the cabaret artist Ulrich Michael Heissig created the fictional twin sister Irmgard Knef as a fictional character , which he has since presented in various programs.
- The event manager Peter Degner (1954–2020) from Leipzig published a homage album on CD before 1999 for Hildegard Knef, whom he admired: Peter Degner jr .: “The human must among the people” - meeting with PD 12 German-language songs with songs by Hildegard Knef as cover versions by Peter Degner. Leipzig, CD number SKW-86095, no year (before 1999)
- Heinz Rudolf Kunze translated an English text by Ira Gershwin into German for Hildegard Knef and wrote a song text for her; the two titles appeared on the album 17 millimeters in 1999 .
Web links
- hildegardknef.de - Officially authorized fansite. Database on the life and work of Hildegard Knef with chronology, discography, song texts, filmography, stage roles, bibliography and picture gallery
- Hildegard Knef with biography and five photographs In: Filmportal.de
- Interview with Hildegard Knef , 1995
- Hildegard Knef in the German dubbing file
- Hildegard Knef in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Hildegard Knef in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ See chronology or filmography of the official website hildegardknef.de .
- ↑ a b The natural hunger for life. In: Der Spiegel , 1952, No. 19, see also the cover picture .
- ↑ Dr. Rolf Hensel: New notes from Hildegard Knef's school days. In: rolf-hensel.de. December 31, 2016, accessed January 6, 2018 .
- ^ Judgment of December 21, 1954, BVerwGE 1, 303–308
- ↑ BGH 3 StR 151/53 BGHSt 5, 245
- ^ Raimund Meisenberger: Hildegard Knef reads Hildegard Knef: "Gift horse" and "judgment". Retrieved August 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Franziska von Mutius: The world star died with many debts. In: Die Welt , February 8, 2002.
- ↑ Photos: Grave of Hildegard Knef. In: knerger.de .
- ^ Hildegard Knef exhibition. In: Deutsche Kinemathek , December 15, 2002 to January 15, 2003.
- ↑ Peter Zander: Hilde with voice. ( Memento from March 31, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ). In: Berliner Morgenpost , October 23, 2005.
- ↑ ut / ddp : Makatsch practiced for the role of Knef for two years. In: Der Tagesspiegel , June 18, 2008.
- ↑ https://www.swu.de/privatkunden/produkte-leistungen/mobilitaet/fuhrpark-und-vermietung/#c181
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE
- ↑ Gold / platinum database. In: Bundesverband Musikindustrie , enter Hildegard Knef into the search mask.
- ↑ Hildegard Knef . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 15, 1975, p. 14 , column 2 below ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
- ↑ The ICE 4 names have been determined. The jury selected the top 25 names for the upcoming train baptisms. ( Memento from October 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ). In: DB Inside Bahn , October 27, 2017.
- ↑ A Woman and a Half - Hildegard Knef. In: artechock.de. artechock , accessed November 26, 2020 .
- ↑ Lyrics: Der Mann für dich (The Man I Love). In: hildegardknef.de .
- ↑ Lyrics: Who was happy that you existed? In: hildegardknef.de .
- ↑ "We haven't been kidding a song." In: Freie Presse , December 14, 2016, interview with Kunze, registration required.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Knef, Hildegard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Knef, Hildegard Frieda Albertine (full name); Neff, Hildegarde |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | German actress, chanson singer and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 28, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ulm |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 1, 2002 |
| Place of death | Berlin |