Horst Caspar
Horst Joachim Arthur Caspar (born January 20, 1913 in Radegast , Anhalt , † December 27, 1952 in Berlin ) was a German stage and film actor .
Life
The son of a former officer studied drama with Lucie Höflich and Ilka Grüning in Berlin . After an engagement at the Bochum City Theater (since 1933) Horst Caspar moved to the Münchner Kammerspiele in 1938 and in 1940 to the Berlin Schillertheater , where he stayed until the stage was closed due to the war in 1944. His role subject at the theater were the classic, youthful heroes. As a “ second degree hybrid ”, he received a special permit to work under National Socialism .
From 1940 on, Horst Caspar appeared in front of the camera as the main actor several times, including in the endurance film Kolberg , in which he played the commander Gneisenau , who defended the city against the onslaught of Napoleonic troops.
After the end of the Second World War , Horst Caspar was engaged at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus . In the legendary WDR radio production (1949/1952) of Faust , directed by Wilhelm Semmelroth , Horst Caspar took on the title role in both parts.
At the age of only 39, the character actor, who had been married to actress Antje Weisgerber since 1944, died of a hemorrhage in Berlin-Dahlem .
A street was named after him in the Ramersdorf-Perlach district of Munich .
Filmography
- 1940: Friedrich Schiller - Triumph of a Genius (Director: Herbert Maisch), as Friedrich Schiller
- 1943/45: Kolberg (director: Veit Harlan ), as commandant August Neidhardt von Gneisenau
- 1949: Encounter with Werther (director: Karlheinz Stroux ), as Werther
- 1950: Epilog - The Secret of Orplid (Director: Helmut Käutner ), as reporter Peter Zabel
Some filmographies wrongly indicate a film adaptation of Schiller's play Die Räuber from 1940. What is meant by this is the film Friedrich Schiller - Triumph of a Genius , in which the creation of the piece and its premiere play an essential role.
Radio plays
- 1947: Hans Sattler : The Path from Darkness - Director: Alfred Braun ( Berliner Rundfunk )
- 1949: Hans Egon Gerlach : Goethe tells his life (in 7 of 35 parts) - title role and director: Mathias Wieman ( Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk )
- 1949: Faust II (after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ) - directed by Ludwig Berger
- 1949: Poor Heinrich (based on Gerhart Hauptmann ) - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
- 1950: The Parasite (based on Friedrich Schiller ) - Director: Boleslaw Barlog
- 1951: The Trial (after Franz Kafka ) - Director: Willi Schmidt
- 1951: Dreyfus Affair - Director: Curt Goetz-Pflug
- 1951: Hanneles Himmelfahrt (after Gerhart Hauptmann) - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
- 1952: The genius of Vinci - Director: Hans Lietzau
- 1952: Faust (after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
literature
- Paul Fechter (Ed.): Horst Caspar . A. Daehler, Berlin 1955.
- Kurt Fricke: Playing on the Abyss - Heinrich George. A political biography. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2000, pp. 144–149. ISBN 3-89812-021-X
Web links
- Horst Caspar in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Horst Caspar at filmportal.de
- Friedrich Schiller - Triumph of a Genius The film at syberberg.de
- Literature by and about Horst Caspar in the catalog of the German National Library
- Horst Caspar Collection in the archive of the Academy of Arts, Berlin
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Caspar, Horst |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Caspar, Horst Joachim Arthur (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German stage and film actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Radegast ( Anhalt ) |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 27, 1952 |
| Place of death | Berlin , West |