Horst Mendroch
Horst Mendroch (born January 18, 1942 in Skotschau ; † August 3, 2015 in Berlin ) was a German actor and radio play speaker. He was married to the actress Petra Redinger .
Life and works
Horst Mendroch completed an acting training at the Westphalian Drama School in Bochum . The stages on which he played included the Schauspiel Köln (1980 to 1985), the Thalia Theater and the Schauspielhaus Bochum . From 1991 he was a permanent member of the ensemble of the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus until 2009. In Berlin he then worked at the Volksbühne and with Thorsten Lensing's independent troupe (2013 "Kirschgarten" and 2015 "Karamasow").
He played in 16 productions by Jürgen Gosch from 1982 to 2006. Selection: Night Asylum, Misanthrope, Midsummer Night's Dream (note and puck), Macbeth (8 roles), What you want (fool).
Mendroch also worked with the directors Jürgen Flimm , Karin Beier (including Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice: Shylock, Die Stühle (the old man)), Hansjörg Utzerath (Mr. Puntila and his servant), FPSteckel (Germania, death), Thorsten Lensing.
In addition to his stage work, Mendroch took part in various film and television productions . As a speaker for radio plays and audio books, he set to music , for example, The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (2008) or We Can Still Do A Lot Together by FK Waechter (2009).
Horst Mendroch died in Berlin at the beginning of August 2015 at the age of 73. The funeral service and burial of the urn took place on August 31, 2015 at the state's own cemetery in Heerstraße in Berlin-Westend (burial location: 18-M-39).
Awards
- 1983: Actor of the Year (nomination)
- 1993: Actor of the year in NRW (won)
- 1996: Actor of the year in NRW (won)
- 2007: Theater Prize of the Düsseldorfer Volksbühne
- 2007: Actor of the Year (nomination)
- 2008: Actor of the Year (nomination)
Television recordings of theatrical performances
- Night shelter , directed by Jürgen Gosch, Schauspiel Köln
- The misanthropist , directed by Jürgen Gosch, Schauspiel Köln
- (Oedipus) Director: Jürgen Gosch, Schauspiel Köln
- Die Nibelungen , directed by Jürgen Flimm, Thalia Theater
- Christmas at Ivanovs , director: Karin Beier, Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
Filmography
- 1996: Dr. Hasenbein , directed by Helge Schneider
- 1999: Oi! Warning Directed by Dominik Reding and Benjamin Reding
- 2004: Käthchens Traum , Direction: Jürgen Flimm
- 2004: The Treasure of the White Hawks
- 2004: Jazzclub - The early bird catches the worm , director: Helge Schneider
- 2004: Speer and Er , directed by Heinrich Breloer
- 2015: Short film: Harry and Dirk, director: Julian Pörksen
Radio plays
- 1993: Tankred Dorst : Merlin or the desert land (Clown) - Director: Walter Adler (radio play - MDR )
- 1999: Ken Follett : Die Säulen der Erde - Director: Leonhard Koppelmann (radio play (9 parts) - WDR )
- 2004: Ulrich Wildgruber : The Salmon Train of Words - Director: Sabine Worthmann (radio play - HR )
- 2005: Karlheinz Koinegg : King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (Leodegrance) - Director: Angeli Backhausen (children's radio play (6 parts) - WDR)
- 2007: Matthias Schamp : The uprising in the Sinnscheiße mines - Director: Beate Andres (radio play - WDR)
- 2011: Marianne Zückler : Die Läuferin - Director: Andrea Getto (radio play - RBB / NDR )
- 2013: Francis Iles : Suspicion (based on the novel "Before the Fact") - translation, adaptation and direction: Regine Ahrem (radio play - RBB)
- 2014: Erich Maria Remarque : Nothing New in the West - Director: Christiane Ohaus (radio play - RB )
Web links
- Ensemble list of the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus ( Memento from June 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- Literature by and about Horst Mendroch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Horst Mendroch in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ nachtkritik.de of August 8, 2015: The actor Horst Mendroch is dead. A heartbreaking comedian (wb) , accessed on August 9, 2015.
- ↑ The family's obituary in the Berlin Tagesspiegel from August 16, 2015. Accessed December 8, 2019.
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SURNAME | Mendroch, Horst |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor and radio play speaker |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1942 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Skotschau |
DATE OF DEATH | 3rd August 2015 |
Place of death | Berlin |