Horst Pillau

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Horst Pillau (born July 21, 1932 in Vienna ; † June 7, 2021 in Berlin ) was a German playwright , novelist , radio play and screenwriter .

Life

Pillau, who grew up in Berlin , worked as a freelance writer from 1959 . His first success was the play Das Fenster zum Flur , written together with Curth Flatow , which was later filmed as Your Most Beautiful Day and On the Parterre Left .

In addition to plays , including the very successfully performed in Low German at the Ohnsorg Theater in Hamburg, Der Kaiser vom Alexanderplatz , Der Kaiser von Neukölln , Der Kaiser vom Potsdamer Platz (trilogy), Pictures make people , The other side , women are strong! , Hansen versus Hansen , Jenny's recipe , Jessica is coming back! , People of the world , never work again! ' What is glowing there? , Kohlenpaul and Zille , Pillau wrote numerous screenplays for television (series: Stewardesses , Ein Mann macht Klar Schiff , Die Wilsheimer , Salto Mortale and others; TV plays: Patient out of passion , The main hit ). He also created the script adaptation of Theodor Fontane's walks through the Mark Brandenburg and Simmel's It doesn't always have to be caviar . For the television show Dalli Dalli , Pillau wrote and staged short plays in which the candidates were supposed to find out hidden mistakes.

His written archive is now in the archive of the Akademie der Künste in Berlin .

He has published novels and other books ( The Ghost Authority , Family Ties , I'll give you Miramare , Der Märchenpilot , Forever and Forever , Good afternoon, Mr. Lover and others. Stories: Approach to Kurfürstendamm , there's air everywhere, but you can only breathe here , we learn German for you , the anthology Small But Full of Delicacies ) as well as 2017 Airborne , 2018 It is getting brighter and 2020 Finally a hero as the latest works.

Horst Pillau was married to Susanne Pillau, née Ryll, and they had three children and five grandchildren. From 1956 to 2015 he was a private pilot with over two thousand flight hours.

honors and awards

Pillau received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Merit Cross on Ribbon), the Golden Aesculapian Staff of the Hartmannbund , the Golden Needle of the Dramatiker Union (1985) and the Golden Iffland Medal of the Berlin Theater Club .

Plays (selection)

  • Allen's real, Fro Sperling? Comedy Low German, Ahn and Simrock stage and music publisher, Hamburg
  • Everyday life today Sketche, Ahn and Simrock stage and music publisher, Hamburg
  • There has to be work, skits, Ahn and Simrock stage and music publisher, Hamburg
  • From bad old times, skits, Ahn and Simrock stage and music publisher, Hamburg
  • People make pictures, comedy, Ahn and Simrock stage and music publisher, Hamburg
  • Boards that mean the world, Sketche Ahn and Simrock Bühnen- und Musikverlag, Hamburg
  • Das Auto - Our dearest child, Sketche, Ahn and Simrock stage and music publisher, Hamburg
  • The man of my choice, Komödie Ahn and Simrock Bühnen- und Musikverlag, Hamburg
  • German problems, skits, Ahn and Simrock stage and music publisher, Hamburg
  • The other side, Schauspiel, Ahn and Simrock stage and music publisher, Hamburg
  • Out on the street, skits, Ahn and Simrock stage and music publisher, Hamburg
  • Een Hansen toveel, comedy, Low German, Ahn and Simrock stage and music publisher, Hamburg
  • Woman with Power, Comedy, Swiss German, Ahn and Simrock Bühnen- und Musikverlag, Hamburg
  • Women are strong !, Komödie, Ahn and Simrock Bühnen- und Musikverlag, Hamburg
  • Really crazy guys, skits, Ahn and Simrock stage and music publisher, Hamburg
  • Dangerous landing, comedy, Ahn and Simrock stage and music publisher, Hamburg
  • Do you have time tonight ?, Komödie, Ahn und Simrock Bühnen- und Musikverlag, Hamburg
  • Hansen versus Hansen, Komödie, Ahn and Simrock stage and music publisher, Hamburg
  • In the age of space travel, skits, Ahn and Simrock stage and music publisher, Hamburg
  • Year thirty-two, monologue, drama, Ahn and Simrock stage and music publisher, Hamburg
  • Jenny Ehr recipe, comedy, Low German, Ahn and Simrock stage and music publisher, Hamburg
  • Jenny's recipe, comedy, Ahn and Simrock stage and music publisher, Hamburg
  • Jessica is coming back !, Komödie, Ahn und Simrock Bühnen- und Musikverlag, Hamburg
  • Climate change, comedy, Ahn and Simrock stage and music publisher, Hamburg
  • Kohlpaul, Volksstück, Ahn and Simrock stage and music publisher, Hamburg
  • Landung bi Nevel, Comedy, Low German, Ahn and Simrock stage and music publisher, Hamburg
  • People of the world, comedy, Ahn and Simrock stage and music publisher, Hamburg
  • Love with obstacles, skits, Ahn and Simrock stage and music publisher, Hamburg
  • Never work again !, Komödie, Ahn und Simrock stage and music publisher, Hamburg
  • Even the best marriage is a time of penance, Sketche, Ahn und Simrock Bühnen- und Musikverlag, Hamburg
  • Theater magic, comedy, Ahn and Simrock stage and music publisher, Hamburg
  • In contrast, being a father, Sketche, Ahn und Simrock Bühnen- und Musikverlag, Hamburg
  • Enjoyable skits, Ahn and Simrock stage and music publisher, Hamburg
  • What's shining there ?, Komödie, Ahn und Simrock Bühnen- und Musikverlag, Hamburg
  • Friends like us, musical with Bernd Köllinger, music: Klaus Wüsthoff, Ahn and Simrock Bühnen- und Musikverlag, Hamburg

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Berliner Morgenpost : Sketches for "Dalli Dalli" - Horst Pillau died in Berlin. Retrieved June 9, 2021 .
  2. ↑ Horst Pillau in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
  3. ↑ Film archive: Horst Pillau Archive. Inventory overview on the website of the Akademie der Künste in Berlin.
  4. ^ Berliner Theaterclub: Awards. Retrieved March 21, 2021 .
personal data
SURNAME Pillau, Horst
SHORT DESCRIPTION German playwright, novelist, radio play and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH June 7, 2021