Horst Schönemann
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Horst Schönemann (born January 19, 1927 in Elberfeld , † June 14, 2002 in Dresden ) was a German actor and director .
Life
The son of an actor came to Saxony-Anhalt after the Second World War , where he worked at the municipal theater in Wernigerode from 1947 to 1948 . From 1948 he attended the drama school of the German Theater in Berlin . He stayed at the Deutsches Theater until 1954, where he took on small roles and worked as an assistant director. Since 1951 Horst Schönemann worked as an actor at DEFA . In 1952 he brought his first production to the Senftenberg City Theater, where he was senior director from 1954 to 1959. From 1959 to 1963 he worked as a director at the Maxim-Gorki-Theater in Berlin. He was then senior director of the house until 1966. He left Berlin in 1966 - he was already considered to be one of the leading directors in the GDR - to Halle to become senior director and deputy director at the Landestheater. Together with the artistic director Gerhard Wolfram he developed a concept of the socialist folk theater. Their suggestions had a supraregional response - two theater evenings in 1969 and 1979, which, with their revue character, were the forerunners of the later spectacles at the Berlin Volksbühne and the discoveries at the Mecklenburg State Theater in Schwerin . Important world premieres such as the stage version of Hermann Kant's novel Die Aula and the legendary staging of Ulrich Plenzdorf's Die neue Leiden des Junge W. were directed by Schönemann in Halle. In 1972 he returned to the Deutsches Theater Berlin as senior theater director, where he was appointed artistic director in 1979. In 1981 he moved to the Staatsschauspiel Dresden as director and drama director . One of his most important productions of this time is the world premiere of the play "Jutta or The Children of Damutz" by Helmut Bez with Dagmar Manzel in the leading role. The production was recorded for GDR television.
In a historical review of the Dresden State Theater, Schönemann's work is outlined as follows: "In the 1980s, the directors Horst Schönemann and Wolfgang Engel stood for contemporary productions that decisively rejuvenated the Dresden theater, which is considered to be particularly traditionalist in terms of performance and direction. Especially under the artistic director Gerhard Wolfram (from 1983) created many productions that deal as critically as possible with socialism and stimulate supraregional discussions. "
Horst Schönemann created around 80 stage productions, including 30 world premieres and GDR premieres.
In 1996 Schönemann retired. He died in Dresden in 2002 and was buried in the 1st French Cemetery in Berlin.
Awards
In 1968 he was awarded the Handel Prize of the Halle district .
theatre
Productions
- 1956: Aurel Baranga : The great lamb ( Stadttheater Senftenberg )
- 1957: Maxim Gorki : Night Asylum (Senftenberg City Theater)
- 1959: Valentin Katajew : Time Ahead ( Maxim-Gorki-Theater Berlin)
- 1961: Rainer Kerndl : Shadow of a Girl (Maxim-Gorki-Theater Berlin)
- 1961: Ewan MacColl : Olive branch company (Maxim-Gorki-Theater Berlin)
- 1962: Pavel Kohout : (based on Jules Verne ) The trip around the world in 80 days (Maxim-Gorki-Theater Berlin)
- 1962: Nikolai Pogodin : The Man with the Gun ( Deutsches Theater Berlin )
- 1962: Lajos Mesterházi : The Eleventh Commandment - Direction with Helfried Schöbel (Maxim-Gorki-Theater Berlin)
- 1963: Rainer Kerndl : His children (Maxim-Gorki-Theater Berlin)
- 1964: Claus Hammel after Theodor Fontane : Mrs. Jenny Treibel (Maxim-Gorki-Theater Berlin)
- 1964: Claus Hammel : At nine on the roller coaster (Maxim-Gorki-Theater Berlin)
- 1965: Brendan Behan : Die Geisel (Maxim-Gorki-Theater Berlin)
- 1968: Hermann Kant : The auditorium ( Landestheater Halle / Saale )
- 1972: Ulrich Plenzdorf : The new sorrows of young W. (Deutsches Theater Berlin - Kammerspiele)
- 1974: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe : The story of Gottfried von Berlichingen with an iron hand ( Deutsches Theater Berlin )
- 1976: Arnold Wesker : Day by Day (Deutsches Theater Berlin - Kammerspiele)
- 1977: Wladimir Tendrjakow : The night after the graduation ceremony (Deutsches Theater Berlin), GDR premiere
- 1978: Alexander Vampilow : Last summer in Tschulimsk (Deutsches Theater Berlin - Kammerspiele)
- 1979: Maxie Wander : Guten Morgen, du Schöne (Deutsches Theater Berlin), world premiere, 1979
- 1983: Helmut Bez : Jutta or The Children of Damutz ( Staatsschauspiel Dresden ), premiere: March 23, 1980
- 1983: Heinar Kipphardt : Brother Eichmann (Staatsschauspiel Dresden), GDR premiere, premiere: September 8, 1983
- 1985: William Shakespeare : Der Sturm (Staatsschauspiel Dresden), Premiere: January 5th, 1985
- 1986: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing : Minna von Barnhelm (Staatsschauspiel Dresden), premiere: November 1st, 1986
- 1987: Maxim Gorki: Summer Guests (Staatsschauspiel Dresden), premiere: November 6, 1987
- 1988: Werner Buhss : Nina, Nina, tam Kartina (Staatsschauspiel Dresden), premiere: November 19, 1988
- 1990: Anton Chekhov : Uncle Wanja (Staatsschauspiel Dresden), premiere: April 27, 1990
actor
- 1949: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe : Faust. A Tragedy (Saufkumpan) - Director: Wolfgang Langhoff (Deutsches Theater Berlin)
- 1951: Alfred Kantorowicz : Die Alliedeten (Nazi officer) - Director: Wolfgang Heinz (Deutsches Theater Berlin - Kammerspiele)
- 1954: Albert Maltz : Hotelboy Ed Martin (Adlatus) - Director: Ernst Kahler (Deutsches Theater Berlin - Kammerspiele)
Filmography (selection)
- 1951: The subject
- 1955: Hotel boy Ed Martin
- 1957: The torchbearer
- 1957: Casino affair
- 1958: The Song of the Sailors
- 1963: For Eyes Only
- 1963: Reserved for death
- 1982: Jutta or Damutz's children (TV Movie)
- 1983: Martin Luther (GDR 1983)
- 1985: My dear Uncle Hans (TV Movie)
- 1991: Between Pankow and Zehlendorf
- 1992: Tatort: A case for honest people
- 1992: Tatort: Death from the Past
Radio plays
- 1955: Anna Seghers : The Seventh Cross (Bunse) - Director: Hedda Zinner ( Broadcasting of the GDR )
- 1965: Vercors : Zoo or The philanthropic killer (Prof. Eatons) - directed by Edgar Kaufmann (GDR radio)
- 1968: Eberhard Fensch : The dreams of Dr. Reinschmidt - director (radio of the GDR)
- 1969: Eberhard Fensch: Contradiction - director ( GDR radio )
- 1976: Heinrich von Kleist : Prince Friedrich von Homburg (Hohenzollern) - Director: Joachim Staritz (Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1976: Günter Kunert : Another K. - Director: Horst Liepach (Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1978: Isaak Babel : Maria (Suschkin) - Director: Joachim Staritz (Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1985: Brigitte Reimann : Franziska Linkerhand (Reger) - Director: Walter Niklaus (Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1985: Franz Fühmann : Das Blaue Licht (narrator) - Director: Barbara Plensat (Fantasy, fairy tale for adults - Broadcasting of the GDR)
literature
- Aune Renk: Schönemann, Horst . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
- Christoph Funke: The director Horst Schönemann. Report. Analysis. Documentation. A contribution to the history of theater in the GDR. Berlin: Henschel 1971
- Ingeborg Pietzsch: Workshop Theater. Conversations with directors . S. 114ff, Henschelverlag Art and Society, Berlin 1975
- John L. Flood: Just before the curtain fell. To the theater of the GDR . London Symposium, Rodopi 1990
- Petra Stuber: Scope and Limits. Studies on the GDR theater . Christoph Links Verlag 1998, ISBN 3-86153-171-2
- State Theater Dresden. 100 Years of the Schauspielhaus, edited by Wilfried Schulz, Harald Müller and Felicitas Zürcher . Verlag Theater der Zeit , Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-943881-01-1
Web links
- Horst Schönemann in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Horst Schönemann archive in the archive of the Academy of Arts, Berlin
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.fernsehenderddr.de/index.php?script=dokumentationsblatt-detail&id1=13425 Retrieved on August 14, 2015
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Helmut Müller-Enbergs: Horst Schönemann (1927–2002), actor and director. http://www.rheinische-geschichte.lvr.de/persoenitäten/S/Seiten/HorstSchoenemann.aspx
- ↑ http://www.fernsehenderddr.de/index.php?script=dokumentationsblatt-detail&id1=13425 Retrieved on July 11, 2015
- ↑ Three-part film by GDR television. Accessed on September 3, 2015
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Schönemann, Horst |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor and director |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1927 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Elberfeld |
DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 2002 |
Place of death | Dresden |