Me, Heinz Erhardt

Ich, Heinz Erhardt is a theater text by John von Düffel , which was premiered in 2009 in honor of the 100th birthday of the comedian Heinz Erhardt in a production by Ingo Putz at the Staatstheater Oldenburg . The piece is also an homage to its main actor Murat Yeginer , who initiated the production of the piece. In addition to honoring the great German comedian, it is also a contribution to the integration debate.

Emergence

According to the author, the life paths of Erhardt and Yeginer show "exciting parallels" - as sons of migrants (Erhardt came from Latvia) they were forced to fight for their place in Germany and achieved this with humor. The piece is a commissioned work. It was co-produced by the Pforzheim Theater , of which Yeginer is acting director.

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Ahmet, originally a baker from Anatolia, now a German teacher at the Goethe Institute in Istanbul, where he prepares immigrants for the integration test in Germany, is a son of the famous comedian Heinz Erhardt . The first seems incredible, but the initial traditionally dressed, mustachioed Turk is actually the flagship of the German economic miracle more alike during its mono- and dialogic narrative and last, it seems, is he Heinz Erhardt.

A number of original quotes from Erhardt are woven into the theater text, although it is not always clear where von Düffel ends and Erhardt begins or vice versa.

Reviews

• Murat Yeginer (...) overwhelms us when, as an entertainer, he performs many of the most beautiful Heinz Erhardt jokes, sings charmingly to the ladies in the hall and tells us the story of the comedian's life heartily - from time to time with snippets of film interrupted. "I - Heinz Erhardt" is a deeply human evening. Stefan Grund in Die Welt
• "Ich, Heinz Erhardt" is a tragicomic biography with both sad and hilarious moments. Simone Weigand at the premiere in the Nordwest-Zeitung
• Director Ingo Putz has created space for both the author and the actor and seems to have otherwise stayed in the background. A curtain, a piece of wooden floor, a piano (including player Christoph Iacono, who also cuts a good figure as a dialogue partner) and video recordings do not even come close to filling the stage in the large house. Murat Yeginer takes care of that alone, with his body-hugging game, swinging his hips while dancing surprisingly graceful and flirtatiously squinting at the audience, which he repeatedly alludes to and encourages them to take part, sometimes in Turkish. Regina Jerichow in the Nordwest-Zeitung
• At the end of the performance, Ahmet's assimilation is also optically perfect: he is now wearing a suit with shirt and tie and has torn off his mustache, while Heinz Erhardt greets by video in a sheikh costume. Corinna Laubach in the Hamburger Abendblatt

Single receipts

1. ↑ Another rumor: Heinz Erhardt was a Turk , Die Welt from November 16, 2009
2. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ ^{a b} Simone Wiegand: Homage to humorous men with a heart on Nordwest-Zeitung . Retrieved November 15, 2009
4. ↑ http://www.abendblatt.de/region/norddeutschland/article1266889/Wie-Heinz-Erhardt-zum-Tuerken-wurde.html
5. ↑ Stefan Grund: World premiere: Noch'n Rumor: Heinz Erhardt was a Turk. In: welt.de . November 16, 2009, accessed October 7, 2018 . 
6. ↑ http://www.nwzonline.de/index_aktuelles_kultur_nachrichten_artikel.php?id=2159649
7. ↑ At the end of the performance, Ahmet's assimilation is also optically perfect: he is now wearing a suit with shirt and tie and has torn off his mustache, while Heinz Erhardt greets via video in a sheikh costume.