Jürgen Karl Klauss

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Jürgen Karl Klauß (* 1944 in Breslau ; † September 11, 2009 in Berlin ) was a German director , author, producer and actor.

Life

Klauss grew up in East Berlin . His father was an editor, his mother a ballet dancer and broadcaster. He passed his Abitur in 1963. Two years later he graduated as a foreign trade clerk. As a rower he belonged to the TSC-Berlin-Friedrichshagen and later became a weightlifter and strength athlete.

He wrote regularly as a journalist for the sports magazine Schwerathletik . At the same time, he was a member of the workers' and student theater of the House of Young Talents together with Christoph Hein and worked under the directors Werner Grunow and Richard Rau . In addition, Klauss was a singer in the "Hootenanny Club", then "October Club". This was followed by an acting course at the Potsdam-Babelsberg University of Film and Television until 1969 , which he completed with a state examination and diploma. The most important lecturers were Heiner Müller , BK Tragelehn and Fritz Marquardt ; his fellow students included Jaecki Schwarz , Regina Beyer and Winfried Glatzeder .

From 1969 to 1973 Klauß was Konrad Wolf's master class student and also his assistant director. With him as a mentor, Klauß ran a course at three universities and the Humboldt University that was unique in the GDR . He studied philosophy, psychology, aesthetic art studies at the Humboldt University, art history at the Art Academy Berlin-Weißensee , music history at the Academy of Music "Hanns Eisler" Berlin and took film-specific subjects at the Babelsberg Film Academy , to which he presented his diploma film in 1973. He then worked as a young director and writer in the DEFA studio for feature films until 1978 . He was co-author and assistant director at Till Eulenspiegel and wrote the book for it together with Christa Wolf and Rainer Simon . He was assistant director for Konrad Wolfs Goya - or the arge path of knowledge , Zoltán Fábris The Hungarians , Czesław Petelski's Casimir the Great and Iossif Cheific ' Asja .

In 1978 he submitted his application to leave the country . He also wrote the screenplay for Aunt Mehle under the direction of Thomas Langhoff . In 1979, as part of the “try out” at the Kiel Opera House, he presented four plays that were banned in the GDR. From then on he worked in the Federal Republic as a freelance writer, director and producer for feature films, documentaries and television films as well as television series. In the 1980s, Klauss also stayed in the USA.

In 1986 he cast Martina Gedeck for the first time , also in the lead role, in his film In der Kälte der Sonne . Two years later he occupied the first time for TV work Veronica Ferres in his series pajama Three , 1991, the first time the French young actress Alexa Monduit in secret code F . He remained loyal to film in the 1990s, distributing anime videos for a while and also writing film reviews. In 1994 he worked for a few months as a producer of Gute Zeiten, Bad Zeiten and various documentaries. Between 1992 and 2005, Klauß mainly worked on his literary manuscripts. Klauss also gave acting lessons. Evelin Dahm is one of his most important students .

Filmography

As an actor

  • 1968: Captain Florian von der Mühle
  • 1969: Jungfer, I like you
  • 1969: How do you marry a king? , Director: Rainer Simon
  • 1973: The dove on the roof , directed by Iris Gusner
  • 1973: Education before Verdun, director: Egon Günter
  • 1974: The Hungarians, directed by Zoltan Fabri
  • 1975: Till Eulenspiegel , director: Rainer Simon
  • 1982: Milo Baro, director: Hennig Stegmüller
  • 1982: The Shadow Border, Director: Wolf Gremm (TV)
  • 1982: The Barricade (TV)
  • 1985: Alles paletti, directed by Michael Lentz (TV)
  • 1986: Train journey to Berlin, director: Clemens Frohmann, (TV)
  • 1987: Meyer, directed by Peter Timm
  • 1988: Forest Inspector Buchholz, Director: Stefan Bartmann (TV)
  • 1990: Dr. M , directed by Claude Chabrol
  • 1991: L'Amitié or secret code F (TV)
  • 1992: Liebling Kreuzberg , directed by Werner Masten (TV series)
  • 1993: Wolffs Revier (TV series)
  • 1995: Sylt Stories, Director: Wolfgang Hübner (TV)
  • 1997: Felix - A Friend for Life, Director: Felix Dünnemann (TV)
  • 1998: Boomtown Berlin, director: Christian Schidlowski (TV)
  • 2002: Die Verwegene, director: Martin Waltz, (TV)
  • 2006: Good Times, Bad Times (TV Series)

Direction and script

  • 1971: The Milky Way (TV children's film), also screenplay
  • 1973: My day or the world is there to be changed, including the script
  • 1975: Till Eulenspiegel , assistant director, screenplay
  • 1975: ways and detours (TV), also screenplay
  • 1976: Aunt Mehle, only script
  • 1979: bread and films, also screenplay
  • 1980: Without a return ticket, also script
  • 1981: The limit, only direction
  • 1982: The Barricade, Copywriter
  • 1983: The Sailors of Kronstadt, director
  • 1983: Satan is on God's side, only script
  • 1984: The return of the time machine , only direction
  • 1985: Meeting point Leipzig, also script
  • 1986: Detective Agency Roth , director
  • 1986: In the cold of the sun, also script
  • 1988: Pajamas for Three, directed
  • 1988: Der Rosenhain, director
  • 1989: Stocker and Stein, director
  • 1990: love stories , director
  • 1991: Secret code F, also script
  • 1995: Jürgen von Alten - Nobility committed (documentary, also screenplay)
  • 2003: The founding ceremony (documentary, also screenplay)
  • 2009: Konrad Wolf - In search of a better world (documentary, only director)

Theater works

  • 1980 “Try out”, Kiel Opera House, with Basil Dorn, performance of four plays by Jürgen Klauß
  • 1986 “Educating Rita”, Berlin, direction, with Peter Fricke, Christl Harthaus
  • 1986 “Der General”, Berlin, direction, with Heinz Drache, Dagmar Altrichter, Pierre Franck

Publications

  • “Secret code F” together with Ulrike Swennen, Ueberreuther Verlag Vienna, 1992, ISBN 3-8000-2359-8 .
  • "Between the masters in the ages: From Heiner Müller to Konrad Wolf", Frankfurt Oder Edition, 1996, ISBN 3-930842-13-0 .

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personal data
SURNAME Klauss, Jürgen Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Klauss, Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German director, writer, producer and actor
DATE OF BIRTH 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH September 11, 2009
Place of death Berlin