Jochen Bludau
Jochen Bludau (* 2. July 1941 in Krefeld-sleeve , North Rhine-Westphalia ) is a German actor, playwright and film producer and until 31 December 2019, managing director of Elspe festivals .
Life
Bludau has played as an amateur actor on the Elsper open-air stage since his early childhood. In 1958 he played the role of Winnetou for the first time . At the beginning he worked full-time with the Federal Border Guard as well as a social pedagogue and elementary school teacher in the Olpe district . In 1968 he took over the management of the Naturbühne Elspe , later also the management of the business enterprise "Western Country GmbH" attached to the stage. From 1968 to 1993 he played the role of Old Shatterhand on stage . For the Karl May performances he engaged the Aachen theater director Karl-Heinz Walther as director from 1973 to 1994 and after his death took over the direction himself.
After the previous Winnetou actor Peter Löher was no longer available in 1976, he managed to win the actor Pierre Brice for the stage as the actor of Winnetou, who would play this role from then on for ten years. This step was intended to secure worldwide recognition for the Karl May Festival in Elspe.
Bludau also worked successfully and trustingly with the longtime Winnetou actor from 1988 to 2012, Benjamin Armbruster .
As an author, Bludau wrote all the books for the stage plays on the natural stage, which are also used for other Karl May performances, such as the Karl May plays in Bad Segeberg .
In 1993 he and Hanno Huth produced the comedy film Texas - Doc Snyder keeps the world in suspense with Helge Schneider .
In 2010, Bludau handed over his position as managing director at the Elspe Festival to his son Oliver . He stayed on stage as a director, writer and consultant. At the beginning of 2015, Oliver Bludau said goodbye to the Elspe Festival, so that Jochen Bludau became the sole managing director of Elspe Festival GmbH again. On December 31, 2019, Jochen Bludau handed over management to Philipp Aßhoff on January 1, 2020.
Works
- In the valley of death . Hamburg: Distribution and publishing house of German stage writers and stage composers (VVB) 1970.
- The oil prince . Norderstedt: VVB 1971.
- Among vultures . Norderstedt: VVB 1972.
- Half-blood . Norderstedt: VVB 1974.
- The treasure in Silbersee . Norderstedt: VVB 1977.
- Winnetou I . Norderstedt: VVB 1978.
- Winnetou II . Norderstedt: VVB 1979.
- Elspe - Germany's Wild West. Hohenloher, 1981 (together with Fred Aurich).
literature
- Klaus Bröking: 40 years of Elspe. Wild West made in Germany. Heel, Königswinter 2004. ISBN 3-89880-300-7
- Jutta Laroche : Jubilee mood in Elspe. The first Karl May Festival took place in the Sauerland 50 years ago. A review. In: Karl May & Co. No. 112/2008 .
Web links
- Jochen Bludau in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Jochen Bludau at filmportal.de
- Entry at the VVB
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andreas Fasel: And Winnetou rides again and again . June 18, 2005 ( welt.de [accessed June 11, 2019]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bludau, Jochen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor, playwright and film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 2, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krefeld-Hüls , North Rhine-Westphalia |