Joe Stöckel
Joe Stöckel (actually Josef Stöckel , born September 27, 1894 in Munich , † June 14, 1959 ibid) was a German screenwriter , director and popular actor . Above all, Stöckel embodied the “Munich Original” in numerous comic plays and films.
Life
Josef Stöckel, son of a Munich architect, attended the state drama school at the age of 16 - although his father wanted him to learn a “decent profession” first. After spending some time at the Munich court theater, he had his first engagements in Bayreuth and Landshut . Then he switched to the comic subject and appeared as an operetta comedian in the Gärtnerplatz Theater .
Stöckel founded his own film company as early as the 1920s, in which he produced the then internationally known series Joe Marco, the man of strength . He himself played the main role as Joe, who had to pass the most sensational adventures. To do this, Stöckel transformed Munich's Isar floodplain into a Wild West backdrop and Americanized his first name Josef . From now on his name was Joe - a first name that didn't fit so well with his Bavarian roles afterwards.
Along with Karl Valentin , Weiß Ferdl , Josef Eichheim and Beppo Brem, he is one of the pioneers of Munich film.
Joe Stöckel's main merit, however, was to have brought the Bavarian comedy to film. He adapted stage classics such as The Three Village Saints , The Sinful Village , The Sanctimonious Florian and The Sold Grandfather as a screenwriter or director for the film. He was probably also the first to use the contrast between Bavaria and other German ethnic groups, especially the “Prussians”, for comedy.
Joe Stöckel reached the high point of his career after the Second World War , in total he worked on around 170 films, 30 of which he directed himself.
He was buried in the Ostfriedhof in Munich, where the honorary grave with the number 77-3-9 was previously abandoned and renewed on the initiative of Erich Scheibmayr in conjunction with the Munich Funeral Association.
Filmography
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Web links
- Joe heeled in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Joe Stöckel at filmportal.de
- Overview of plays and films with Joe Stöckl
- Pictures by Joe Stöckel In: Virtual History
Individual evidence
- ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Joe Stöckel ( Memento from June 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
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| SURNAME | Heel, Joe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stöckel, Josef (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bavarian comedian, author and film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 1959 |
| Place of death | Munich |