Karl Gassauer

Karl Gassauer (born August 12, 1931 in Prague ) is a German director and writer .

He studied at the theater academy in Weimar and Leipzig and had engagements in Brandenburg, Volksbühne Berlin, Maxim-Gorki-Theater Berlin.

His comedy Casanova auf Schloß Dux , written in 1981 for Wolf Kaiser and Marianne Wünscher , was filmed by Martin Eckermann in 1983 for GDR television and later acted out on many East and West German theaters, including in 1986 with Johannes Heesters and Louise Martini , directed by Rudolf Steinboeck .

Works

• Arrangement of Carlo Goldoni's "La donna di Garbo"
• The playful reason for divorce
• Casanova at Dux Castle
• TV play: "Let's go to Görlitz"
• Adaptation of William Congreve's "Love for Love"
• Adaptation of Molière's " The learned women "

Theater (direction)

• 1960: Johannes R. Becher / Hanns Eisler : Winter Battle ( Theater of the City of Brandenburg )
• 1968: Horst Kleinadam : Of giants and people ( Volksbühne Berlin )
• 1972: William Congreve : Love for Love ( Maxim-Gorki-Theater Berlin)
• 1977: Rudi Strahl : Arno Prinz von Wolkenstein or Kader decide everything (Maxim-Gorki-Theater Berlin)
• 1979: Ákos Kertész : Widows (Maxim-Gorki-Theater Berlin - Studio Theater)
• 1983: Molière : The learned women (Maxim-Gorki-Theater Berlin)
• 1986: Claus Hammel : The Prussians are coming (Maxim-Gorki-Theater Berlin)
• 1990: Alexander Galin : Retro or back on the roof (Maxim-Gorki-Theater Berlin - Studio Theater)

Web links

• Literature by and about Karl Gassauer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Karl Gassauer in the Internet Movie Database (English)