Karl Pündter
Karl Johann Franz Pündter (born March 21, 1883 in Munich ; † December 15, 1975 in Hamburg-Altona ) was a German actor , director , radio play speaker and, after 1945, head of the school radio department at NWDR in Hamburg.
Life
Karl Pündter was born in his parents' apartment (Lindemannstrasse 21 in Munich). His parents were the Bavarian prime lieutenant Franz Xaver Martin Gustav Ludwig Emil Pündter and his wife Carolina Maria Auguste, née Sauer, both of Protestant faith . His younger brother Ernst Pündter also moved to Hamburg in 1924 to join the newly founded Nordische Rundfunk AG , where both of them often worked together as speakers and directors in the early radio plays (called broadcast games at the time).
Pündter completed his training as an actor with the court actor Eugen Gura in Munich. His first engagement took him in September 1904 to Annaberg in the Ore Mountains at the local theater. Then he came to the Princely Court Theater in Gera . At that time he was assigned to the role of heroes and heroes .
At that time his repertoire included:
- Prince of Morocco ( The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare ),
- Staufacher ( Wilhelm Tell by Friedrich Schiller ),
- Octavio Piccolomini ( Wallenstein's Death by Friedrich Schiller),
- President of Walter ( Cabal and Love by Friedrich Schiller),
- Faust ( Goethe's Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ),
- Brother Martin ( Götz von Berlichingen from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe),
- Orestes ( Iphigenia on Tauris by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe).
After that, the Munich resident shifted his artistic focus to northern Germany. Stralsund , Neustrelitz , Stettin , Magdeburg and Lübeck were the further stations of his theater career.
On September 16, 1924, Pündter came to the radio station in Hamburg's Binderstrasse, which was housed in the Schlüterstrasse telephone exchange . Nordische Rundfunk AG (NORAG) started broadcasting there on May 2nd of the same year.
He was mainly involved in the field of radio play, both as a speaker and as a director. Due to the constant technical developments in this genre, he had to constantly adapt his directing style to the changed circumstances.
Due to missing and / or incomplete data records from that time, his first directorial work could only be verified in the ARD radio play database on September 15, 1926. This is Die Anna-Lise , a comedy by Hermann Hersch in which he a. a. In addition to Cläre Goericke , Kurt Gerdes , Friedel Lind and Hans Freundt , one of the leading roles spoke. Its first proven use in front of the microphone is dated October 22, 1924. Here he spoke the role of Theseus, Duke of Athens in William Shakespeare's comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Hermann Beyer .
In addition, he directed NORAG's literary programs for many years. However, his favorite subject became children's programs.
After the end of the war , he became head of the school radio department at his station, which after a short transition period was continued as Radio Hamburg and now as Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk . One of the people who helped him set up was his colleague from the Ohnsorg Theater, Otto Lüthje , who was a full-time high school teacher.
Pündter also visited numerous city and country schools in order to get an idea for himself in the local classes there. At that time he received numerous letters from children, which suggest that he had not only grown to meet the technical requirements, but also understood the language of the third generation after him. In the first years of this activity he also stood in front of the microphone more often as a radio play speaker. However, in contrast to NORAG times, he was almost only heard in supporting roles.
On September 16, 1949 the actor celebrated his 25th anniversary on the radio and also his 45th anniversary on the stage.
He died in 1975 at the age of 92 in Hamburg, his adopted home.
Radio plays (selection)
Director and speaker
- 1926: Hermann Hersch : The Anna-Lise
- 1927: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe : The siblings
- 1927: Theodor Körner : The cousin from Bremen
- 1927: Theodor Körner: The night watchman
- 1927: Franz Grillparzer : The waves of the sea and love
Speakers only
- 1924: William Shakespeare : A Midsummer Night's Dream - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1924: Hinrich Wriede : Leege Lüd - Director: Not specified
- 1924: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II. Part - Director: Hans Bodenstedt ; Hermann Beyer
- 1924: Roderich Benedix : Dr. Wasp - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1924: Hildegard Voigt : In Knecht Ruprecht's workshop. A Christmas fairytale game - Director: Not specified
- 1924: Leo Kastner , Ralph Tesmar : Under the blooming linden tree - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1924: Friedrich Hebbel : The Nibelungs (2 parts) - Director: Hans Bodenstedt; Hermann Beyer
- 1924: Wilhelm Meyer-Förster : Alt-Heidelberg - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1924: Louis Angely : The Festival of Craftsmen - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1925: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: The Accomplices - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1925: Friedrich Hebbel : Die Nibelungen (second part, third section: Kriemhild's revenge) - director: Hermann Beyer
- 1925: Molière : Sganarelle, the deceived in the imagination - Director: Not specified
- 1925: Oscar Wilde : Bunbury - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1925: Eduard Mörike : The Last King of Orplid - Director: Not specified
- 1925: Henrik Ibsen : Peer Gynt - director: Hans Bodenstedt; Hermann Beyer (3 live broadcasts)
- 1925: Wilhelm Meyer-Förster : Alt-Heidelberg - Director: Hermann Beyer for the first and Ernst Pündter for the second broadcast (2 live broadcasts)
- 1925: Carl Laufs : Pension Schöller - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1925: Franz and Paul von Schönthan : The Rape of the Sabine Women - Director: Hermann Beyer (3 live broadcasts)
- 1925: Franz Grillparzer : Woe to him who lies - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1925: Hans Hansen : The May Night on the Alster - Director: Hans Bodenstedt (The world's first open-air broadcast)
- 1925: Hinrich Wriede: Leege Lüd - Director: Hans Böttcher
- 1925: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Die Fischerin - Director: Not specified
- 1925: Hans Hansen: Beach festival on the Baltic Sea. A radio film in 12 pictures and three acts by Hans Hansen - Director: Not specified
- 1925: Richard Hughes : Danger . Richard Hughes' first English radio drama - Director: Not Specified
- 1925: Maurice Maeterlinck : The Intruder - Director: Ernst Pündter
- 1925: Friedrich Schiller : Maria Stuart - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1925: Gustav Freytag : Die Journalisten - Director: NN
- 1925: Oscar Blumenthal , Gustav Kadelburg : In the White Horse Inn - Director: Ernst Pündter
- 1925: Brandon Thomas : Charley's Aunt - Director: Ernst Pündter
- 1925: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Götz von Berlichingen - Director: Hans Bodenstedt; Hermann Beyer
- 1925: Friedrich Schiller: Wilhelm Tell - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1925: Ludwig Thoma : First Class - Director: Ernst Pündter
- 1925: Ludwig Fulda : Jugendfreunde - Director: Ernst Pündter (2 live broadcasts)
- 1925: Gerhart Hauptmann : Hanneles Himmelfahrt - Director: Ernst Pündter
- 1925: Johann Nestroy : Lumpazi Vagabundus - Director: Ernst Pündter
- 1926: Gerhart Hauptmann: The sunken bell . A German fairy tale drama - Director: Ernst Pündter on the first and Hans Bodenstedt on the second broadcast (2 live broadcasts)
- 1926: Hans Bodenstedt: Funkheinzelmanns Kindertheater (1st picture: The Bellflower Queen) - Director: Not specified
- 1926: Hans Bodenstedt: Funkheinzelmanns Kindertheater (2nd picture: A child falls from the sky) - Director: Not specified
- 1926: Louis Angely: Das Fest der Handwerker - Director: Not specified
- 1926: Alice Fliegel-Bodenstedt : Heiligland - 1. The dead guest - 2. The fool - 3. Heiligland - director: Hermann Beyer
- 1926: Hans Bodenstedt: Funkheinzelmanns Kindertheater (4th picture: Im Riesenland) - Director: Not specified
- 1926: Hans Bodenstedt: Funkheinzelmanns Kindertheater (5th picture: Im Schlaraffenland) - Director: Not specified
- 1926: Arthur Schnitzler : The young Medardus - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1926: Alexander Baumann : The promise behind the stove - Director: Hans Böttcher
- 1926: Hinrich Wriede: Leege Lüd - Director: NN
- 1926: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson : About our strength. Play in two parts - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1926: David Kalisch : Der Aktienbudiker - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1926: Gerhart Hauptmann: Die Weber - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1926: Andreas Gryphius : Die beliebte Dornrose - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1926: Wilhelm Ehlers : The trip to Helgoland - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1926: Georg Kaiser : The Citizens of Calais - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1926: Johannes Schlaf : Meister Oelze - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1926: Pius Alexander Wolff : Preciosa - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1926: Indian drama: Vasantasena - adaptation: Lion Feuchtwanger ; Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1926: Hugo von Hofmannsthal : Jedermann - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1926: Lev Tolstoy : The Living Corpse - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1926: Gerhart Hauptmann: Schluck und Jau - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1926: Franz and Paul von Schönthan: The Robbery of the Sabine Women - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1926: Oscar Wilde: Lady Windermeres Fächer - Director: Hans Hansen
- 1926: Rabindranath Tagore : The Post Office - Director: Hans Bodenstedt
- 1926: Anton Chekhov : A marriage proposal - Director: Hans Bodenstedt
- 1926: Gerdt von Bassewitz : Peterchens Mondfahrt - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1927: August Strindberg : Ghost Sonata - Director: Hans Flesch
- 1927: Gottfried Prehauser : Hans-Wurst. The sad kitchen baker and his friend in need - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1927: Friedrich Schiller: Turandot. Princess of China - Director: Harald Röbbeling
- 1927: Auguste Groß von Trockau : I will marry my daughter - Director: Hans Freundt
- 1927: Gerhart Hauptmann: The beaver fur . A thief comedy - Director: Ernst Pündter
- 1927: Franz and Paul von Schönthan: The Robbery of the Sabine Women - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1927: Friedrich Schiller: Maria Stuart. A tragedy - Director: Hans Bodenstedt
- 1927: Molière: Tartüff - Director: Harald Röbbeling
- 1927: Karl Schönherr : Der Weibsteufel - Director: Hans Bodenstedt
- 1927: Jerome K. Jerome : Miss Hobbs - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1927: Anton Wildgans : Armut - Director: Ernst Pündter
- 1927: Hermann Sudermann : Das Glück im Winkel - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1927: August Strindberg: Rausch - Director: Artur Holz
- 1927: Heinrich von Kleist : The Hermann Battle - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1927: Eberhard König : grim reaper. A fairy tale of humanity - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1927: Hugo von Hofmannsthal: The Gate and Death - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1927: Ludwig Fulda: Jugendfreunde - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1927: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson : When the young wine blooms - Director: Hermann Beyer
- 1945: Oscar Blumenthal, Gustav Kadelburg: In the White Horse Inn - Director: Otto Kurth
- 1945: Henri Meilhac , Ludovic Halévy : The beautiful Helena - Director: Otto Kurth
- 1946: Molière: Tartuffe - Director: Otto Kurth
- 1946: Axel von Ambesser : The Abyssal in Mr. Gerstenberg - Director: Helmut Käutner
- 1946: Hans Kettler : The Dreyfus Affair - Director: Kurt Reiss
- 1946: Ferenc Molnár : One - Two - Three - Director: Ludwig Cremer
- 1946: Ludwig Thoma: Moral - Director: Otto Kurth
- 1946: Carl Zuckmayer : The Happy Vineyard - Director: Kurt Reiss
- 1946: André Birabeau : My son, the Minister - Director: Ludwig Cremer
- 1946: Eberhard von Wiese : Akazienallee 4 - Director: Otto Kurth
- 1946: Klabund : Der Kreidekreis - Director: Hans Kettler
- 1946: Curt Goetz : Hokus-Pokus - Director: Karl-Heinz Reichel
- 1946: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing : Emilia Galotti - Director: Ludwig Cremer
- 1946: Ernst Hardt : Tantris the Fool - Director: Otto Kurth
- 1946: Renate Uhl : Who is without guilt - Director: Otto Kurth
- 1946: Walter Erich Schäfer : The trip to Paris - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
- 1946: B. Traven : Das Totenschiff - Director: Ludwig Cremer
- 1947: Kurt Reiss: Hello, are you still listening? - Director: Kurt Reiss
- 1947: Hermann Bahr : Das Konzert - arrangement and direction: Ulrich Erfurth
- 1947: Axel Eggebrecht : The ants. The emergence of a European superstition in autumn 1947 - directed by Ludwig Cremer
literature
- German Stage Yearbook: Theater History Year and Address Book , ed. from D. Cooperative of German Stage Members . - 59th year 1951 - Hamburg: Verl. D. Bühnenschriften-Vertriebs-Ges., 1950. P. 57.
Individual evidence
- ↑ p. 666 from: Deutsches Bühnenjahrbuch: d. large address book for stage, film, radio etc. Television / ed. from D. Cooperative of German Stage Members. - 85th year 1977 - Hamburg: Verl. D. Bühnenschriften-Vertriebs-Ges., 1976; here: place and date of death
- ^ Munich City Archives; here: the birth certificates of Karl and Ernst Pündter, there also with details of all first names and exact place of death.
- ↑ p. 63 from: Specialized lexicon of German theater members: 1st year / ed. by Heinrich Hagemann. - Berlin: Pallas u. a., [1906]. - 210 p.: Numerous Il
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Pündter, Karl |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pündter, Karl Johann Franz (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor, director, radio play speaker and after 1945 head of the school radio department at NWDR Hamburg |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1883 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
DATE OF DEATH | 15th December 1975 |
Place of death | Hamburg-Altona |