Karl Sladek

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Karl Sladek (born July 3, 1899 in Neudek , † September 11, 1982 in Regensburg ) was a German actor, opera singer and theater director.

Life

Sladek came from a wandering family of actors and even saw the light of day in the Neudek theater, for which his mother had to spontaneously interrupt her role as supplicant in the knight's play König Allgold . As a child he was already lying in the manger when the Christmas fairy tale was performed.

He broke off the photography apprenticeship initiated by his father and decided to return to his father's traveling stage, where an impresario for the Berlin Varieté Wintergarten discovered him at the age of 14 , where he was sponsored by Otto Reutter . After completing his training, he initially had changing engagements, including the Prague Estates Theater and the Mährisch-Ostrau , Aussig and Teplitz-Schönau city ​​theaters . In Eger he met his future wife Anna, known as "Anntschi". Their daughter Kordula, married to Lange (1926–2013), later appeared in the theater.

With her he went to Ingolstadt , where he got his first permanent engagement in 1926, but had to supplement the family salary with part-time jobs. In 1929 Sladek moved to the Stadttheater Regensburg as Buffo , where he also worked for 50 years as an actor in over 500 roles and also as a director and made a name for himself with the audience as an "arch comedian". He also made guest appearances outside of Regensburg as a partner of prominent stage giants and took part in the Luisenburg Festival for years .

Sladek lived in the house at Wittelsbacherstrasse 9 until his death

Sladek also played in two films, in 1955 in the children's film Kleines Herz im Donautal (original title: I didn't want it ; international film) by FM Danton and in 1964 in Heinz-Joachim Klein's (1906–1998) Shakespeare film A Midsummer Night's Dream , where he played the role of Mr. "Schlucker" (in the original "Robin Starveling").

Despite other film offers, he remained loyal to the theater industry. In the role of the Augustinian brother “Ignatius” in Edmund Eysler's operetta Die golden'ne Meisterin , he said goodbye to the Regensburg stage audience in 1979 at the age of 80.

He lived in Regensburg until his death in the park villa at Wittelsbacherstraße 9 , where after the Second World War mainly artists lived or worked, including Jo Lindinger , Walter Boll , Manfred Lindemann-Frommel , Max Wissner and Oskar Birkenbach .

literature

  • Sladek, Karl. In: German Theater Lexicon . Volume “Singer-Steinar”, KG Saur Verlag, 1993, p. 2217. ISBN 978-3-907-82036-0
  • Karl Sladek. Obituary in: Deutsches Bühnen-Jahrbuch. 1983/84 season. FA Günther & Sohn, 1983, p. 809.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Harald Raab: "Karl Sladek is not dead - he just died." A theater legend lives on in the memories of the audience. Mittelbayerische Zeitung, September 1, 2007.
  2. ↑ see entry in the Deutsches Theater-Lexikon
  3. ↑ Little Heart in the Danube Valley. In: Steffen Wolf: Children's film in Europe. Presentation of the history, structure and function of feature film making for children in the Federal Republic of Germany, CSSR, German Democratic Republic and Great Britain 1945–1965. Walter de Gruyter, 1969, p. 322.
  4. ↑ see entry in the Internet Movie Database
  5. ↑ Helmut Wanner: Park Villa: The first look over the fence. The renovation of the Regensburg urban building took five years. But now Bert Wilden really has something to show. Mittelbayerische Zeitung, March 18, 2016.
  6. ↑ Hall of Glory. Savior of the old town: Dr. Walter Boll and his wife Doris. In: Helmut Wanner: House community on the dump. Mittelbayerische Zeitung, September 21, 2010.
personal data
SURNAME Sladek, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor, opera singer and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH July 3, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Neudek
DATE OF DEATH September 11, 1982
Place of death regensburg