Klara Höfels

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Klara Höfels

Klara Höfels (* 1949 ) is a German actress , director and theater producer .

Life

From 1969 to 1972 Klara Höfels received her acting training at the Folkwang University in Essen .

After training as an actor, she made her beginners' years at the Schlosstheater Celle from 1972 to 1974 . Among other things, she played Dorine in Tartuffe by Molière , Nora in der Pflug and the stars by Seán O'Casey , Mascha in the Drei Schwestern by Anton Chekhov, directed by Eberhard Johow .

In 1974 she moved to the Stadttheater Kiel and stayed there until 1978. At that time, the Schauspiel Kiel was a co-determination theater directed by Dieter Reible . Being involved in the theater process in so many ways as a young actress shaped Klara Höfels to this day. At this theater, too, she was cast in protagonist roles.

She had her next permanent engagement from 1978 to 1983 at the Schauspielhaus Frankfurt , which was also directed by Peter Palitzsch as a co-determination theater. Here she played Elmire in the production of BK Tragelehn in Tartuffe by Molière and Mascha in Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters in Thomas Langhoff's production . She also worked in protagonistic roles with the directors Wilfried Minks , Hans Neuenfels , Maria Reinhard and others.

From 1983 to 1985 Klara Höfels was engaged at the Residenztheater in Munich , where she played the princess in the production of Wilfried Minks in Das Leben ein Traum von Calderon and in the production of Maria Reinhard she played the leading role Marjorie in Extremities by William Mastrosimone .

At the Stuttgart State Theater from 1985 to 1990 involved she starred in, directed by Arie Zinger the female lead Anna Petrovna with Gert Voss as Platonov in Wild Honey by Michael Frayn and directed by Jürgen Bosse the female lead Farown into the bonfire for the bishop of Seán O'Casey.

In 1990, Klara Höfels decided to work as a freelancer, mainly to realize her own theater and film projects. However, she was still engaged as a guest actress at city and state theaters. For example, in 1997 she played the role of Frau Sarti in the life of Galilei by Bertolt Brecht at the Berliner Ensemble , a production by BK Tragelehn with Sepp Bierbichler as Galilei.

In 2001 at the Staatstheater Kassel she played the leading female role Arkadina in Die Möwe by Anton Chekhov in a production by Roland Schäfer and in 2014 Ella Rentheim in John Gabriel Borkman by Henrik Ibsen at the Stadttheater Augsburg.

In 1988 she met the author and director Christian Achmed Gad Elkarim (Christian Duda) at the Staatstheater Stuttgart . Together they applied for the state theater's chamber theater as an author's stage and in the following years they realized theater performances in Stuttgart and Berlin , which were premiered in co-productions with theaters:

  • 1989 Medea Medea
  • Coproduction with the Staatstheater Nürnberg , authors Christian Duda / Helmut Lorin, Medea: Klara Höfels, director: CA Gad Elkarim
  • 1991 It was war is war will be war
  • Coproduction with the Renitenztheater Stuttgart, author: Christian Duda , actress Klara Höfels a. a., directed by CA Gad Elkarim
  • 1990 Intimate theater
  • Coproduction with the Renitenztheater Stuttgart, author: Helmut Lorin, actress: Klara Höfels and Helmut Lorin, director: CA Gad Elkarim
  • 1992 Lucrezia Borgia
  • Commissioned work by the University of Stuttgart for the congress Die Borgia in Schwäbisch Hall, production & actress: Klara Höfels, author: Christian Duda, director, stage, costume: CA Elkarim
  • 1993 Dr. hc. Burkhardt Blässling
  • World premiere in the Musikhalle Ludwigsburg , author: Christian Duda, actress: Klara Höfels, director: CA Gad Elkarim
  • 1997 Der Jude von Malta by Christopher Marlowe in an arrangement by C. Duda, Theater am Ufer Berlin, production & acting : Klara Höfels, text editing: Christian Duda; Director: CA Gad Elkarim

After Höfels and Elkarim ended their collaboration, she continued to campaign for the establishment of an author's theater. For one year (2005–2006), she organized sixteen scenic readings in the Literaturhaus Berlin .

Theater projects by Klara Höfels

  • 2005 LEBEN: Eight Women - Eight Ways Coproduction with the Theaterhaus Mitte Berlin, concept and direction: Klara Höfels
  • 2006 Leonida or Miss Europe coproduction with the Literaturhaus Berlin , author: Volker Lüdecke , Leonida: Klara Höfels, director: Hermann Treusch
  • 2008–2009 Pantarhei-allesflies Venue: Babylon Berlin, Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz , concept and direction: Klara Höfels
  • 2010 The evening after the funeral of your best friend Coproduction with Kesselhaus der Kulturbrauerei Berlin, author : Marlene Streeruwitz , actress: Klara Höfels, director: Gabriele Jakobi

Klara Höfels was a lecturer in the drama department at the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts and a visiting professor at the UdK Berlin .

Theater (selection)

Firm commitment

1972–1974 Celle Castle Theater

1974–1978 City Theater Kiel

1978–1983 Schauspielhaus Frankfurt

1983–1985 Residenztheater Munich

  • Flight over the Andes, directed by Arie Zinger
  • Extremities, directed by Maria Reinhard

1985–1990 State Theater Stuttgart

  • The wild honey, directed by Arie Zinger
  • Der nackte Wahnsinn, directed by C. Kohlmann
  • Like you, directed by Arie Zinger
  • The cherry orchard , directed by NP Rudolph
  • Final game , directed by NP Rudolph
  • Bonfire for the bishop, directed by Jürgen Bosse

Guest roles

Filmography (selection)

Film and television roles (selection)

Documentaries by Klara Höfels

  • 2010: 10 MONTHS, concept, camera, editing, director: Klara Höfels
  • 2009: The last time, concept, director: Klara Höfels, camera: Harald Korff / Klara Höfels, editor: Britt Kanja / Klara Höfels
  • 2008: Klara Klar, concept, camera, editing, director: Klara Höfels
  • 2007: Women's life, concept, camera, editing, director: Klara Höfels

Awards

  • 2018: BREATH - Heart of Sarajevo for the best short film
  • 2016: EHO / ECHO - Silver Zenith at the Montreal International Film Festival

Klara Höfels played the leading female role in both films

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Medea Medea. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
  2. ↑ It was war is war will be war. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Intimate theater. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Lucrecia Borgia. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Dr. hc. Burkhardt Blässling. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
  6. ↑ The Jew of Malta. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
  7. ^ Autorentheater Berlin. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
  8. ↑ LIFE: Eight women - eight ways. Retrieved May 21, 2018 .
  9. ^ Autorentheater Berlin. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Pantarhei everything flows. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
  11. ^ Autorentheater Berlin. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Klara Höfel's documentaries. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
  13. ^ The Heart of Sarajevo for Best Documentary Film goes to A Mere Breath. Institute of Documentary Film, August 22, 2016, accessed August 12, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Silver Zenith -EHO / ECHO. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Hofels, Klara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH 1949