Klaus-Hagen Latwesen

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Klaus-Hagen Latwesen (born June 26, 1940 in Hagen ) is a German actor and director .

Life

Latwesen received his acting training at the Hanover University of Music and Theater . Appearances took him to the Städtebundtheater Hof , Stadttheater Bamberg , Stadttheater Hildesheim , in Hanover to the Landestheater Hanover and the New Theater and in Hamburg to the Theater im Zimmer , Ernst-Deutsch-Theater , the Hamburger Kammerspiele and the Operettenhaus .

One focus of Latwe's work is open-air theater . In 1973, 1975 and 1981 to 1987 he played Winnetou at the Karl May Games in Bad Segeberg , where he was employed as artistic director, author and director from 1981 to 1987 and played a key role in the resurgence of the games.

Other open-air performances led Latwesen to Hanover-Herrenhausen , Jagsthausen , the Greifensteine ​​nature theater , the Waldbühne in Northeim and the Berlin Waldbühne . From 1977 he produced his own touring theater transfer in Germany and Luxembourg with plays based on Karl May and Dumas . Latwesen acted as a writer, director and lead actor.

On the open-air stage at the Greifenstein near Annaberg-Buchholz, he staged Der Schut in 2002 and 2003 and premiered the adventure play Robin Hood on the Lübeck open-air stage on July 23, 2007 , in which he played Richard the Lionheart .

At poetry readings he interprets Indian poetry and Karl May episodes. Latwesen lives in Hamburg.

Awards

Filmography

literature

  • Henning Franke: The Action Winnetou. Klaus-Hagen Latwesen: defining Bad Segeberg's Karl May games , in: Karl May & Co. 157/2019, pp. 53–58.

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predecessor Office successor
Harry Walther Director of the Karl May Games in Bad Segeberg
1981 - 1987
Peter Hick