Klaus Kammer

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Klaus Kammer (left) in 1963 with Fritz Kortner and Rolf Hochhuth

Klaus Kammer (born January 10, 1929 in Hanover ; † May 9, 1964 in Berlin ) was a German theater and film actor .

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family

Klaus Kammer was the son of the road builder Karl Kammer (1896–1969). In 1954 he married the actress Hilde Röhling, with whom he had two daughters.

Professional activity

After the Second World War , at his father's request, Kammer left high school and began an apprenticeship as a stone setter in his parents' business. He completed his acting training from 1947 to 1949 at the private drama school of the Kammerspiele Hanover and appeared in the cabaret, which he co-founded, The Satansbrüder . He received his first theater engagement in 1949 at the Märkische Kammerspiele in Witten an der Ruhr . In 1950 he also made guest appearances at the Hamburger Theater im Zimmer and at the Kammerspiele Hannover. His first permanent engagement followed in 1950 at the Nordmark-Landestheater Schleswig through the artistic director Horst Gnekow . In 1951 he made a guest appearance at the Ruhr Festival in Don Carlos and at the Essen Theater .

From 1952 to 1955, Kammer was employed at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg . In his last role in Hamburg in 1954 he played the devil in the story of the soldier at the Hamburg State Opera . In 1955 he went to Berlin and played a total of 26 roles at the Schillertheater and Schlosspark Theaters until 1964. In 1961 he made guest appearances with Raskolnikoff in Paris, Zurich and Recklinghausen. As part of the Berliner Festwochen 1962, the Akademie der Künste presented a double evening with a chamber: A report for an academy and in the penal colony by Franz Kafka (directed by Willi Schmidt ). Kammer played his last role in Berlin in 1963 in A Hermit is discovered by James Saunders (directed by Hansjörg Utzerath ).

Kammer's stage roles were also documented on speech records. He also took part in a number of successful German feature films, such as B. as the main actor in Golden Boy on the side of Hildegard Knef . In 1962 he played the lead role in the multi-part TV series Who once eats from the tin bowl, directed by Fritz Umgelter .

Before his death worked on the role of Ferdinand from Kabale und Liebe under the direction of Fritz Kortner .

Kammer died as a result of carbon monoxide intoxication in a garage. His grave is in the Stöcken city cemetery in Hanover.

In 2002 Andreas Lewin shot the documentary "He played his shadow with - The actor Klaus Kammer".

Awards

In 1958 Kammer was awarded the German Critics' Prize. He was also awarded the Berlin Art Prize (Young Generation). In 1963 he was appointed Berlin State Actor .

Theater roles (selection)

Filmography (selection)

movie theater

watch TV

  • 1954: On the sixth floor , directed by John Olden
  • 1955: Lost Sons , NWDR, directed by Hanns Farenburg
  • 1961: Golden Boy by Clifford Odets, directed by John Olden
  • 1962: Whoever eats out of a tin bowl according to Hans Fallada's novel of the same name (1934), 3-part television series by WDR, directed by Fritz Umgelter
  • 1962: TV recordings of the SFB of theater productions in the penal colony and a report for an academy by Frank Kafka, directed by Willi Schmidt
  • 1964: Travel acquaintance with Johnny Speight , NDR, directed by Dieter Munck
  • Clavigo by JW v. Goethe, TV recording of a production by the Schiller Theater , directed by Willi Schmidt

Radio plays

Speech plates

  • 1965: Klaus Kammer - portrait of an actor (with excerpts from Berlin performances from 1957 to 1962)
  • 1963: Franz Kafka: A report for an academy
  • 1965: The practice cartridge. Radio play. In memoriam Klaus Kammer.
  • The blow to the courtyard gate and other short prose by Franz Kafka
  • The story of the soldier by Igor Stravinsky

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Rolf Badenhausen :  Kammer, Klaus. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-428-00192-3 , p. 83 f. ( Digitized version ).
  2. ^ Rolf Badenhausen :  Chamber, Klaus. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-428-00192-3 , p. 83 f. ( Digitized version ).
  3. ↑ a b c d e Henning Rischbieter: The actor Klaus chamber . In: Henning Rischbieter (Ed.): Theater Today . tape 11 . Friedrich Verlag, Berlin 1964.
  4. ^ Rolf Badenhausen :  Chamber, Klaus. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-428-00192-3 , p. 83 f. ( Digitized version ).
  5. ↑ a b c Knerger.de: Klaus Kammerer (actor 163). Retrieved January 10, 2020 .
  6. ↑ IMDb: He played his shadow - the actor Klaus Kammer. Retrieved January 15, 2020 .
  7. ^ Henning Rischbieter: The actor Klaus chamber . In: Henning Rischbieter (Ed.): Theater Today . tape 11 . Friedrich Verlag, Berlin 1964.
  8. ^ Rolf Badenhausen :  Chamber, Klaus. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-428-00192-3 , p. 83 f. ( Digitized version ).
  9. ↑ Information according to the German Broadcasting Archive
  10. ↑ ARD audio play database. ARD, accessed on January 11, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Chamber, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 1964
Place of death Berlin