Klaus Sommerfeld

Klaus Sommerfeld (born February 4, 1953 in Berlin ) is a German author , director , painter and actor . The industrial clerk and pedagogue has been working freelance since 1985 .

Theater and radio play

Sommerfeld has written, published and edited more than 30 plays (partly in collaboration with co-authors). a. in the Deutsches Theaterverlag . He founded the Schwabenoffensive Berlin with Albrecht Metzger in 1988 . Features and radio plays for SR and WDR were created in the 1990s . Since 1997 Sonne, Sterne Mond & Co. has been on the program with Sommerfeld as co-author and director in the Planetarium am Insulaner in Berlin. The “Kosmical” for children from six years of age combines musical theater and astronomy . Guest performances took place in 2004/2005 in the Adler Planetarium Chicago , in 2007 in the Planetarium Miami and in 2008 in the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia .

TV and film

In 1987, Klaus Sommerfeld made his first documentary film The Last Years for the SFB as a writer and director . In addition, features, magazine articles and comedy sketches etc. a. for ARD and RTL . In 1993 he made the grotesque 80-minute silent film The Refusal about Franz Kafka and Max Brod . From 1997 to 1999 he worked as an author and actor for the satirical show Fischers (RTL) with Ottfried Fischer . He became known through his involvement as a decoy on the ARD Saturday evening show Do you understand fun? .

painting

Since 1982 solo and group exhibitions of his works have taken place. He also took part in group exhibitions at the International Contemporary Art Fair in Los Angeles .

Publications

• Klaus Sommerfeld: Oil paintings, assemblages. Kana Contemporary Art, Berlin 1988.
• (with Angelika Staudt) Meike, Paul and Moritz. Pictures of friendship for close friends and those who have just fallen in love. Bernd Bauer, Berlin 1991.
• The moon distributes the notes: Jubilee Almanac . (including the cover picture and pictures by Klaus Sommerfeld) Aphaia, Berlin 1993.
• Read book 73: Achim Wannicke. Pictures: Klaus Sommerfeld. Aphaia, Berlin 2004.
• Friedenau - artist place and residential idyll. The history of a district: Gudrun Blankenburg, (with 70 photos by Klaus Sommerfeld), Frieling, Berlin 2006.
• Myth of the Invisible: Jubilee Almanac. 21 years Aphaia-Verlag (including a poem and pictures by Klaus Sommerfeld). Aphaia, Berlin 2007.
• (with Wolfgang Chodan, edited by Angela Leistner :) Henne. The story of a cult pub. 100 years old Berliner Wirtshaus Henne. Self-published, Berlin 2008.
• Lena's Star Party: a cosmical for Earthlings. Klaus Sommerfeld (text, lyrics), Uwe Marth (text), Stephan Wolff (music). German Theater Verlag, Weinheim / Bergstr. 2011
• Read book 140: Max Drushinin. Max Drushinin, poems; Klaus Sommerfeld, painting. Aphaia, Berlin 2015.

Web links

• Klaus Sommerfeld in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• In conversation with Klaus Sommerfeld , Deutschlandradio , November 24, 2004

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Konrad Kraatz: "Herrgottzack, the Schiller" in Mehringhof: The Swabian in the poet , Berliner Zeitung , October 28, 1996
2. ↑ Klaus Sommerfeld: Hell trip flat rate , ARD audio game database, German broadcast archive
3. ↑ Maggie Riepl: Sun, moon and stars for primary school students in Berlin , Berliner Morgenpost , October 23, 2004
4. ↑ Sonne, Sterne, Mond & Co. - cosmic musical presented by the Leo Borchard Music School - dates in November and December , press release from the Leo Borchard Music School on berlin.de, November 20, 2015
5. ↑ The Refusal ( Memento of the original from October 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Kino im Sprengel, May 2012 
6. ↑ "Do you understand fun?" ARD puts Hannoveraner in , Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung , November 24, 2013
7. ↑ * Lena's Star Party , Deutscher Theaterverlag