Kurt Böwe

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Kurt Böwe (1991)

Kurt Böwe (born April 28, 1929 in Reetz , Westprignitz district ; † June 14, 2000 in Berlin ) was a German actor who was very successful in the GDR in film and theater and also to the pan-German audience as Commissioner Groth in the television series Polizeiruf 110 became known.

biography

Böwe was born as one of six children to a farming family in Reetz. Even in his youth he was interested in literature and the theater, so that after he finished his Abitur in 1949, he took an entrance examination at the drama school of the German Theater in Berlin. Although he was admitted, he studied German and theater studies from 1950 to 1954 at the Institute for Theater Studies at the Humboldt University in Berlin , in order to start an academic career. After completing his studies, he worked for another six years as an assistant at the university, where he gave lectures on the history of theater and dramaturgy. Parallel to his assistant, he also played at the student theater, where the then director Horst Schönemann persuaded him to pursue acting.

After turning to acting, his first engagement took him to the Maxim Gorki Theater in 1961 . This was followed by a short time at the Volksbühne Berlin , then an engagement at the Landestheater Halle , before he moved back to the stage of the Deutsches Theater in Berlin in 1973. From 1973 to 1997 he was part of the ensemble there and became one of the most famous and popular performers during this time.

His film and television activities also began in Berlin in 1961, initially in small roles, such as in Konrad Wolf's DEFA strip I Was Nineteen , and later also in leading roles, such as Wolf's 1973 feature film The Naked Man on the Sports Field. His portrayal The sculptor Kemmel brought him his breakthrough as a film actor and made him known nationally and internationally. This was followed by countless other film and television activities.

With his distinctive voice he was also active as a dubbing actor and speaker in around 150 radio plays - often for children.

Böwe was awarded the Handel Prize of the Halle district in 1968 and the GDR Art Prize in 1969. In 1971 he received the National Prize of the GDR III. Class for art and literature and 1989 1st class. In 1977 Böwe was honored for his portrayal of the mayor in Uwe Saeger's visit to the dear God with the special critics' award at the GDR radio play award and in 1990 with the Great Hersfeld Prize . In 1998 he acted as the narrator of the seven-part ORB documentary series "The Brandenburger - Chronicle of a Country".

Kurt Böwe was in his second marriage to the radio play dramaturge Heidemarie Böwe , geb. Schönknecht, married. He is the father of four children. His daughters Susanne (* 1964) and Winnie Böwe (* 1973) are also actresses, and Winnie is also an opera singer.

He found his final resting place in the forest cemetery in Krumbeck ( Prignitz district ).

Works

Important theater roles

Films (selection)

Radio plays

Sound carrier (selection)

  • James Fenimore Cooper : The Last of the Mohicans (Hawk's Eye), 1970, LITERA - 8 60 139.
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe : Faust. Scenes from Part I and II of the tragedy (Faust), German - Literature Class 10, 1972, SCHOLA - 8 70 052/8 70 053.
  • There was fifty years ago - cheerful chansons and couplets (The Wind on the Warschauer Brücke), 1972, Nova - 8 85 030.
  • Brothers Grimm : The Hare and the Hedgehog (Hedgehog), 1973, LITERA - 5 65 107.
  • Ehm Welk : Die Gerechte von Kummerow (Pastor), 1973, LITERA - 8 60 114.
  • Brothers Grimm : The clever farmer's daughter (father), 1974, LITERA - 8 65 205.
  • Brothers Grimm: Puss in Boots / The Drummer (King / Giant), 1975, LITERA - 8 65 208.
  • Peasants' War 1525 - documents (speakers), 1975, LITERA.
  • Robert Louis Stevenson : Der Flaschenteufel (Narrator), 1975, LITERA - 8 65 178.
  • Mark Twain : Huckleberry Finn (The Doctor), 1976, LITERA - 8 60 09.
  • Alexander Sergejewitsch Pushkin : Tales of Tsar Saltan, of his son, the famous and powerful warrior Prince Gwidon Saltanowitsch and of the beautiful swan princess , 1978, LITERA - 8 65 251.
  • Leonid Soloviev: Nasreddin in Bukhara (Emir of Bukhara), 1979, LITERA - 8 65 270.
  • Brothers Grimm: The fisherman and his wife (fisherman), 1980, LITERA.
  • Pablo Neruda : I answer the door to receive thorns (speaker), 1981, LITERA - 8 65 378.
  • Peter Hacks : The tower dungeon (Uncle Titus), 1982, LITERA - 8 65 329.
  • Albert Wendt : The driver and the cook (driver), 1982, LITERA 8 60 313.
  • Gottfried August Bürger : Wonderful journeys on land, on water and through the air of Freiherr von Münchhausen, as he used to tell the same about the bottle in the circle of his friends (Münchhausen), 1984, LITERA 8 65 330.
  • Eugen Eschner, Gerhard Rosenfeld : Till Eulenspiegel's mostly cozy night / In the Herberg zu Kneiteln , (baker) 1985, LITERA - 8 65 373/374.
  • Petrea and The Flower Empress (And other folk tales from all over the world) (Narrator), 1986, LITERA - 8 65 384.
  • Wilhelm Hauff : Das Kalte Herz (Peter's father), 1986, LITERA - 8 65 385.
  • Hans Christian Andersen : The emperor's new clothes (Kunz), 1987, LITERA - 8 65 397.
  • Berlin songs from then and yesterday (speaker and vocals), 1987, Litera 8 65 419.
  • Red Chapel - Documents (Speaker), 1987, LITERA - 8 65 395-396.
  • Maxie Wander : Guten Morgen, Du Schöne (opening song), 1988, LITERA - 8 65 371/372.
  • Andrej Platonow : The shoemaker's wife as Tsarina / Wanja, the bear and the fish (shoemaker / farmer), LITERA - 8 65 215.
  • Karl May : Hadschi Halef Omar (Sheikh Malek), 1989, LITERA - 8 65 444.
  • Alexander Volkov : Urfin and his wooden soldiers (Charlie Black), 1990, Litera Junior - 0452 003.
  • Kurt Böwe reads Theodor Fontane : Meine Kinderjahre, From twenty to thirty , ORB 1992/1993, 11 CDs, Verlag Das Neue Berlin, ISBN 3-360-01010-8 .
  • Kurt Böwe reads from his memories “The Long Short Breath” , recording of the book premiere that took place on October 15, 1995 in the Kammerspiele of the Deutsches Theater Berlin, MC, Eule-Media 1996, ISBN 3-359-01002-7 ; CD re-edition: Verlag Das Neue Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-360-01007-8 .
  • Kurt Böwe reads Theodor Fontane: Letters of Aging , directed by Jürgen Schmidt, MC, Verlag Das Neue Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-360-01009-4 .
  • Kurt Böwe in: One day in summer in a garden by Don Haworth, artificial head radio play, director: Albrecht Surkau, Rundfunk der DDR 1983 / HörZeichen Gerichshain 2000, ISBN 3-934492-01-0 .
  • Kurt Böwe in: Rheinsberg - an audio book for lovers after Kurt Tucholsky (narrator), directed by Barbara Plensat , Rundfunk der DDR 1985 / Der Audio Verlag 2001, ISBN 3-89813-158-0 , reprint 2012: ISBN 978-3-86231- 157-6 .
  • Kurt Böwe in: Die Grünstein -variant , radio play by Wolfgang Kohlhaase , directed by Günther Rücker and Barbara Plensat , Rundfunk der DDR 1976 / Der Audio Verlag 2002, ISBN 3-89813-176-9 .
  • Kurt Böwe reads Theodor Fontane: Grete Minde , director: Veronika Hübner, 240 min., Mp3-CD, MDR 1995 / Der Audio Verlag 2015, ISBN 978-3-86231-558-1 .
  • Kurt Böwe reads Erich Loest : A crack through the earth - A curriculum vitae , director: Matthias Thalheim, unabridged reading, 2 mp3 CDs, SachsenRadio 1990 / Der Audio Verlag 2020, ISBN 978-3-7424-1455-7 .

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Neues Deutschland, October 6, 1989, p. 4
  2. ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Kurt Böwe
  3. ↑ from the schedule of the Schaubühne
  4. ↑ The Language of the Birds , BJF-Clubfilmothek . Query date: March 25, 2018.
  5. ↑ This radio play was awarded the PIX ITALIA for radio drama in Venice in 1977.
personal data
SURNAME Böwe, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Reetz
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 2000
Place of death Berlin