Kurt Ehrhardt

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Kurt Ehrhardt (born February 23, 1900 in Frankfurt am Main , † April 25, 1971 in Hanover ) was a German theater and film actor, director and general manager .

Life

Ehrhardt received his training at the Frankfurt drama school with Carl Ebert . He then worked as an actor at the United Theaters in Barmen-Elberfeld , in Oberhausen and at the Lobe Theater in Breslau , where he made his directorial debut. From 1935 to 1940 he was engaged at the Essen Theater, where he played Mephisto in Goethe's Faust for the first time . From 1940 to 1943 he worked at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg , from 1943 at the Hanover Theater .

In 1945 he became acting director of the Hanover Theater . In 1946 he was promoted to senior director and theater director, in 1947 he was promoted to acting director and in 1948 to chief director. From 1953 to 1965 he was general manager of the Hanover Theater. Since 1951 he has staged numerous operas in the style of a musical theater inspired by the score . The theater work of his era is called the Ballhof style after the Ballhof venue .

In the film Affaire Blum played Ehrhardt, who was considered an excellent character actor , whom Dr. Blum. Until shortly before his death he played in numerous television films. He was buried in the Engesohde city cemetery in Hanover .

Awards

  • 1965 Great Cross of Merit of the Lower Saxony Order of Merit
  • 1970 honorary member of the Lower Saxony State Theater

Filmography

Radio plays

Book publications

  • with Ernst Drolinvaux : Kurt Ehrhardt. Actor, director, theater manager. [u. a. Photos: Clausen], Friedrich, Velber b. Hannover 1965 (Theater heute series, 19)

Discography

  • (as speaker): Heinrich von Kleist: The broken jug. A comedy. Director: Heinz Schimmelpfennig . Ariola / Athena, Gütersloh [1957]

literature

  • Habemus papam. Happy ending at the Besenbinderhof . In: Der Spiegel . No. 22 , 1948 ( online ).
  • Criticism of a lover. Aside from the Leinestadt . In: Die Zeit , No. 14/1951
  • Ernst Drolinvaux, Henning Rischbieter , Gerd Schulte, Ernst Wendt: Kurt Ehrhardt. Actor, director, theater manager (= Theater heute series , Vol. 19), 1st edition, with photos by Clausen, Velber near Hanover: Friedrich Verlag, 1965
  • Werner Schulze-Reimpell: Ehrhardt, Kurt . In: Manfred Brauneck, Wolfgang Beck (ed.): Theater Lexikon 2. Actors and directors, stage managers, dramaturges and stage designers . Rowohlt's encyclopedia published by Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag. Reinbek near Hamburg, August 2007, ISBN 978 3 499 55650 0 , p. 176

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personal data
SURNAME Ehrhardt, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater and film actor, director and artistic director
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 1971
Place of death Hanover