Kurt Müller-Graf
Kurt Müller-Graf (born August 9, 1913 in Karlsruhe ; † August 10, 2013 there ) was a German actor and festival director.
Life
Müller-Graf began his acting career in 1930 as an extra at the Volksschauspiele Ötigheim . After completing an acting school he had engagements at the State Theater in Karlsruhe , at the Bavarian State Theater , the Schauspielhaus Zurich , at the National Theater in Mannheim and the Vienna Burgtheater .
He made his film debut in 1941 in a supporting role in Georg Wilhelm Pabst's Komödianten . Müller-Graf's trips from the stage to film continued into the 1950s, but were only sporadic. Of that, the film , which was made under Erich Engel , remained Where is Mr. Belling? (1945) an unfinished defector film . In the 1960s he appeared in individual television productions. After reaching retirement age, he founded the Ettlinger Schlossfestspiele in 1979 , of which he was director for twelve years.
Müller-Graf was awarded the Baden-Württemberg Medal of Merit (1978) and the Federal Cross of Merit, First Class (1983). In 2008 he was made an honorary citizen of the city of Ettlingen .
On his 100th birthday he was honored with a reception in Ettlinger Schloss. The following night he had to be admitted to a hospital in Karlsruhe, where he died the next day.
Filmography
- 1941: comedians
- 1942: The sea is calling
- 1942: The high tourist
- 1943: The neverending way
- 1944: The song of the nightingale
- 1944: The perpetrator is among us
- 1945: Where is Mr. Belling? (unfinished)
- 1945: The Night of the Twelve
- 1945: Regimental music / The guilt of Gabriele Rottweil
- 1951: The Oetigheim Passion
- 1959: The Naked and Satan
- 1962: Love in September (TV movie)
- 1969: Crooks, Money and Giraffes (TV movie)
- 1982: Yesterday Will Be Tomorrow (from the TV series: Scary Tales )
literature
- Klaus ER Lindemann (Ed.): Kurt Müller-Graf. A theater life . (Profiles of the region; 9). Info-Verlag, Karlsruhe 1988, ISBN 3-88190-087-X
- Mourning for Kurt-Müller Graf. In: der Sonntag , Volume 16, No. 32 of August 11, 2013. p. 1. ( online )
Web links
- Kurt Müller-Graf in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Kurt Müller-Graf at filmportal.de
- Kurt Müller-Graf at cyranos.ch
- Kurt Müller-Graf at Staatstheater.karlsruhe.de
- CD published for Kurt Müller-Graf's 100th birthday: "Poems about old age"
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.staatstheater.karlsruhe.de/ensemble/id/2289/
- ↑ Honorary citizenship for Kurt Müller-Graf: A stroke of luck for Ettlingen
- ↑ www.ettlingen.de
- ↑ bnn.de , main page, accessed August 11, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Müller-Graf, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor and festival director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 9, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karlsruhe , Baden-Württemberg , Germany |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 10, 2013 |
| Place of death | Karlsruhe , Baden-Württemberg , Germany |