Ludwig Cremer

Ludwig Cremer (born July 4, 1909 in Duisburg , † November 23, 1982 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German director , actor and radio play speaker .

Career

Ludwig Cremer is best known as a radio play director . In 1947 he produced Wolfgang Borchert's Draußen vor der Tür and Schnabel's epoch-making feature January 29 (both NWDR ). In 1949 he staged three episodes of the 35-part audio picture Goethe tells his life at NWDR. Even as a radio speaker, he appeared on the scene, as in several episodes of Goethe tells his life , further he introduced in 1954 as the narrator (first part) by Dylan Thomas ' famous radio play Under Milk Wood , one of the main characters then in 1956 in the the SWF produced five-part radio play On the green beach of the Spree by Hans Scholz or 1958 as the title hero in Doktor Schiwago , based on the novel of the same name by Boris Pasternak .

Cremer also worked for television in the 1960s and 70s. Here in particular his film adaptation of Friedrich Dürrenmatt's The Visit of the Old Lady in 1959 became a street sweeper .

Some of Ludwig Cremer's radio plays have now been released on CD.

personal data
SURNAME	Cremer, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German director, actor and radio play speaker
DATE OF BIRTH	4th July 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH	Duisburg
DATE OF DEATH	November 23, 1982
Place of death	Frankfurt am Main