Eckart Friedrichson

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Friedrichson as a master needle eye with little thread on a GDR postage stamp from 1964 (designed by Werner Klemke )

Eckart Friedrichson (born January 14, 1930 in Wernigerode ; † June 7, 1976 in East Berlin ) was an East German actor and singer who gained great fame through his role as master needle eye in children's television.

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Life

Friedrichson attended secondary school in Wernigerode and in 1945 first made contact with the theater there. From 1948 to 1950 he attended an acting school in Quedlinburg . From 1951 to 1952 he had a first engagement at the Volkstheater Rostock and then from 1952 to 1954 he was employed at the Berlin theater of friendship .

On November 23, 1955, the program “Master Needle Eye Tales” (later renamed “Visiting Fairy Tale Land”) was broadcast on East German television for the first time. The then 25-year-old Eckart Friedrichson took on the role of storyteller and presenter as a master needle eye in his tailor's room in Märchenland. Initially on Saturdays, later every Sunday, usually from 3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., this program was broadcast, which soon enjoyed great popularity among children and young people and was broadcast with him until 1975. With his large magic cubit, which served as a substitute for a guitar, Master Nadelöhr sang the song written by Wolfgang Richter , “I come from the fairy tale land”.

Friedrichsohn lived in Berlin-Karow and was a member of the LDPD .

He was married to Margitta Friedrichson (* 1945) until his death. He had two brothers. Jan Friedrichson, architect and civil engineer, b. 1942 and Peter Friedrichson , actor, b. 1946.

Eckart Friedrichson suffered from diabetes from the age of 13 , which led to a fatal heart attack at the age of 46. The urn grave is located on the Karow I and III cemetery in Berlin-Karow.

Honors

For the Day of the Child on June 1, 1964, a GDR 10-pfennig postage stamp was issued with a picture of him and the canary Zwirnchen.

Discography

  • The Tale of the Leaping Singing Fountain (Single)
  • The Brave Little Tailor (Single)
  • The Brave Little Tailor - Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm (LP)
  • A Sputnik Tale (Single)
  • To fairy tale land with the Brothers Grimm 1
  • Märchenland, Wunderland (LP)
  • Schnippel the Schnappel the scissors, now everybody listen here! ( Sound foil )
  • Sandman's Evening Greetings (Single)

Filmography

theatre

Radio plays

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Friedrichson, Eckart
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Wernigerode
DATE OF DEATH June 7th 1976
Place of death East Berlin