Michael Töteberg

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Michael Töteberg (* 1951 in Hamburg ) is a German film journalist and was head of the Rowohlt Agency for Media Rights until 2017 .

Life

Töteberg was a publishing editor in Frankfurt am Main until 1987, then a freelance journalist in Hamburg; from 1994 to 2017 he was head of the agency for media rights at Rowohlt Verlag. His successor from 2018 is Kristina Krombholz. He will remain active in an advisory capacity and will oversee projects.

He writes film reviews, is the editor of the writings of Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Tom Tykwer as well as of Metzler's Film Lexikon. He is also involved in the publication of the literary magazine text + kritik . The publications on Fritz Lang , Federico Fellini and the UFA come from him . From 1992 to 1994 he published journalism by Klaus Mann together with Uwe Naumann , in 2006 he brought out a new edition of the complete works of Wolfgang Borchert ; he is also the author of numerous other publications.

Publications (selection)

  • The Ufa book. Art and crises, stars and directors, economy and politics, by Hans-Michael Bock (ed.) And Michael Töteberg (ed.), In collaboration with CineGraph , Frankfurt / Main, Zweiausendeins , 1992, ISBN 3-86150-065-5 .
  • Wolfgang Borchert . The complete work . New edition. Edited and with an afterword by Michael Töteberg. Paperback edition: Rowohlt, Reinbek 2009, ISBN 978-3-499-24980-8 .
  • Fassbinder's films, Michael Töteberg (ed.), Multipart, Verlag der Autor, Frankfurt am Main, 1990–1991, ISBN 3-88661-105-1 , 3-88661-106-X, 3-88661-110-8 and 3 -88661-110-8
  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder , Michael Töteberg (eds.), Films free the head, essays and work notes, Fischer Cinema TB, Frankfurt, 1992, ISBN 3-596-23672-X .
  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-499-50458-8 .
  • Fritz Lang , with self-testimonials and picture documents, 4th edition, Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-499-50339-5 .
  • Film city Hamburg, from Emil Jannings to Wim Wenders, cinema stories of a big city, Michael Töteberg, VSA-Verlag Hamburg, 1990, ISBN 3-87975-544-2 .
  • Classic films, 120 films, Michael Töteberg (Ed.), Metzler Verlag, Stuttgart, Weimar, 2006, ISBN 978-3-476-02172-4 .
  • Good bye Lenin, a film by Wolfgang Becker, screenplay by Bernd Lichtenberg, co-author Wolfgang Becker, Michael Töteberg (eds.), Verlag Schwarzkopf and Schwarzkopf, Berlin, 2003, ISBN 3-89602-431-0 .
  • Heartfield , with self-testimonies and picture documents, Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1978, ISBN 3-499-50257-7 .
  • Michael Töteberg (Ed.): Metzler Film Lexicon. 2nd, updated and expanded edition. JB Metzler, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-476-02068-1 . (Reviews of 500 international classics)
  • Michael Töteberg (Ed.): Tom Tykwer . the warrior + the empress. With photos by Bernd Spauke and Thomas Rabsch . Rowohlt Taschenbuch, Reinbek near Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-499-22825-4 .
  • Michael Töteberg: Romy Schneider. rororo paperback, Reinbek near Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-499-50669-7 .
  • Michael Töteberg (Ed.): Laurens Straub . My cinema . Belleville, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-936298-83-3 .
  • Michael Töteberg, Volker Behrens: Fatih Akın . In a clinch. The history of my films , Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-498-00669-3 .

literature

  • Notes on Michael Töteberg in the Metzler Film Lexikon, JB Metzler Verlag 2005, ISBN 3-476-02068-1
  • Can you make a film of Hitler? "Downfall" has a historical forerunner, GW Pabst's "The Last Act", Michael Töteberg, film-dienst, No. 19, September 16, 2004

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kristina Krombholz takes over the management of the Rowohlt media agency , buchmarkt.de, January 9, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Töteberg, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author
DATE OF BIRTH 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg