Oswald Döpke
Oswald Döpke (born June 26, 1923 in Eldagsen ; † July 5, 2011 in Munich ) was a German actor , director and screenwriter .
Life
After completing an apprenticeship in bookselling in Hanover , Döpke began training as an actor in 1940 at the State Music School in Braunschweig. During the Second World War he was taken prisoner of war.
In 1946 Döpke worked as an actor in Hanover and Bielefeld before he accepted a position as a dramaturge in 1949 and staged numerous radio plays as a director . In 1953 Döpke became head of the radio play department and later head of the television play department of Radio Bremen .
From 1963 to 1988 he worked as a leading director at ZDF and also staged theater productions. During this time, around 100 films and 450 radio plays were made under his direction. His written estate is in the archive of the Academy of Arts in Berlin.
Filmography
Director
- 1965: An enemy of the people (TV movie)
- 1965: Judith (TV movie)
- 1965: not afraid of hell? (TV movie)
- 1965: Yerma (TV movie)
- 1966: In the year nine (TV movie)
- 1966: Midsummer Night (TV movie)
- 1967: Phaedra (TV movie)
- 1968: The Judge of Zalamea (TV movie)
- 1970: Before Sunset (TV movie)
- 1973: Death on the Thames (TV movie)
- 1974: Curious as a Child (TV Movie)
- 1979: Nathan the Wise (TV movie)
- 1980: The Heir apparent (TV movie)
- 1981: Prussian Night (TV movie)
script
- 1968: The Judge of Zalamea (adaptation)
- 1970: Before sunset (adaptation)
Awards
- 1957: Prix Italia
- 1966: Radio play award of the war blind
- 1978: DAG Gold Award
literature
- Oswald Döpke: I was a comrade horse. My grotesque war experiences 1942-1945 , Zeitgut-Verlag, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-933336-67-8 .
Web links
- Oswald Döpke in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Oswald Döpke at filmportal.de
- Biography of Döpke at the Deutsches Filmhaus
- Oswald Döpke archive in the archive of the Academy of Arts, Berlin
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b German director Oswald Döpke died , derStandard.at , accessed on July 11, 2011.
- ^ Oswald-Döpke-Archiv Inventory overview on the website of the Akademie der Künste in Berlin.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Döpke, Oswald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor, director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 26, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eldagsen |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 5, 2011 |
| Place of death | Munich |