Otto Wernicke
Otto Karl Robert Wernicke (born September 30, 1893 in Osterode am Harz , † November 7, 1965 in Munich ) was a German actor .
Life
The son of a brewery director took acting lessons after an apprenticeship as a bookseller and played in Erfurt and Eisenach from 1910 to 1914 . After participating in the First World War, he worked at the Stadttheater in Bonn , from 1921 to 1937 at the State Theater in Munich , from 1934 to 1941 also at the Deutsches Theater and from 1941 to 1944 under Gustaf Gründgens at the State Theater in Berlin . Since 1945 he has appeared at the Bavarian State Theater in Munich. Although successful in tragic roles, Wernicke was considered a humorous, folk actor.
He became particularly well known for the role of Commissioner Lohmann in Fritz Lang's masterpieces M (1931) and The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933). He was the first to create a pragmatic and rational commissioner.
Married to a Jewess , Wernicke was only able to work during the Third Reich with a special permit from the Reich Chamber of Culture , but in 1939 he received full membership in the Reich Theater Chamber . In the final phase of the Second World War , Joseph Goebbels added him to the God-gifted list of actors he needed for his propaganda films in August 1944 , which meant that Wernicke was exempt from military service, including on the home front .
After the war, Wernicke continued to work as an actor in theater and film. Only once did he (together with Max Dieckhout) direct the film Who drove the gray Ford? , in which he also plays the investigating commissioner.
Wernicke had a serious accident in April 1951 in a stage accident. As a result of paralysis and a loss of language skills, he was no longer able to fully practice his profession. It was not until 1955 that he appeared again in smaller film roles and also in radio plays. He also worked as a guest lecturer at the Otto Falckenberg School in Munich, a theater school.
His daughter Annemarie Wernicke also became an actress.
Wernicke was buried in the north cemetery in Munich, the grave site has since been closed.
synchronization
As a voice actor, he lent his voice a. a. Lionel Barrymore ( Sailorless ), Alan Hale senior ( The Adventures of Robin Hood ), Raymond Massey ( Unrestrained Love ; first dubbed version), Claude Rains ( The Great Passion ) and Charles Vanel ( Leap in the Clouds ).
Filmography (selection)
- 1922: Mysteries of a hairdressing salon
- 1924: Girls You Don't Marry
- 1925: Mrs. Worrington's perfume
- 1931: M
- 1931: The naked truth
- 1931: Storms of Passion
- 1932: Peter Voss, the millionaire thief
- 1932: The Bartered Bride
- 1932: Night of Temptation
- 1932: The two from the Süddexpress
- 1933: The blonde Christl
- 1933: SA man fire
- 1933: The will of Dr. Mabuse
- 1933: The tunnel
- 1934: Warning! Who knows this woman?
- 1934: The Chicago refugee
- 1934: The Lord of the World
- 1934: Dear stupid mom
- 1934: Peer Gynt
- 1934: Between heaven and earth
- 1934: The swapped bride
- 1935: A whole guy
- 1935: executioners, women and soldiers
- 1935: Knockout - A young girl, a young man
- 1935: The courageous seafarer
- 1936: A passionate doctor
- 1936: The merry women
- 1936: Uncle Bräsig
- 1936: The castle in Flanders
- 1936: street music
- 1937: bus S
- 1937: Gleisdreieck
- 1937: The great adventure
- 1937: Manege
- 1937: strong hearts
- 1937: Voice of the Blood
- 1937: How the hare goes
- 1937: As once in May
- 1937: Michael company
- 1938: Thirteen men and one cannon
- 1938: A woman comes to the tropics
- 1938: secret sign LB 17
- 1938: The Katzensteg
- 1938: Love letters from the Engadine
- 1938: Northern Lights
- 1938: Riddle about Beate
- 1938: New Year's Eve at Alexanderplatz
- 1939: D III 88
- 1939: Gold in New Frisco
- 1939: Midsummer bonfire
- 1939: Maria Ilona
- 1939: The family tree of Dr. Pistorius
- 1940: What is being played here?
- 1941: Ohm Krüger
- 1941: Friedemann Bach
- 1941: homecoming
- 1941: The waitress Anna
- 1941: his son
- 1942: The senior boss
- 1942: the great king
- 1943: Titanic
- 1944: life calls
- 1944: At that time in my time
- 1944: The great price
- 1945: Comrade Hedwig
- 1945: Kolberg
- 1945: The Molander case
- 1947: between yesterday and tomorrow
- 1948: The road is long
- 1948: The gentleman from the other star
- 1949: Amico
- 1949: You are not alone
- 1950: The cheerful gas station
- 1950: Hunted by the devil
- 1950: who drove the gray Ford? (also direction)
- 1951: Shadows over Naples
- 1955: Heaven without stars
- 1956: the last patrol?
- 1956: The captain of Köpenick
- 1956: The Sunday Child
- 1956: Student Helene Willfüer
- 1959: The fiery red baroness
- 1959: love on crooked legs
- 1959: Always the girls
Web links
- Otto Wernicke in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Otto Wernicke at filmportal.de
- Literature by and about Otto Wernicke in the catalog of the German National Library
- Otto Wernicke in the German dubbing index
- Pictures by Otto Wernicke In: Virtual History
- Biography on film-zeit.de
- Note on the radio play "Der Biberpelz" from 1958 with Otto Wernicke
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Ernst Klee : The cultural lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 659.
- ^ Volker D. Laturell : Theater and youth in Munich. A compilation of 500 years of Munich theater history. Tins, Munich 1970, p. 106.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wernicke, Otto |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wernicke, Otto Karl Robert (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1893 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Osterode am Harz |
DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 1965 |
Place of death | Munich |