Peter Ertelt

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Peter Ertelt (born August 26, 1932 in Vienna ; † July 21, 1990 in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee ) was an Austrian actor .

Life

When starting school, 1938, he was refused for several months to attend school because it after the connection of Austria to the " German Reich was considered a so-called" half-Jew "." His father, a Viennese lawyer, came from a Jewish family. When he was forced to emigrate to the United States due to the political situation , the unmarried mother was able to convince the authorities that her son had a non-Jewish biological father, and schooling became possible. He graduated from a commercial school and then completed his training as an actor at the Prayner Conservatory in Vienna .

He has been married three times, the first marriage has a son. In his third marriage, Peter Ertelt was married to the actress Elfriede Schüsseleder and they have a son.

theatre

Right from the start of his career, Ertelt was described by Viennese critics as an outstanding young comedian . He had engagements at the Kleiner Theater im Konzerthaus , at the Theater der Jugend , at the Parkringtheater , at the Fleischmarkttheater under Herbert Wochinz , at the Theater der Courage under the direction of Stella Kadmon and at the legendary Scala Vienna under Wolfgang Heinz , where he worked with great actors like Karl Paryla , Otto Tausig , Günther Haenel , Emil Stöhr and many others. On June 26, 1956, when the theater closed, Peter Ertelt was awarded a diploma for special achievements at this theater.

After a year at the Landestheater Linz, Fritz Wisten and Wolfgang Heinz brought him to the Volksbühne Berlin , where he played very successfully until 1963. For the double role of the dromio in Comedy of Errors by Shakespeare with Rolf Ludwig as a partner, major critics such as B. Peter Edel , BZ on the evening of January 11, 1960 , euphoric. Rainer Kerndl , Junge Welt , wrote on January 11, 1960 : “... the highlight of the evening is hidden behind the name Peter Ertelt, which was previously unknown in Berlin but is now quickly becoming common! ... he almost makes more of the double role of the dromio than there is in it ... Peter Ertelt is a splendid comedian and worth the entrance fee alone. ”In 1963, Peter Ertelt left the divided city of Berlin .

Engagements from 1963 to 1974: Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden , there Wilhelm Ringelband writes in the Abendpost (Frankfurt am Main) 19Jg.Nr.62 about Ertelt's Truffaldino the headline: Goldoni - light as a feather. A comedian was discovered , stages of Cologne , both under the direction of Claus Helmut Drese , Kammerspiele Hamburg Directorate Ida Ehre , Essen Municipal Theater under Erich Schumacher where he, among others, in the highly acclaimed German premiere of Mistero Buffo by Dario Fo the buffoon played.

From 1974 to 1990 Peter Ertelt was engaged at the Stadttheater Klagenfurt under Herbert Wochinz, where he embodied great character roles in world literature.

Roles (selection)
Directorial work (selection)

From the very beginning, Peter Ertelt was regarded as an outstanding Nestroy actor, he played almost all of the great, well-known roles of Johann Nestroy . At the first Salzburg street theater in 1970, under Oscar Fritz Schuh , Peter Ertelt was Anton Muffl in Nestroy's Earlier Relationships , with Elfriede Ott , Helli Servi and Fritz Grieb . He has been one of the leading protagonists of the Porcia comedy games since it was founded in 1961. Many radio plays were created in the ORF regional studio in Carinthia with his participation.

Film & television

In the DEFA Studios in Berlin, Peter Ertelt worked in numerous film and television productions until 1963. He played in the Austrian cabaret series G'schichten über Spinner / Partner , with Erwin Steinhauer and Franz Suhrada and in Der Leihopa , in the ORF-Theater am Küniglberg in Célimar and Das Blaue Aug ' . Many pieces of the comedies Porcia , where Peter Ertelt played were from, ORF recorded: Tartuffe , The scatterbrain , The Confused , The Cavalier of Flanders , The Foundling , The Outsider u. a.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Season chronicle of the Volksbühne Berlin, 1959 to 1963 ( Memento of the original from November 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.volksbuehne-berlin.de
  2. ^ German language premiere of Mistero Buffo. In: Archivio Franca Rame Dario Fo. Retrieved November 22, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Ertelt, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor
DATE OF BIRTH August 26, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH July 21, 1990
Place of death Klagenfurt am Wörthersee