Peter Weihs

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Peter Weihs (born August 24, 1927 in Vienna ; † September 30, 1981 there ) was an Austrian actor , director and theater director .

After the Second World War, Weihs worked as a theater actor in Vienna from the late 1940s ; almost at the same time he began directing . In 1957 he brought the first Austrian summer theater after the Second World War in Klosterneuburg together with Helene Thimig the Urfaust on stage. In 1961, Peter Weihs staged Shakespeare's comedy Was ihr wollt in front of the garden pavilion of Melk Abbey, with Hans Holt as Malvolio, with Wolfgang Gasser , Maria Emo and Helli Servi ; In 1962, Shakespeare's comedy The Taming of the Shrew followed .

In 1962 Weihs worked in an ORF production directed by Erich Neuberg in the role of the highly talented Jewish assistant doctor Dr. Wenger in the tragic comedy Professor Bernhardi by Arthur Schnitzler .

Weihs was seen as a performer from the 1960s, later mainly in supporting roles , in a few roles in television productions .

As its first film appearance, the IMDb film database lists the Austrian television film November 3, 1918 from 1965, a television production directed by Edwin Zbonek , in which Weihs was seen alongside Erik Frey , Erich Auer and Walter Kohut as Lieutenant von Kaminski. The film is based on the play of the same name by the Austrian playwright Franz Theodor Csokor . In 1968 Weihs worked for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation as First Lieutenant von Kaminsky [sic!] Also in a radio play version of the piece.

In the early science fiction series Alpha 2001 , he played a member of the crew of Laika 7 in 1970 . In the first and second episodes of the Austrian television series The Adventures of the Good Soldier Schwejk he played the role of Dr. Buildings. In 1975, he played the notary in the episode The Inheritance from the TV series A real Viennese does not go under . In 1975 he had a small role directed by Axel Corti in the film The Son of a Farm Worker Becomes a Construction Worker and Builds a House .

In Holocaust - The History of the Weiss Family (1978) he played the sexton of St. Petri, who works for Father Bernhard Lichtenberg , in both the first and fourth episodes . He discussed Erik Dorf with Lichtenberg and finally had to convey the news to Inga Helms-Weiß that Lichtenberg was deported to the Dachau concentration camp . The reason for this was his critical sermons in which he denounced the fire in the synagogues .

In 1974 he took part in a radio play version of Karl Kraus ' world theater The Last Days of Mankind (director: Hans Krendlesberger ; music: Alexander Steinbrecher ). In 1978 he directed a new radio play production of Csokor's drama November 3, 1918 for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation . Weihs also edited plays for radio play versions, for example the mystery play Das große Welttheater by Pedro Calderón de la Barca in 1978 , an ORF production with Paul Hoffmann , Judith Holzmeister and Erich Auer.

Weihs also worked as a theater director. In 1968 he staged Romeo and Juliet at the Theater der Jugend in Vienna . In 1970 he directed Samuel Beckett's absurd drama Waiting for Godot at the Theater der Jugend . In 1971 he directed Georg Büchner's comedy Leonce and Lena with Kurt Sobotka as Valerio. For many years from 1964 to 1974 he also directed the Theater der Jugend as its director.

Weihs also worked as an opera director. In 1963 he was responsible for the new production of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Don Carlos at the Salzburg State Theater as a director. In 1969 he staged the comic opera List und Liebe by Joseph Haydn at the Vienna Chamber Opera ; Hans Gabor was the musical director .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul S. Ulrich: Biographical Index for Theater, Dance and Music / Biographical Index for Theater, Dance and Music . Berlin publishing house. Arno Spitz GmbH. 1997. page 194. ISBN 978-3-87061-479-9
  2. ^ Yearbook of the Society for Vienna Theater Research 1947 (Google Books excerpts)
  3. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: The ancestor of the summer theater Niederösterreichische Nachrichten@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.noen.at
  4. ↑ November 3, 1918 (version 1968) . ORF.at
  5. ↑ Supporting actors in all episodes ( memento of the original from March 13, 2014 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. Mundl.net @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mundl.net
  6. ↑ TOTSTELLEN (aka, TV title: DER SONES EINES LANDARBEITERS WILL CONSTRUCTION WORKER AND BUILD A HOUSE ) ( Memento of the original from March 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Filmarchiv Austria @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / filmarchiv.at
  7. ↑ HOLOCAUST. THE STORY OF THE FAMILY WEISS ( Memento from January 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ The last days of mankind HÖRDAT, the audio game database
  9. ^ 3 NOVEMBER 1918 (version 1978) . ORF.at
  10. ↑ The great world theater . ORF.at
  11. ^ Romeo and Juliet . In: Die Bühne , issues 112–125
  12. ↑ Waiting for Godot . Failing better: Samuel Beckett's reception in Austria
  13. ↑ Kurt Sobotka: If I remember correctly--: a life at the theater: a documentary . (Google Books excerpts)
  14. ^ Opernwelt: Issues 1-6, 1963
  15. ↑ In: New magazine for music . Volume 130, 1969, p. 564.
personal data
SURNAME Weihs, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor, director and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH September 30, 1981
Place of death Vienna