Renate Holland-Moritz

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Renate Holland-Moritz , actually Renate Spangenberg, née Holland-Moritz, divorced Kusche (born March 29, 1935 in Berlin ; † June 14, 2017 in Berlin), was a German satirical writer , journalist and film critic . Her reviews as a cinema owl in the satirical magazine Eulenspiegel between 1960 and 2015 made her known. Holland-Moritz is considered the longest active film critic in the world.

Life

Renate Holland-Moritz was born in Berlin-Wedding as the daughter of the pliers maker Oskar Holland-Moritz and his wife Lucie, an artist in the Berlin winter garden , but grew up in the father’s hometown in Steinbach-Hallenberg . She became interested in literature and film from an early age . After not completing secondary school, she began as a trainee and assistant at various Berlin daily newspapers, was an editor for a short time and then a freelance journalist.

From 1956 she worked as a freelance worker for the satirical magazine Eulenspiegel . From 1960 she published there film reviews under the title Kino-Eule , which had and still have cult status due to their wit and sometimes their viciousness . During the GDR era, she was able to publish her opinion in it without the influence of censorship . In 1978 she received the Goethe Prize from the City of Berlin . With Eulenspiegel 04/2015, Holland-Moritz said goodbye to her readers after her 80th birthday as a film critic.

In addition to her weekly film reviews, Renate Holland-Moritz has published a large number of satirical stories in the “Eulenspiegel” magazine. Her life's work also includes 20 books, two of which were filmed by GDR television and one by DEFA . Three of her books are collaborative work with her then husband, the writer and journalist Lothar Kusche . Many of her books were published by Eulenspiegel-Verlag .

Renate Holland-Moritz was buried on July 7, 2017 in the central cemetery Friedrichsfelde in Berlin-Lichtenberg , Gudrunstraße 20.

reception

The film connoisseur and author Knut Elstermann , who has hosted the film magazine 12 noon on Radio Eins since 1997 and reflects on the Berlinale , was born in 1960 - this year Holland-Moritz published her first film review in Eulenspiegel . He wrote about her in March 2015:

“It was through Renate Holland-Moritz's texts that I first learned what film criticism is, because those were the first film reviews that I consciously read in the 'Eulenspiegel', so the cinema owl was absolutely binding for me recommended, I saw what she declined, wasn't interested. Later on I had the great pleasure of getting to know Renate Holland-Moritz myself, initially with great awe, the - yes - goddess of German film criticism, but I realized very quickly that she is completely unpretentious, that she is too young what I was back then shows no condescension towards young professionals at all. "

- Knut Elstermann

Ralf Schenk wrote about her in the Berliner Zeitung :

“In her reviews, Holland-Moritz argued 'never from the high horse of the subtle esthete', but asked about substance and plausibility , about craftsmanship and moral credo. She wrote criticisms with a down-to-earth attitude, clearly in the judgment, without pseudo-philosophical fiddling around, pointedly with Berlin wit and understanding, polished to the point. "

- Ralf Schenk

Works

Books

  • The Man Phenomenon (1959), with drawings by Kurt Klamann and vignettes by John Stave
  • David does what he wants (1965), children's book, together with Lothar Kusche , with illustrations by Erich Schmitt
  • The passage room (1967), story
  • Good morning, happiness and other stories (1967), together with Lothar Kusche
  • Graffunda cleans up (1969), narrative, with illustrations by Manfred Bofinger
  • A bird like you and me and other stories (1971), together with Lothar Kusche
  • On an ordinary evening (1973), narration
  • The Old Ladies' Outing (1975), short stories
  • The bell rang at Lehmann's (1978), stories
  • Klingenschmidt's Widows (1980), short story
  • The owl in the cinema. Film reviews (1981), with illustrations by Manfred Bofinger
  • The chatty Saxons (1982), short stories
  • The dead Else. A True Gossip Book (1986)
  • Ossis, save the Federal Republic! (1993), anthology , with illustrations by Manfred Bofinger
  • The owl in the cinema. Neue Filmkritiken (1994), with illustrations by Manfred Bofinger
  • The power of plasticine. Naughty Children's Stories for Adults (1994), anthology
  • Smeared and wrapped. People laughed about that in the GDR during the 1950s and 1960s (1996), anthology, with illustrations by Manfred Bofinger
  • The con artist. People laughed about this in the GDR during the seventies and eighties (1996), anthology, with illustrations by Manfred Bofinger
  • Dead Else is alive. True Gossip Stories from Five Decades (1997), anthology
  • The owl in the cinema. New film reviews 1991 to 2005 Dietz, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-320-02065-X .

Movies

Sound carrier

  • The chatty Saxons (1981), author reading (recording of a public event 1980), Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin (Litera)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Eulenspiegel" legend Renate Holland-Moritz died. ( Memento of the original from June 17, 2017 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. In: MDR.de Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk , June 14, 2017, accessed on June 14, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mdr.de
  2. ^ Matthias Biskupek: The heartily snappy cinema owl. R. Holland-Moritz is dead . In: Neues Deutschland, June 15, 2017, p. 17.
  3. ↑ Andreas Kurtz: "Trigger-happy" jubilarian . In: Berliner Zeitung . March 30, 2015 (fee required).
  4. ^ Renate Holland-Moritz, legendary cinema owl. In: The paper . Circle of Friends of the Leaflet, April 13, 2014, accessed June 14, 2017 .
  5. ^ Private obituary notice in the Berliner Zeitung from 24./25. June 2017, p. 17
  6. ^ Matthias Biskupek : Film critic Renate Holland-Moritz: The owl in the cinema turns 80. In: Deutschlandfunk Kultur . Deutschlandradio , March 27, 2015, accessed on June 14, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Ralf Schenk : Criticism with grip . In: Berliner Zeitung . March 28, 2015 (fee required).


personal data
SURNAME Holland-Moritz, Renate
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Spangenberg, Renate (real name); Holland-Moritz, Renate (maiden name); Kusche, Renate
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German satirical writer, journalist and film critic
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 2017
Place of death Berlin , Germany