Richard Blank

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Richard Blank (born May 5, 1939 in Langenfeld , North Rhine-Westphalia ) is a German author and.

Life

Richard Blank - son of a weaving director - studied philosophy , German literature and theater studies at the universities in Cologne , Vienna and Munich . In 1968 he did his doctorate with Ernesto Grassi . Blank began working on books and films during his studies. In 1969 he tried his hand at a radio play for the first time. In addition to documentaries , Blank succeeded in establishing a new form of literary film adaptation for WDR from 1975 , a mixture of documentary and fictional parts. From 1978 onwards he devoted himself increasingly to making feature films . For the BR he produced a feature film every year until 1994 in the series “Die Literarisches Filmerzählung”. These were shown alongside two other films at numerous festivals, including in Venice and Moscow. Blank worked with Hannelore Schroth , Marianne Hoppe , Katharina Thalbach and Bernhard Wicki , among others .

Blank's work was not limited to the cinematic. He also wrote a novel and worked for the stage, staged his own play at the TAT in Frankfurt in 1987 and brought an old Passion Play back to the stage in his second residence in Liguria, Italy , about which he made a film in 2005. He is a writer and director of his films. Blank also published some theoretical works. So he wrote a book about the art of acting, the first history of film light and an examination of the Hollywood-influenced script literature. He holds workshops and seminars at film schools in Germany and abroad.

Filmography (selection)

Television documentaries

  • 1968: Alexanderplatz
  • 1970: The shop closes
  • 1972: The farmhand Alois Pöchmann
  • 1973: circus without a tent
  • 1974: Another pas de deux
  • 1974: White Russians
  • 1976: The gypsies arrive
  • 1993–2003: Children of the World (documentary series)
  • 2005: The Miracle of Vasia

Film adaptations

  • 1976: Dracula
  • 1977: Peter Schlemihl
  • 1979: Parzifal

Televised films

  • 1978: The wedding
  • 1979: King Zacher loves his people
  • 1980: Sicaron memory
  • 1981: The domestic sheep
  • 1983: The ballroom revolution
  • 1984: Aida Wendelstein
  • 1985: Fridolin
  • 1986: double connector
  • 1987: heart with spoon
  • 1988: I am Elsa
  • 1989: Little love, big love
  • 1990: The marriage fraud
  • 1991: The Queen from plate 8
  • 1992: The 1003rd Nights
  • 1993: lianas in concrete
  • 2006: St. Matthew Passion

cinemamovies

  • 1983: Peaceful days
  • 1993: Prinzenbad
  • 2004: Casanova. The secret of its success (without rental)

Radio plays

  • 1969: In the heart of the continent
  • 1970: Passion
  • 1972: All-fighters Kampendonck

Books

Monographs

  • Language and dramaturgy. The Aeschylean Kassandra scene. The Easter game from Klosterneuburg. Machiavelli's "Mandragola". Fink, Munich 1969
  • Soraya, Farah and the Shah. German fate reports from the peacock throne. Rogner & Bernhard, Munich 1977
  • Fridolin. Theatrical version of the film of the same name. TAT 1987
  • Beyond the bridge. Bernhard Wicki, a life for film. Econ, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-430-11473-X .
  • Acting in theater and film. Strasberg, Brecht, Stanislawski. Alexander, Berlin 3rd edition 2001, ISBN 978-3-89581-068-8 .
  • The optimists. Management report of the bank employee Hans Wenker. Novel. Alexander, Berlin 2003, ISBN 978-3-89581-104-3 .
  • Film & light. The story of film light. Alexander, Berlin 2009; Revised and updated edition 2011, ISBN 978-3-89581-246-0 .
  • Script. Everything at the beginning. Farewell to the classic dramaturgy. Alexander, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-89581-241-5 .
  • Hollywood, goodbye! Plea for an independent film art. Alexander, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-89581-353-5 .
  • Work with actors . Alexander, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-89581-428-0 .
  • The German Book. About Germany and the Germans . Alexander, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-89581-408-2 .

Editing

  • The domestic happiness. Complete household lessons and cooking instructions for working class women. At the same time a useful help book for all women and girls who want to do cheap and good household chores. Re-edited by Richard Blank with interviews from working-class families. Reprint of the edition from 1882. Rogner & Bernhard, Munich 1975, ISBN 3-8077-0038-2 .
  • Shah Reza - the last German emperor. Documents from the rainbow press. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1979, ISBN 3-499-14376-3 .
  • Ernesto Grassi, Art and Myth, edited by Richard Blank and Emilio Hidalgo Serna, Alexander Berlin, 2013, ISBN 978-3-89581-312-2

literature

  • Helmut Schödel: Time of the Fearless. About Richard Blank, in Fridolin, TAT , Frankfurt 1987
  • Othmar Haupt: All-fighters Kampendonck. The radio play by Richard Blank , Univ. Munster 1976
  • Anke Wagemann: The dream of the human family. Richard Blanks Parzifal , Göppingen 1998, Diss. University of Cologne

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personal data
SURNAME Blank, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German director and author
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Langenfeld , North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany