Rolf Henniger (actor)
Rolf Henniger (born August 30, 1925 in Erfurt ; † August 15, 2015 in Berlin ) was a German actor , director and professor at the Folkwang University of the Arts .
Working at the theater
His career began as a classical theater actor. He made his debut in Nordhausen in 1945 . This was followed by engagements in Erfurt (1946/47 season), at the Städtische Bühnen Köln (1947 to 1949), in Bochum (under Hans Schalla 1949/50), Zurich, Stuttgart and Munich .
In Zurich he was cast by directors Oskar Wältin , Kurt Hirschfeld , Leopold Lindtberg and Leonhard Steckel in leading roles from Hamlet to Goethe's Torquato Tasso . He gave the priest in the world premiere of Max Frisch's Andorra .
Rolf Henniger made guest appearances at the Ruhr Festival in Recklinghausen and at the Komödie am Kurfürstendamm in Berlin. From 1957 he belonged to the ensemble of the Berlin Schiller- und Schloßpark Theater . In Fritz Kortner's stagings of the robbers he played Karl Moor , later Franz Moor . In 1963 he played the title role in Shakespeare's Richard III. In 1964 Rolf Henniger was awarded the Berlin Art Prize.
Work in film and television
He became known to the wider public primarily through his roles in numerous television films, including crime series such as Der Alte , Der Kommissar and Sonderdezernat K1 . In 1968 Henniger played the brother Benn in The Death of the Salesman alongside Heinz Rühmann on ZDF . In the lavish two-part film adaptation of the Nibelung by Harald Reinl from 1966/1967, he played King Gunther . Both films turned out to be great audiences. Henniger called it "never succeeded". He also directed three television films, such as the comedy Eine Dummheit macht den Gescheiteste (1963) with Therese Giehse .
Teaching at the Folkwang University
From 1977 to 1986 Rolf Henniger headed the acting department at the Folkwang University in Essen . He staged challenging plays with the youngsters such as Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew or Peter Brook's The Empty Room . His former pupil Heinrich Schafmeister explained this extensive change of Henniger as professor to the drama school in his obituary: “Rolf Henniger mistrusted the theater of the 70s and 80s dominated by the subversive authorities. ... His unforgettable role was as head of the acting department ... to have given us courage on the tortuous path of the eternal search. "
Henniger was married to the actress Eleonore Hessenland († 1961) and his second marriage to the actress Eva Katharina Schultz († 2007).
Filmography (selection)
- 1952: Alraune , directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt
- 1954: The Last Summer , directed by Harald Braun
- 1954: Sauerbruch - That was my life , director: Rolf Hansen
- 1955: Beloved enemy , director: Rolf Hansen
- 1964: The Trial of Carl von O. (NDR), directed by John Olden
- 1966: The Nibelungs - Siegfried
- 1967: The Nibelungs - Kriemhild's Revenge
- 1968: The Death of the Salesman (ZDF), director: Gerhard Klingenberg
- 1974: The Blue Palace, Part 1: The Genius , Director: Rainer Erler
- 1981: Death of a student , directed by Claus Peter Witt
- 1981: The old man : death of a dropout
- 1982: Eugenie Marlitt and the Gazebo (ZDF), director: Herbert Ballmann
- 1989: The Spider Web , directed by Bernhard Wicki
- 1989: Last summer in Kreuzberg, director: Eberhard Itzenplitz
- 1990: Island of Dreams (ZDF television series) Season 1, director: Hans Jürgen Tögel
- 1991: End of Innocence , director: Frank Beyer
Awards
- 1963: Appointment as Berlin State Actor
- 1964: Berlin Art Prize
literature
- Thomas Blubacher : Rolf Henniger . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 2, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 825.
Audio
Rolf Henniger speaks:
- in Don Carlos by Friedrich von Schiller with the ensemble of the Schiller Theater Berlin 1956, directed by Gustav-Rudolf Sellner , the Don Carlos , long-playing record, Telefunken TSC 13401/3
- Iphigenie auf Tauris by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , performance at the 10th Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen 1956, the Orest , recording by WDR, CD, audio stage, Edition MNEMOSYNE, HB 3004, ISBN 3-934012-16-7
- in Walter Franck - a portrait of an actor who Fiesco in The Fiesco Conspiracy to Genoa by Friedrich Schiller from the production of the Schiller Theater Berlin 1958, long-playing record, Telefunken TSC 13424
- The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe . Republication of the recordings in the literature archive of the Deutsche Grammophon-Gesellschaft from 1961. Long-playing record, Helios Library 1978, No. 2571
Web links
- Rolf Henninger in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Folkwang mourns Rolf Henniger. Obituary by Heinrich Schafmeister from September 10, 2015 [1]
- Rolf Henniger at Randomhouse: [2]
Individual evidence
- ↑ Actor and director: Rolf Henninger is dead . Spiegel Online , August 17, 2015. </> Actor Rolf Henniger has died . dpa article in the Rheinische Post , August 17, 2015.
- ↑ Who's Who 1987
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Henniger, Rolf |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor, director and university professor |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 30, 1925 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Erfurt , German Empire |
DATE OF DEATH | 15th August 2015 |
Place of death | Berlin , Germany |