Roman Weyl

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Roman Weyl (born July 30, 1921 in Mainz ; † January 2011 in Berlin ) was a German production designer for the stage, television and cinema as well as a poster painter.

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Roman Weyl, born in Mainz in 1921 as the son of the set designer and technician Hans Weyl, began training as a stage and theater painter at the Kassel State Theater in 1937. He then studied from 1939 to 1944 at the Staatliche Kunsthochschule in Dresden with Adolph Mahnke. In 1944, the year of the war, he made his debut as a set designer at the Unter den Linden theater. In the same year Weyl held the post of equipment manager at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm . Immediately after the end of the war in 1945, he resumed his work as a set designer at Berlin theaters and was employed at the grandstands , renaissance theater , comedy and theater on Kurfürstendamm until 1949 . At this time, Weyl also made a long debut as a film architect at DEFA, with no consequences .

In 1949 the Mainz resident moved to the Leipziger Kammerspiele as head of equipment for one season , until 1951 he was also active as a stage designer at venues in Wiesbaden , Mainz , Halle and again in Berlin ( Komische Oper ) , sometimes as a guest . Subsequently, the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm engaged him again, this time as head of equipment, before he became active in the same position for the Volksbühne from 1954 .

In these early theater years Weyl designed the scenery (stage) for both modern and classical theater pieces. He delivered one of his first stage decorations in the 3rd Reich, in 1944, for a production of Calderón's “ Love over all magic ” at the Schiffbauerdamm Theater. Later he designed the scenery for Wilhelm Tell , Götz von Berlichingen , Fiesko and The Servant of Two Masters, among others . Weyl's versatility also made him suitable for ballets (“ Romeo and Juliet ” at the Dresden State Opera ) and operettas (“ The Big World ” at the Wiesbaden State Opera). In addition, he returned to DEFA in 1954 for a film assignment.

Weyl stayed away from film and television until the early 1960s. As a result of the construction of the Wall , he turned his back on East Berlin and was henceforth active for several ARD broadcasters , above all for the SFB , which Weyl also repeatedly committed to equipping literature adaptations. In 1976 he designed the decorations for Kurt Hoffmann's last production, “ Sunday Stories ”. Weyl also worked as a poster painter and designed the signet for the Berlinale Peace Film Prize .

Roman Weyl died at the beginning of 2011 at the age of 90. In an obituary, Weyl, who had also been active for the Solidarity Service International (member since 1999), was recognized as a “ humanist and radical pacifist ”. His poster designs on the topics of xenophobia / racism, land mines, armament and nuclear energy were particularly highlighted.

For many decades Roman Weyl was married to the actress Susanne Wisten , the daughter of Fritz Wisten , for whose Volksbühne productions Weyl had once designed the sets.

In 1959 he was awarded the GDR Art Prize.

Filmography (selection)

TV unless otherwise stated

  • 1947: street acquaintance (cinema)
  • 1954: Who loves his wife ... (cinema)
  • 1962: Blum affair
  • 1963: Turandot
  • 1964: The purest angels
  • 1965: Adrian, the tulip thief
  • 1968: The pardon
  • 1969: The gazebo
  • 1969: Escape to Egypt
  • 1971: The weavers
  • 1973: Viennese women
  • 1974: a happy existence
  • 1974: The concert
  • 1975: Intermezzo for five hands
  • 1976: Sunday Stories
  • 1977: the halo
  • 1977: The Schimmelreiter (cinema)
  • 1978: The Assistant
  • 1983: The golden shoes
  • 1984: mom's birthday
  • 1986: The young lady from back then

literature

  • Herbert A. Frenzel , Hans Joachim Moser (ed.): Kürschner's biographical theater manual. Drama, opera, film, radio. Germany, Austria, Switzerland. De Gruyter, Berlin 1956, DNB 010075518 , p. 808.
  • Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 3: Peit – Zz. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1961, DNB 451560752 , p. 1876 f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roman Weyl in Theater in Berlin after 1945: drama, "Now it is time to recreate the face", Lothar Schirmer, Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin, Henschel 2002, 127 pages, page 120
  2. ↑ Portrait Roman Weyl * 1921 in Mainz, in Theater an der Parkaue ( Memento of the original from May 24, 2012 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.parkaue.de
  3. ^ Farewell to Roman Weyl - sodi.de
  4. ↑ Neues Deutschland , October 4, 1959, p. 4
personal data
SURNAME Weyl, Roman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German set designer, poster painter, film and television architect
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Mainz
DATE OF DEATH January 2011
Place of death Berlin