Ruprecht Essberger

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Ruprecht Essberger (born March 8, 1923 in Berlin ; † August 8, 2005 in Starnberg ) was a German director and television author .

Essberger comes from a well-known Hamburg shipowner family. He attended the high school for boys in Hamburg-Eppendorf, and in 1941 went to the Navy as a volunteer with a secondary school diploma. After the war he studied literature and art history in Göttingen and Hamburg . In 1953 he began directing for what was then Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk ( NWDR ). Since 1954 with his participation u. a. also around 100 episodes of the Schölermann family television series . The program Das Fernsehgericht meets ran from 1961 to 1978 on ARD . Other series were marriages in court and Das Verkehrsgericht .

On his death, the incumbent NDR television program director, Volker Herres, paid tribute to Essberger as follows: "Ruprecht Essberger is one of the most important representatives of the pioneering generation of German television. 'The television tribunal meets' was successful entertainment combined with the skillful communication of current court decisions or new laws. Essberger was extremely successful with the audience with a concept that set standards. "

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SURNAME Essberger, Ruprecht
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German director and television writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH August 8, 2005
Place of death Starnberg