Thomas Holtzmann
Thomas Holtzmann (born April 1, 1927 in Munich ; † January 4, 2013 there ) was a German theater and film actor .
Life
Thomas Holtzmann initially studied theater studies in Munich , but had private acting lessons during his studies. At the Ateliertheater Munich he played his first major role in Jean Anouilh's Medea with Jason . This was the basis for his first engagements in the city theaters of Schleswig , Nuremberg , Saarbrücken and Cologne .
Holtzmann celebrated his first success in 1959 at the Berlin Schillertheater with Edward Albee's two-person play The Zoo Story . In 1961 he achieved his breakthrough with the Prince of Homburg by Heinrich von Kleist under the direction of the artistic director Boleslaw Barlog . In the same year he returned to his hometown Munich and from then on worked a lot with Fritz Kortner . He then joined the ensemble at the Burgtheater in Vienna and played there among other things in a Sellner -Inszenierung Orestes in The Flies by Jean-Paul Sartre , and Goethe's Faust .
During the directorship of Hans Lietzau Holtzman was also at the Hamburg Schauspielhaus committed, where he staging Kortner among others in 1969 in the Clavigo played and 1970 in the German premiere of Arthur Kopit piece of Indians to Sitting Bull embodied. In the 1976/77 season he returned to the Schauspielhaus Hamburg and played Prospero in Shakespeare's Sturm as well as Fernando in Goethe's Stella in productions by Wilfried Minks .
From 1977 to 2001 Holtzmann was a member of the Münchner Kammerspiele ensemble . A great success of this time was, among other things, his Malvolio in William Shakespeare's Was ihr wollt , directed by Dieter Dorn . The version of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, staged as a reading sample, is legendary . Directed by George Tabori , and Holtzmann played, as so often at the Kammerspiele, alongside Peter Lühr . In 2001 he moved to the Bavarian State Theater with the artistic director Dorn and numerous other actors from the Kammerspiele . Here Dorn staged with him as Antonio the Merchant of Venice and Barbara Frey Beckett's Endgame .
Holtzmann was rarely seen in the cinema, but more often on television. In the German-French co-production Who Are You, Dr. Worry? He took on a leading role in 1961, as well as in the television play Die Wölfe by director Falk Harnack in 1963. In the crime series Der Kommissar , he played in 1969 in the episode On the Schedule: Murder , directed by Theodor Grädler, the primary suspect high school teacher . In the television miniseries Factory of the Officers , the remake of a novel by Hans Hellmut Kirst , he was seen in the role of Major General Modersohn. He also appeared in several episodes of the crime series Derrick and Der Alte and in an episode of Der Bulle von Tölz . He had his last television role in 2004 in the film adaptation of the stage drama Uncle Vanja by Anton Chekhov .
In 2007, for his 80th birthday, a television portrait was made with the title Holtzmanns Erzählungen - With the Munich actor on a world and theater trip . In the last years of his life, Holtzmann stood out primarily with readings, including for audio books. His last public appearance was on February 27, 2010 at the Cuvilliés Theater in Munich , where he and his wife read from the diaries of Sofja and Leo Tolstoy .
Thomas Holtzmann was married to the actress Gustl Halenke from 1956 until his death .
theatre
- 1966/67 Cautio Criminalis by Wolfgang Lohmeyer , Father Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld, Münchner Kammerspiele , publisher: October 25, 1966 / last manager: January 19, 1967, director: August Everding , stage: Jörg Zimmermann
- 1977/78 Erdgeist / Pandora's Box (drama) by Frank Wedekind , Dr. Ludwig Schön, Münchner Kammerspiele, publisher: November 13, 1977 / last manager: July 23, 1978, director: Dieter Dorn , set, costumes: Jürgen Rose
- 1977/78 Die Möwe by Anton Chekhov , Boris Aleksejewitsch Trigorin, Münchner Kammerspiele, pr .: March 4, 1978 / last manager: July 15, 1979, director: Harald Clemen , stage: Johannes Schütz , costumes: Kazuko Watanabe
- 1978/79 Der Totentanz by August Strindberg , Kurt, Münchner Kammerspiele, published: October 12, 1978 / last manager: June 21, 1979, director: Harald Clemen , stage: Franz Koppendorfer
- 1979/80 What you want from William Shakespeare , Malvolio, Münchner Kammerspiele, published: January 20, 1980 / last manager: February 4, 1987, director: Dieter Dorn, stage, costumes: Jürgen Rose
- 1980/81 Aus der Fremde by Ernst Jandl , er, Münchner Kammerspiele, publisher: October 12, 1980 / last manager: January 29, 1981, director: Michael Wachsmann , stage, costumes: Jürgen Rose
- 1980/81 Iphigenie auf Tauris by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Thoas, Münchner Kammerspiele, pr .: January 30, 1981 / last manager: May 16, 1983, director: Dieter Dorn, set, costumes: Jürgen Rose
- 1980/81 Leonce and Lena von Georg Büchner , King Peter, Münchner Kammerspiele, publisher: April 25, 1981 / last manager: July 24, 1982, director: Dieter Dorn, stage, costumes: Jürgen Rose
- 1980/81 Gertrud von Hjalmar Söderberg , Gustav Kanning, Münchner Kammerspiele, pr .: June 21, 1981 / last manager: January 11, 1982, director: Günter Krämer , stage, costumes: Jürgen Rose
- 1981/82 Merlin or Das wüsten Land (2 evenings) by Tankred Dorst , King Artus, Münchner Kammerspiele, pr .: January 31, 1982 / last director: July 28, 1982, director: Dieter Dorn, stage: Johannes Schütz , costumes : Dagmar Niefind , Yoshio Yabara
- 1982/83 Der Snob by Carl Sternheim , Count Aloysius Palen, Münchner Kammerspiele, pr .: January 9, 1983 / last manager: October 18, 1983, director: Hans-Reinhard Müller , stage, costumes: Jürgen Rose
- 1982/83 Judith von Friedrich Hebbel , Holofernes, Münchner Kammerspiele, pr .: April 28, 1983 / last manager: July 27, 1983, director: Frank-Patrick Steckel , stage set: Johannes Schütz , costumes: Joachim Herzog
- 1983/84 The new trial by Peter Weiss , The Director, Münchner Kammerspiele, publisher: October 13, 1983 / last manager: July 25, 1984, director: Dieter Dorn, stage, costumes: Jürgen Rose
- 1983/84 Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett , Wladimir, Münchner Kammerspiele, publisher: January 4, 1984 / last manager: February 7, 1986, director: George Tabori , stage design, costumes: Kazuko Watanabe
- 1984/85 Der Kammersänger / The Orchestra by Frank Wedekind / Jean Anouilh , Gerardo / Monsieur Léon, Münchner Kammerspiele, publisher: November 17, 1984 / last manager: March 7, 1987, director: Ralph Schaefer , stage, costumes: Klaus Hellenstein
- 1984/85 Torquato Tasso by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Antonio Montecatino, Münchner Kammerspiele, pr .: December 21, 1984 / last manager: January 1, 1987, director: Dieter Dorn, stage, costumes: Jürgen Rose
- 1984/85 Don Karlos von Friedrich Schiller , Der Großinquisitor, Münchner Kammerspiele, publisher: January 31, 1985 / last manager: January 16, 1988, director: Alexander Lang , set, costumes: Volker Pfüller
- 1985/86 Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare , Agamemnon, Münchner Kammerspiele, pr .: March 16, 1986 / last manager: April 29, 1989, director: Dieter Dorn, stage, costumes: Jürgen Rose
- 1985/86 The homecoming of Harold Pinter , Max, Münchner Kammerspiele, pr .: June 8, 1986 / last manager: June 11, 1987, director: Thomas Schulte-Michels , stage, costumes: Jürgen Rose
- 1986/87 Phädra by Jean Racine , Theseus, Münchner Kammerspiele, pr .: March 28, 1987 / last manager: March 20, 1989, director: Alexander Lang , stage, costumes: Volker Pfüller
- 1987/88 In the loneliness of the cotton fields by Bernard-Marie Koltès , Der Kunde, Münchner Kammerspiele, German premiere, published: December 20, 1987 / last manager: January 16, 1989, director: Alexander Lang, stage, costumes: Volker Filler
- 1987/88 Women in front of river landscapes by Heinrich Böll , Herman Wubler, Münchner Kammerspiele, pr .: January 24, 1988 / last manager: October 31, 1989, director: Volker Schlöndorff , stage design, costumes: Jennifer Bartlett
- 1988/89 And Pippa is dancing! by Gerhart Hauptmann , Der alte Huhn, Münchner Kammerspiele, publisher: November 23, 1988 / last manager: April 15, 1990, director: Thomas Langhoff , stage, costumes: Jürgen Rose
- 1988/89 Seven Doors by Botho Strauss , parking attendant, suicide, Münchner Kammerspiele, publisher: December 16, 1988 / last manager: March 22, 1990, director: Dieter Dorn, set, costumes: Jürgen Rose
- 1989/90 Karlos von Tankred Dorst , König Felipe, Gott, Münchner Kammerspiele, world premiere, pr .: May 6, 1990 / last manager: January 6, 1991, director: Dieter Dorn, stage, costumes: Jürgen Rose
- 1990/91 Love Letters by AR Gurney , Andrew Macpeace, Münchner Kammerspiele, published December 5, 1990, set up by Helmut Griem
- 1991/92 King Lear by William Shakespeare , Gloucester, Münchner Kammerspiele, Pr .: February 20, 1992, director: Dieter Dorn, stage, costumes: Jürgen Rose
- 1992/93 The Persians after Aeschylus by Mattias Braun , governor, Münchner Kammerspiele, pr .: June 12, 1993 / last manager: May 23, 1998, director: Dieter Dorn, stage, costumes: Jürgen Rose
- 1993/94 Der Sturm by William Shakespeare , Prospero, Münchner Kammerspiele, publisher: May 2nd, 1994 / last manager: December 20th, 1996, director: Dieter Dorn, stage, costumes: Jürgen Rose
- 1994/95 Des Singer Fluch Balladen aus Deutschland , Münchner Kammerspiele, Pr .: February 19, 1995 / last manager: June 19, 1998, Direction: Dieter Dorn, stage, costumes: Sascha Gross
- 1994/95 National Gallery 13th evening Lessing versus Goethe , Münchner Kammerspiele, Werkraum, March 24, 1995, Rolf Boysen and Thomas Holtzmann will read it
- 1994/95 Nationalgalerie 17th evening “Diary of a Desperate Man” , by Friedrich Reck , Münchner Kammerspiele, Werkraum, June 21, 1995, read by Thomas Holtzmann and Rudolf Wessely
- 1995/96 last guest of Herbert Achternbusch , Paul, Münchner Kammerspiele, pr .: January 28, 1996 / last manager: May 19, 1996, director: Alexander Lang , stage, costumes: Caroline Neven Du Mont
- 1995/96 The Odyssey 1st evening to 6th evening (Homer), Münchner Kammerspiele Homer , 13.-18. July 1996, Thomas Holtzmann is reading
- 1996/97 Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll , White Knight, Münchner Kammerspiele, released: December 14, 1996, director: Peter Zadek , stage, costumes: Karl Kneidl , Johannes Grützke
- 1996/97 Die Odyssey (6 evenings) , Münchner Kammerspiele, 21. – 27. December 1996, Thomas Holtzmann is reading
- 1996/97 Texts in the Werkraum: Is it a comedy? Is it a tragedy 2nd evening , Münchner Kammerspiele, January 15, 1997, Helmut Griem and Thomas Holtzmann read prose by Thomas Bernhard
- 1997/98 Appearances are deceiving by Thomas Bernhard , Robert, an old actor, Münchner Kammerspiele, published: January 10, 1998, directed by Dieter Dorn
- 1998/99 Cheerful stories by Anton Chekhov , Münchner Kammerspiele, Pr .: January 9, 1999, read by Thomas Holtzmann
- 1998/99 Thomas Bernhard on the 10th anniversary of his death. Is it a comedy Is it a tragedy , Münchner Kammerspiele, Pr .: February 12 / February 16, 1999, Doris Schade , Rolf Boysen and Thomas Holtzmann read prose by Thomas Bernhard
- 1998/99 Erich Kästner for adults - Life in this time - A radio play , Münchner Kammerspiele, Pr: February 23, 1999, set up: Anton Rey , music: Christopher Blenkinsop , Carsten Dane , Carsten Wegener
- 1999 King Kong's daughters of Theresia Walser , Herr Pott, Münchner Kammerspiele, publisher: June 12, 1999, director: Antoine Uitdehaag , stage: Tom Schenk , costumes: Ann Poppel , music: Het Palais van Boem
- 1999/2000 Erich Kästner for adults - A men's evening , Münchner Kammerspiele, October 12, 1999, set up by Anton Rey
- 1999/2000 Erich Kästner for adults - A gentlemen's evening with women and music , Münchner Kammerspiele, October 24, 1999, set up by Anton Rey
- 2000/2001 evening hour in late autumn - on the 80th birthday of Friedrich Dürrenmatt , Münchner Kammerspiele, January 5, 2001, Rolf Boysen and Thomas Holtzmann are reading it
Filmography
TV adaptations of theatrical performances
- 1963 The history of the zoo , Schillertheater Berlin, director: Walter Henn
- 1970 Clavigo , title role, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, director: Fritz Kortner, television director: Marcel Ophüls
- 1980: The Abduction from the Seraglio , Bassa Selim, Bavarian State Opera Munich, conductor: Karl Böhm , director: August Everding , television director: Karlheinz Hundorf , DVD DGG
- 1982: What you want , Malvolio, Münchner Kammerspiele, director: Dieter Dorn, ZDF 1985
- 1984: Waiting for Godot , Wladimir, Münchner Kammerspiele, director: George Tabori
- 1985: Torquato Tasso , Antonio Montecatino, State Secretary, Münchner Kammerspiele, director: Dieter Dorn
- 1986: Marivaux : Triumph of Love , Berlin Schaubühne, director: Luc Bondy
- 1987: Troilus and Cressida , Münchner Kammerspiele, director: Dieter Dorn
- 1992: König Lear , Gloucester, Münchner Kammerspiele, director: Dieter Dorn
- 2004: The Merchant of Venice , Antonio, Residenztheater Munich, director: Dieter Dorn, television director: Hans-Klaus Petsch
Feature and television films
- 1955: Beloved enemy
- 1959: Our wonderland by night
- 1961: The Persians (TV movie)
- 1961: Prince Friedrich von Homburg (TV movie)
- 1961: Who are you, Dr. Worry? (Qui êtes-vous, Monsieur Sorge?)
- 1962: The trial (Le procès)
- 1962: Gabriel Schillings Escape (TV movie)
- 1963: Life is a dream (TV movie)
- 1963: The Wolves (TV movie)
- 1963: King Oedipus (TV movie)
- 1964: Professor Bernhardi (TV film)
- 1966: The Grand Prince and the Court (TV movie)
- 1966: The Flies (TV movie)
- 1966: Final in Berlin (Funeral in Berlin)
- 1969: The Commissioner - On the timetable: Murder (TV series)
- 1969: Michael Kohlhaas - the rebel
- 1970: Gneisenau - The political rebellion of a soldier (TV film)
- 1975: Comenius (TV movie)
- 1977: Danton's Death (TV Movie)
- 1977: Derrick - Via Bangkok (TV series)
- 1978: Firewater (TV movie)
- 1978: Derrick - Stein's daughter
- 1978: Wunnigel (TV movie)
- 1980: The Old Man - Death Threat (TV series)
- 1981: Derrick - No Garden of Eden
- 1983: The old man - for life and death
- 1985: The Old One - A dead woman on safari
- 1987: Wallenstein (Hessischer Rundfunk)
- 1989: Factory of the officers (television miniseries)
- 1990: Café Europa
- 1991: Derrick - Open Case
- 1991: success
- 1992: Schtonk!
- 1995: Hades
- 1998: New Freedom - No Jobs Nice Munich: Standstill
- 1999: The bull from Tölz: Death from space
- 1999: Pünktchen and Anton
- 2000: The Phantom (TV movie)
- 2003: The Long Bible Night: In the Beginning (TV film, narrator)
- 2004: One and the other (TV movie)
- 2004: Uncle Wanja (TV movie)
Radio plays
- 1988: Botho Strauss : Bagatellen - Director: Dieter Dorn (radio play - WDR )
- 1995: Raoul Schrott / Klaus Buhlert : Hotels - An acoustic triptych (The Old One) Director: Klaus Buhlert / Raoul Schrott. BR
- 2003: Marcel Proust : Combray , three-part radio play (grandfather / pastor), director: Ulrich Lampen . BR radio play and media art
- 2008: Robert Hältner : Irmis Ehre (Furthmüller-Grandpa) ARD Radio Tatort . Director: Ulrich Lampen. BR radio play and media art , as a podcast / download in the BR radio play pool.
Awards
- 1989: Fritz Kortner Prize
- 1990: Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
- 1999: Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
- 2003: German Critics' Prize (Honorary Prize) together with Rolf Boysen
- 2003: Gold Medal of Honor of the City of Munich
- 2009: Large Federal Cross of Merit
literature
- Gerhard Stadelmaier : The king of the rich madness . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . January 5, 2013, p. 34 . [Obituary]
- C. Bernd Sucher : Thomas Holtzmann, The face behind the mask . In: Theater magicians, actors, 40 portraits . 1988, ISBN 3-492-03125-0 , pp. 110-117 .
- Egbert Tholl: There is only good or bad . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . January 5, 2013, p. 13 ( sueddeutsche.de ). [Obituary]
Web links
- Thomas Holtzmann in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Thomas Holtzmann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Obituary of the Munich Residenztheater
- Interview with Theater heute magazine from 1997
- Dieter Dorn: Obituary for Holtzmann for the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts (PDF; 285 kB)
Individual evidence
- ^ Actor Thomas Holtzmann died. In: The Standard . Retrieved January 4, 2013.
- ^ Theater program of the Burgtheater from March 12, 1965.
- ^ Theater program at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus on November 23, 1969.
- ^ Theater program at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus on March 5, 1970.
- ^ Theater program at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus from September 1, 1976.
- ^ Theater program at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus on March 4, 1977.
- ^ Obituary in the SZ of January 4, 2013
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- ^ Wallenstein (1987-). In: IMBd. Accessed August 28, 2018 .
- ^ BR radio play Pool - Hältner, Irmis Ehre
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Holtzmann, Thomas |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theater and film actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1927 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich , Bavaria, Germany |
DATE OF DEATH | 4th January 2013 |
Place of death | Munich , Bavaria, Germany |