Toni Berger
Toni Berger (born March 27, 1921 in Munich ; † January 29, 2005 there ) was a German actor . He gained particular fame through his roles as a Bavarian folk actor .
Life
Growing up in the Au district of Munich , Toni Berger began taking acting lessons in 1939 after completing an apprenticeship in a foundry. As a child he had already played puppet shows for his friends . The Second World War ruined Berger, who actually wanted to become an opera singer, all career plans.
After his military service in 1945 he went to the Sigmaringen court theater with his friend and colleague Gustl Bayrhammer, who was just as unknown at the time , where he gained his first professional experience. Thanks to his versatility and his talent for credibly embodying character roles, he managed to make a name for himself in the theater scene outside of Bavaria. From 1966 to 1972 he played in the National Theater in Mannheim and at the Schiller Theater in Berlin , as well as in Bielefeld . In Sigmaringen he occasionally appeared as a baritone buffo in operettas , especially when there was a shortage of staff in the music theater .
In 1972 Kurt Meisel brought him to the Munich Residenztheater , among other things in the role of mayor in Der Hauptmann von Köpenick . In his first major role he took over the "Illo" from his late colleague Hans Cossy in Wallenstein . However, he found the role of his life in the Bavarian folk play Der Brandner Kaspar und das Eternal 'Leben , in which he embodied Boandlkramer , the “Kerschgeist” -addicted Bavarian death, with his all too human weaknesses over a thousand times . As a result, he, who had mainly played the classic character roles, became the grand master of Bavarian comedy. In 1984 he played old Brovik in Peter Zadek's production of Henrik Ibsen's “ Master Builder Solness ”. When Berger took over some of his role positions after the death of Gustl Bayrhammer , his level of awareness increased further.
Toni Berger was also in great demand in film and television. He played guest roles in a number of well-known television series, for example in Tatort , White-Blue Stories , Derrick , Meister Eder and his Pumuckl and Der Bulle von Tölz . Berger is best known to a large audience as Martin Binser in Somehow and Anyway and as Komet in Zur Freiheit . Berger embodied the monk Father Franz "Ignatius" Lechner in the forester's house in Falkenau . He has also stood on the boards of the comedy nobility countless times , most recently in the play Das Attenhamer Christkindl in 2003.
In 1997 Toni Berger, who had moved his main residence back to Munich, could also be seen in the Kleine Komödie am Max II and in 2001 in the Komödie im Bayerischer Hof . He had his last appearances in December 2004 with the Ludwig Thoma reading Die Heilige Nacht and on January 19, 2005 in the recital No beautiful land by Franz Wittenbrink in the Munich Kammerspiele.
Toni Berger was buried in Munich's Ostfriedhof (grave number: 77-2-3).
stage
- The captain of Koepenick
- The sold grandfather
- The old gourmet
- from 1975 - Kaspar from Brandner and eternal life ; Volksstück by Kurt Wilhelm after Franz von Kobell ; Boanlkramer
- 2001 - What matters is the family ( Kleine Komödie am Max II - Munich)
- 2002–2003 - Pumuckl ( Comedy in the Bayerischer Hof - Munich)
- 2005 - Not a beautiful country
Filmography
Movies
- 1972: The cry of the black wolves
- 1973: Adam Deigl the man and the authorities
- 1974: Gold Foxes
- 1975: crime scene: the second confession
- 1975: Kaspar from Brandner and eternal life ; TV version of the play
- 1975: The benefactor
- 1976: Crime scene: Westendstrasse residential home
- 1977: The snake egg ; Directed by Ingmar Bergman
- 1979: The transfer
- 1979: The spin-off; Director: Helmut Dietl
- 1979: The Ruepp ; Director: Kurt Wilhelm
- 1980: From the life of the puppets ; Directed by Ingmar Bergman
- 1982: Doctor Faustus ; Director: Franz Seitz junior based on Thomas Mann
- 1983: The Bell War (TV)
- 1985: stitch in the side
- 1985: Sugar Baby
- 1987: Hatschipuh
- 1988: Anna - The Movie
- 1989: crime scene: draft beer
- 1989: On the siding
- 1991: success
- 1993: Madame Bäurin
- 1994: Pumuckl and the blue Klabauter
- 1996: The bull from Tölz: Among friends
- 1999: Typically Ed!
- 2000: Utta Danella - The black mirror
- 2001: summer wind
- 2004: Two at the big lake
- 2004: The mountain pastor
TV Shows
- 1974 Munich stories
- 1975 The commissioner
- 1976-2003: The Comedy Nobility (13 episodes)
- 1977–1988: Police Inspection 1
- 1977–1990: Derrick
- 1978–1986: The old one
- 1979 The Ordinary Madness (TV series)
- 1981 The bailiff
- 1982 time enough
- 1982–1989 - Master Eder and his Pumuckl (8 episodes)
- 1983 Our best years
- 1983 Monaco Franze
- 1984 Franz Xaver Brunnmayr (13 episodes)
- 1984–1986: White and Blue Stories
- 1986 Somehow and anyway
- 1986 Kir Royal
- 1987–1988 To freedom
- 1987–1991 Lions Den
- 1989–1993 Two people from Munich in Hamburg
- 1990-1993 Heidi and Erni
- 1992 In the shadow of the summit
- 1993 A castle in the Wörthersee
- 1994–1995 Our school is the best
- 1994–1996 Anna Maria - A woman goes her way
- 1996 The bull from Tölz
- 1996 As long as there is love
- 1997-2005 Falkenau Forestry House
- 1998 Veterinarian Dr. Angel
- 2002 Café Perjury
- 2003 The Rosenheim cops
Radio plays (selection)
- 1967: Herbert W. Franke : Science Fiction on the Radio: The Magma Fountain - Director: Reinhard Zobel ( Original radio play - SDR )
- 1969: Barbara Enders : Notes from the Suburbs - Director: Hanns Korngiebel (radio play - RIAS / ORF )
- 1970: Reinhard Hummel : Love Division. Radio play with beat - Director: Ulrich Gerhardt ; Reinhard Hummel (radio play - RB )
- 1978: Walter Harlan : Sold out at the time: Das Nürnbergisch Ei - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm (radio play adaptation - BR )
- 1980–1983: Willy Purucker : The Grandauers and their time (15 episodes) - Director: Willy Purucker (original radio plays - BR)
- 1981: Anton Maly : Der Komödienstadel : Schneesturm - Director: Olf Fischer (radio play adaptation - BR)
- 1993: Heinrich Ludwig : Professor Sinowitsch, Inventor (7 parts) (title role) - Director: Werner Simon (children's radio play - BR)
- 2000: Gordian Beck : Loud nice people - Director: Christoph Dietrich (crime radio play - BR)
Awards
- 1972 - Bavarian state actor
- 1978 - Ludwig Thoma Medal from the City of Munich
- 1984 - Bavarian poet thaler
- 1996 - PRO MERITIS Medal of Merit from the Bavarian Minister of Education
- 2007 - Toni-Berger-Strasse in the Munich district of Aubing-Lochhausen-Langwied was named after him (city council resolution of June 14th)
Literature about Berger
- Sybille Krafft : Bavarian folk actor. 12 personal portraits by Sybille Krafft, Munich, 2013 ( Allitera Verlag , ISBN 978-3-86906-535-9 )
book
- Nothing is given to you in life 2003, ISBN 3-932529-52-9
Web links
- Literature by and about Toni Berger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Toni Berger in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Toni Berger at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ knerger.de: Toni Berger's grave
personal data | |
---|---|
SURNAME | Berger, Toni |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bavarian folk actor and character actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1921 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
DATE OF DEATH | January 29, 2005 |
Place of death | Munich |