Trude Bechmann

Gertrud "Trude" Bechmann (born January 3, 1904 in Vienna , † July 25, 1982 in East Berlin ) was an Austrian actress who, in addition to her theater work, gained fame primarily through film and television productions by the DFF and DEFA .

Life

After studying German and history, she took acting lessons in Vienna before making her stage debut in Sankt Pölten in 1929 . This was followed by theater engagements on various German theaters as well as German-speaking theaters in the former Czechoslovakia . When the Nazis came to power, Bechmann took part in the anti-fascist resistance in exile .

After the end of the Second World War , Bechmann mainly worked on stages in Vienna before she followed theater engagements at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin and the Berliner Ensemble . In addition, she took part in countless film and television productions in rather smaller roles, such as in the DEFA feature film "Johannes Kepler" by director Frank Vogel .

Filmography (selection)

• 1957: Mr. Puntila and his servant Matti (studio recording)
• 1959: white blood
• 1960: What if ...?
• 1961: The barbed animal: You should have a horse (short film)
• 1961: Conscience in Turmoil (TV)
• 1962: The Green Monster (TV)
• 1962: The second track
• 1962: Anonymous call (TV)
• 1963: Christine
• 1964: black velvet
• 1965: The adventures of Werner Holt
• 1968: Routes across the country
• 1972: Police call 110: The house on the train (TV series)
• 1973: The second life of Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow
• 1974: Johannes Kepler
• 1975: Juno and the Peacock (theater recording)
• 1976: an old model (TV)
• 1977: The escape
• 1979: Don Juan, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 78
• 1979: Addio, piccola mia
• 1980: Tonight and tomorrow morning (diploma film)
• 1982: Märkische research

theatre

• 1957: Johann Nestroy : He wants to make a joke (housekeeper Gertrud) - Director: Otto Tausig ( Deutsches Theater Berlin )
• 1961: Pavel Kohout : The Third Sister - Director: Karl Paryla (Deutsches Theater Berlin - Kammerspiele)
• 1962: Peter Hacks (based on Aristophanes ): The Peace (Trygaio's daughter) - Director: Benno Besson (Deutsches Theater Berlin)
• 1963: Sean O'Casey : Red Roses for Me (Eada) - Director: Ernst Kahler (Deutsches Theater Berlin)
• 1968: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe : Faust. The tragedy first part (witch) - directed by Wolfgang Heinz / Adolf Dresen (Deutsches Theater Berlin)
• 1969: Günther Rücker : The Neighbor of Mr. Panza (Duchess) - Director: Friedo Solter (Deutsches Theater Berlin)
• 1970: Helmut Baierl : The long way to Lenin (Lithuanian) - Director: Adolf Dresen (Deutsches Theater Berlin - Kammerspiele)
• 1975: Juhan Smuul : The goose island burial and the sovereign waters of Muhu - Director: Hans Bunge (Deutsches Theater Berlin - Kleine Komödie)
• 1980: Federico García Lorca : Bernarda Albas Haus (Maria Josefa) - Director: Piet Drescher (Deutsches Theater Berlin)

Radio plays

• 1962: Manfred Bieler : career of a piano (piano teacher) - director: Werner Grunow ( radio of the GDR )
• 1963: Joachim Goll : A Little House Music (Mrs. Questenberg) - Director: Hans Knötzsch (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
• 1964: Heinz von Cramer : Die Ohrfeige - Director: Hans Knötzsch (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
• 1968: Ion Druze : When the cock crows - Director: Helmut Molegg (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
• 1969: Peter Hacks after Aristophanes : Der Frieden (daughter of Tryaigos) - Director: Wolf-Dieter Panse (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
• 1969: Karl-Heinrich Bonn / Maria Bonn : Die Reise nach K. (Frau Broder) - Director: Wolfgang Brunecker (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
• 1970: Bodo Schulenburg : The Nightingale Star (Old Woman) - Director: Christa Kowalski (Children's radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
• 1975: Anatoli Grebnjew : Scenes from the life of a woman (Aunt Natascha) - Director: Peter Groeger (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
• 1981: Brigitte Hähnel : The Invitation (Mother) - Director: Barbara Plensat (Radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
• 1982: Peter Hacks: The Tower Dungeon - Stories Henriette and Uncle Titus (Old Woman) - Director: Fritz Göhler (Children's radio play - Litera )

literature

• Frank-Burkhard Habel , Volker Wachter : The great lexicon of the GDR stars. The actors from film and television. Extended new edition. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-89602-391-8 .

Web links

• Trude Bechmann in the Internet Movie Database (English)