Walter Bechstein (actor)
Walter Bechstein (born April 28, 1918 in Mittelaida ; † January 21, 1983 in Leipzig ) was a German actor .
Life
Walter Bechstein had private acting lessons with Annette Roland in Hamburg in 1943/44, and then with Hans Finohr and Eduard Plate from 1945 to 1947 . After his debut at the Glauchau district theater , Bechstein played at the Young Generation Theater in Dresden and at the city theaters in Eisenach and Rudolstadt. From 1960 he was engaged at the Magdeburg Municipal Theaters , where he embodied, among other things, the secretary Wurm in Friedrich Schiller's Kabale und Liebe or the Junker Bleichenwang in the Shakespeare comedy What you want .
From the mid-1950s onwards, Bechstein mainly took on supporting roles in front of the camera in various DEFA productions, such as in the fairy tale film Sixes Come Through the World or the literary film adaptation The Light on the Gallows .
Filmography (selection)
- 1954: Stronger than the night
- 1966: The nephew as an uncle
- 1967: Korczak and the children
- 1968: I was nineteen
- 1968: Rote Bergsteiger (2 episodes as Emil Grimm )
- 1970: The dispute over Sergeant Grischa
- 1971: Goya - or the terrible path to knowledge
- 1972: Six come through the world
- 1972: It's an old story
- 1973: From the life of a good-for-nothing
- 1974: living with Uwe
- 1975: Till Eulenspiegel
- 1975: Police call 110 - A case without witnesses
- 1975: Banquet for Achilles
- 1976: The light on the gallows
- 1977: Tambari
Web links
- Walter Bechstein in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ biography at DEFA-Sternstunden , accessed on October 25, 2016 (no longer available)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bechstein, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Middle Aida |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 21, 1983 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |