Walter Plathe
Walter Fritz Ernst Plathe (born November 5, 1950 in Berlin ) is a German theater and film actor .
Life
Walter Plathe grew up in the former Rosenthaler Vorstadt in the East Berlin district of Mitte and initially wanted to become a veterinarian. That is why he learned the profession of specialist salesman for zoo items, in which he also initially worked. He also appeared in the youth studio of the cabaret Die Distel .
After attending the State Drama School in Berlin from 1968 onwards, he was engaged at the Schwerin State Theater in 1971 and at the Berlin Theater of Friendship, today Theater an der Parkaue , in 1976 . Since 1972 he has also worked in feature films and television productions. From the 1980s onwards there were also assignments as a moderator and conférencier . In June 1986 and December 1987, for example, he ran Kessel Buntes , one of the most important entertainment programs on GDR television. In 1988 he also hosted his own entertainment program here with Said is said .
In the summer of 1989, he appeared as a guest at the, among others, the GDR Union of Journalists organized, 20 solidarity bazaar of Berlin journalists at the Berlin Alexanderplatz and was on 14 September in the East German entertainment show fun with Hans-Georg Ponesky guest . Shortly afterwards he moved to the Federal Republic and lived in Hamburg for a few years.
After 1990, Plathe became known to a broad public nationwide, in particular through his leading role in the ZDF television series Der Landarzt , in which he represented the doctor Dr. Ulrich Teschner embodied. In addition, Plathe was and is a frequent guest in other TV series, u. a. Derrick . Furthermore, Plathe works as an Otto Reutter interpreter. In autumn 2010 he was on tour with a program of the Theater am Kurfürstendamm as Zille . In 2015 and 2017 he took on the role of Götz von Berlichingen at the Jagsthausen Castle Festival .
Plathe was married twice and has a son from his first marriage. In his second marriage from 1999 to 2008 he was married to the 23 years younger actress Victoria Sturm , who also starred in the series Der Landarzt (1999 to 2008). In his autobiography I have not missed anything , published in 2017, he first publicly admitted to bisexuality .
In 1999, Plathe co-founded the Zille Museum in Berlin with Harald Juhnke and Günter Pfitzmann , which opened in 2002 in the Nikolaiviertel.
Filmography (selection)
- 1972: Despite all that! (Movie)
- 1974: The girl Malle
- 1977: a stone's throw away
- 1977: I want to see you guys
- 1977: Chess von Wuthenow (TV movie)
- 1978: Migratory bird on the sound
- 1978: Closed society
- 1979: The long road
- 1980: The Rajgrod smugglers
- 1981: The Uninvited Guest
- 1982: Avengers, Saviors and Rapiers
- 1982: The prosecutor has the floor: Dangerous friendship (TV series)
- 1982: Police call 110: Barriers (TV series)
- 1983: Märkische Chronik (TV series, 12 episodes)
- 1983: The prosecutor has the floor: A dangerous find
- 1984: The prosecutor has the floor: A house of cards
- 1984: The Doll's House in Pinnow (TV movie)
- 1985: My wife Inge and my wife Schmidt
- 1986: Meeting Point Airport (TV series, 8 episodes)
- 1986: An Ideal Husband (studio recording)
- 1987: Two empty chairs
- 1987: Acting: Berlin Plants
- 1987: The First Series (TV movie)
- 1988: Police call 110: The man in the tree
- 1989: The Glass Torch (seven-part television film)
- 1990: Derrick (TV series, episodes 17x04, 17x06)
- 1990: Café Europa
- 1991–1999: The Old One (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 1992–2000: Großstadtrevier (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 1992: Tatort: Stoevers Fall (TV series)
- 1994: Cornelius helps (TV series, episode 1x08)
- 1992–2009: The Country Doctor (TV series, 181 episodes)
- 1994: Liebling Kreuzberg (TV series, episode 4x06)
- 1995, 1999: Stefanie , just in case (TV series, episodes 1x12, 4x24)
- 1998: Spook from the Crypt (movie)
- 1999: The dream ship - Tahiti
- 2000: Spook in the Realm of Shadows (movie)
- 2000–2001: Clinic under palm trees (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 2002: Spuk am Tor der Zeit (movie)
- 2000–2003: Beyond Love (TV series, 52 episodes)
- 2003: The Last Witness (TV series, episode 5x08)
- 2006: Pastor Braun - Not a single word
- 2007: Cruise to Happiness - Honeymoon to Burma (TV series)
- 2010–2020: Family Dr. Kleist (TV series)
- 2011: Hunting grounds (short film)
- 2014: The Dream Ship - Perth (TV movie)
- 2017: women! Sisters share. Everything. (Movie)
- 2019: Usedom-Krimi - Strandgut (guest role)
theatre
- 1977: Horst Hawemann : Tschapai… Tschapai… Tschapajew - Direction: Joachim Siebenschuh / Mirjana Erceg ( Theater der Freunde Berlin)
- 1977: Erich Köhler : Das kleine Gespenst (Prahli) - Director: Wolfgang Engel (Theater of Friendship)
- 1978: Eugen Eschner : Spring Caprioles - Director: Mirjana Erceg (Theater of Friendship)
- 1978: Lutz Dechant : Paul and Maria - Director: Joachim Siebenschuh (Theater of Friendship)
- 1978: Margarete Steffin : If he had an angel - Direction: Wolfgang Engel (Theater der Freunde)
- 1978: Dieter Süverkrüp : Das Auto Blubberbumm - Director: Herbert Fischer (Theater of Friendship)
- 2009: Horst Pillau : Zille - Director: Klaus Gendries (Theater am Kurfürstendamm)
- 2018: Candide - Director: Winfried Schneider (State Operetta Dresden)
- 2018: The Happy Vineyard - Director: Christian Filips (Literarisches Colloquium Berlin)
- 2019: Monsieur Pierre goes online (comedy on Kurfürstendamm in the Schiller Theater)
Radio plays
- 1978: Jacob Grimm / Wilhelm Grimm : Das Meerhäschen (Köhler) - Director: Christa Kowalski (children's radio play / short radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR )
- 1980: Hans Christian Andersen : Die Schneekönigin (Kay) - Director: Rainer Schwarz (radio play - VEB Deutsche Schallplatte, LITERA 865353)
- 1984: Oscar Wilde : The fisherman and his soul (fisherman and soul) - Director: Barbara Plensat (radio play - Rundfunk der DDR)
- 1988: Katja Oelmann : Rise of the City on the Roof (Section Representative) - Director: Barbara Plensat (Radio Play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
Awards
- Berliner Theaterpreis Goldener Vorhang for his roles in ... at the Theater am Kurfürstendamm :
- 2001: No Hamlet today
- 2005: The adventures of the good soldier Schwejk
- 2007: an imaginary sick man
- 2009: Zille
- 2014: Zille and Der iron Gustav
- 2009: Georg Scheu badge
- 2019: BZ Culture Prize
literature
- Walter Plathe: I haven't left anything out, biography, New Life, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-355-01848-7
- Walter Plathe: Have the honor ... Zille , Eulenspiegel Verlag, Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3-359-01176-7 .
Web links
- Walter Plathe in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Literature by and about Walter Plathe in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b WDR 4 : Walter Plathe questionnaire. Broadcast on February 9, 2016, accessed on December 10, 2016.
- ↑ Ralph Kotsch: Points contest that still has some reserves . in Neues Deutschland , August 16, 1988.
- ^ New Germany : 200,000 at the solidarity bazaar of Berlin journalists . 26./27. August 1989.
- ↑ New Germany : Current screen . September 11, 1989.
- ^ "Götz" premiere at the Jagsthausen Castle Festival: Walter Plathe in the title role of the knight with the iron hand. Jagsthausen Castle Festival, June 19, 2017, accessed on August 9, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Actor Walter Plathe comes out as bisexual. Queer.de, March 8, 2017, accessed August 9, 2018 .
- ^ Zille Museum in Berlin. Retrieved January 18, 2016 .
- ↑ http://www.komoedie-berlin.de/produktionen/zille.html
- ↑ http://www.morgenpost.de/kultur/article103895609/Walter-Plathe-in-Urauffuehrung-als-Zille-gefeiert.html
- ↑ Comedy on Kurfürstendamm: Monsieur Pierre goes online. In: Comedy on Kurfürstendamm. Komödie am Kurfürstendamm, March 17, 2019, accessed on March 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Alzey honors Walter Plathe with the Wine Culture Prize from April 20, 2009.
- ↑ Beer against thirst, wine for the senses - Walter Plathe receives Scheupreis ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) from July 11, 2009
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Plathe, Walter |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Plathe, Walter Fritz Ernst |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theater and film actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | 5th November 1950 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |