Walter Tarrach
Walter Tarrach (born September 15, 1908 in Königsberg , East Prussia , † February 1, 1965 in West Berlin ) was a German actor .
Life
After secondary school, Tarrach attended the drama school of the Leipzig municipal theater in his native Königsberg (1930–32). In 1932 he started his first engagement at the Liegnitz City Theater . In the following year he went to Berlin and tied himself to the Prussian State Theaters for the next eleven years until all stages in the Reich were closed . At the end of the war he went to the Hebbel Theater for three years, to the Renaissance Theater for two seasons in 1948 and finally to the Barlog stages Schillertheater and Schlossparktheater in 1951 .
In those early years Tarrach et al. a. in the pieces Hanneles Himmelfahrt (as Gottwald), Der zerbrochne Krug (as light), Fuhrmann Henschel (as Georg), Liliom (as Wolf Beifeld), Die Dreigroschenoper (as Brown), Nachtasyl (as Kleschtsch), Richard III. (as Sir William Catesby) and Die Weber (as Pfeifer).
From 1940 film roles were added, Tarrach made his debut in front of the camera with a small role in the notorious inflammatory film Jud Suss . After the war, he first worked in DEFA productions, and after 1950 in German films. Tarrach has also taken on radio play roles for the NWDR .
His grave is in the forest cemetery Zehlendorf in Berlin.
Filmography (selection)
- 1940: Jud Suess
- 1941: Friedemann Bach
- 1943: Old heart becomes young again
- 1944: reverie
- 1948: And again 48
- 1948: The strange adventures of Mr. Fridolin B.
- 1949: rotation
- 1950: the cold heart
- 1951: Torreani
- 1955: Alibi
- 1960: the ambassador
- 1960: boomerang
- 1962: Life starts at eight
- 1963: the best
literature
- Herbert A. Frenzel , Hans Joachim Moser (ed.): Kürschner's biographical theater manual. Drama, opera, film, radio. Germany, Austria, Switzerland. De Gruyter, Berlin 1956, DNB 010075518 , p. 735 f.
- Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 3: Peit – Zz. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1961, DNB 451560752 , p. 1712.
Web links
- Walter Tarrach in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Walter Tarrach at filmportal.de
- Walter Tarrach Archive in the Archive of the Academy of Arts, Berlin
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tarrach, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 15, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koenigsberg , East Prussia |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 1, 1965 |
| Place of death | West Berlin |