Werner Kamenik
Werner Kamenik (born January 23, 1910 in Elstertrebnitz ; † April 29, 1993 in Berlin ; actually Gustav Werner Steinmetz ) was a German actor. He was the brother of the actor Herbert Steinmetz and worked in film, television, radio and dubbing in the GDR .
Life
After an apprenticeship as a bookseller at a commercial school, Werner Kamenik took private acting lessons. In 1928 he began his career as an announcer and comedian in various revues and cabarets . Between 1934 and 1941 he worked on various stages in what was then Czechoslovakia , then in Meissen and Posen .
After 1945 he worked at theaters in Bautzen, Freiberg, Görlitz, Annaberg and Dresden, among others. At the end of the 1950s he joined the State Broadcasting Committee of the GDR in order to head the German Ensemble of the Czech State Theater in Prague. In 1961 he was artistic director in Rudolstadt for a short time and then worked freelance.
Werner Kamenik appeared in more than 25 cinema productions, including 1965 in the Liebknecht film As long as life is in me , and well over 100 television appearances. He became particularly well-known through the television series Polizeiruf 110 , in which he was seen in roles of older men.
Filmography (selection)
- 1959: Little Kuno
- 1959: Weimar Pitaval: The Harry Domela Case (TV series)
- 1964: The Trumpeter's Song
- 1964: When Martin was fourteen
- 1965: As long as there is life in me
- 1965: King Drosselbart
- 1965: Without a passport in someone else's bed
- 1966: Alfons Zitterbacke
- 1967: Blaulicht - Night Patrol (TV series)
- 1968: We're getting a divorce
- 1968: Farewell
- 1970: Everyone dies for himself alone (TV film, 3 parts)
- 1971: KLK to PTX - Die Rote Kapelle
- 1972: Police call 110: minutes too late (TV series)
- 1973: Stülpner legend (TV series)
- 1973: Police call 110: Faces in the Twilight (TV series)
- 1973: Police call 110: criminal record (TV series)
- 1974: Polizeiruf 110: Concert for an outsider (TV series)
- 1974/2011: Police call 110: At the age of ... (TV series)
- 1977: Police Call 110: The Reckoning (TV series)
- 1978: Police call 110: Holzwege (TV series)
- 1979: Simply put flowers on the roof
- 1979: Autumn Time (TV)
- 1980: Our Man Is King (TV Series)
- 1981: Police call 110: The devil made the schnapps (TV series)
- 1981: Police call 110: order by post (TV series)
- 1981: Police Call 110: The Silent One (TV series)
- 1983: Police call 110: It's not always sunshine (TV series)
- 1984: Police call 110: Including Risk (TV series)
- 1985: Police call 110: Temptation (TV series)
- 1985: Police Call 110: The Shattered Mirror (TV series)
- 1987: Maxe Baumann from Berlin (TV)
- 1988: Police Call 110: The Man in the Tree (TV series)
- 1988: Police Call 110: The Crossword Puzzle Case (TV series)
- 1990: Police Call 110: The Duel (TV series)
Radio plays
- 1967: Leonid Leonow : Professor Skutarewski - Director: Helmut Hellstorff (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR )
- 1967: Hans Georg Herde : Kuddelmuddel in Pilzhausen (Sandpilz) - Director: Detlef Kurzweg (children's radio play / short radio play / riddle broadcast - GDR radio)
- 1968: Hans Pfeiffer : Down there in Alabama - Director: Wolfgang Brunecker (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1969: Dimitar Gulew : On the way to the other bank (Malin) - Director: Helmut Hellstorff (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1969: Armin Müller : Faces - Director: Wolfgang Brunecker (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1969: Hans Siebe : Der Mitternachtslift - Director: Fritz Göhler (Detective radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1969: Friedrich Schiller : The Fiesco Conspiracy in Genoa - Director: Peter Groeger (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1969: Karl-Heinrich Bonn / Maria Bonn : Die Reise nach K. - Director: Wolfgang Brunecker (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1970: Dieter Müller : The Judges of Friedrich Ludwig Jahn - Director: Theodor Popp (Children's radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1970: Boris Evsejew : And the third is not superfluous either (Saburow) - Director: Peter Groeger (Comedy - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1970: Tschingis Aitmatow : The Street of the Sower (Chairman) - Director: Werner Grunow (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1970: Klaus G. Zabel : Napoleon and the customs officers (postman) - Director: Peter Groeger (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1970: Armand Lanoux : The Guardian of the Bees - Director: Fritz Göhler (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1972: Guy Foissy : At the beginning of the journey - Director: Peter Groeger (radio play - Rundfunk der DDR)
- 1973: Alfred Matusche : Van Gogh (Postman) - Director: Peter Groeger (Biography - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1973: Henryk Bardijewski : Portrait of an elderly gentleman with a book (Brucz) - Director: Edward Placzek (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1974: Hans-Jürgen Bloch : One hundred marks for a signature (age) - Director: Joachim Staritz (radio play series: Offenses, No. 4 - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1974: Lia Pirskawetz : Vox Humana (old man) - Director: Fritz Göhler (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1974: Alexander Wolkow : The Magician of the Emerald City (goalkeeper) - Director: Maritta Hübner (children's radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1975: Prosper Mérimée : Die Jacquerie (Moran) - Director: Albrecht Surkau (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1975: Branko Hribar : Boom! Boom! Bang! And from! (Kaufmann) - Director: Peter Groeger (Children's radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1975: Linda Teßmer : The case of Tina Bergemann (Melzer) - Director: Hannelore Solter (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1976: Adolf Glaßbrenner : Antigone in Berlin (choir) - director: Werner Grunow (radio play (artificial head) - radio of the GDR)
- 1976: Robert Soulat : Malembreuse or The Exaggerated Politeness (Dufayel) - Director: Peter Groeger (radio play - Rundfunk der DDR)
- 1976: Hans Skirecki : Behind Wittenberge - Director: Barbara Plensat (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1976: Rudolf Bartsch : The gifted murderer (Murschke) - Director: Fritz-Ernst Fechner (detective radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1977: Carlos Coutinho : The last week before the festival (Francisco) - Director: Helmut Hellstorff (radio play - Rundfunk der DDR)
- 1978: Karel Čapek : Pocket games (Mr. Pudil) - Director: Joachim Staritz (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1980: Lia Pirskawetz: Stille Post - Director: Horst Liepach (Biography - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1980: Fritz Rudolf Fries : The Flying Man - Director: Horst Liepach (Biography - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1983: Hans Christian Andersen : The Snow Queen (Robber) - Director: Uwe Haacke (Children's radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR )
- 1983: Heinz Drewniok : Unterm Birnbaum - Director: Wolfgang Schonendorf (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1984: Ran Bossilek / Maria Georgiewa : Goltscho-habenasst (woodcutter) - director: Helmut Hellstorff (children's radio play - radio of the GDR)
- 1985: Hans Siebe: Feuersteine (train driver) - Director: Werner Grunow (detective radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1986: Ulrich Waldner : Eine Wohnung unterderhand (Herr Bischof) - Director: Detlef Kurzweg (short radio play of the series: Waldstrasse Number 7 - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1986: Klaus Rohleder : Dew drops and rabbits (stone) - Director: Flora Hoffmann (children's radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1986: Ilija Popovski : How Jovan became a hero (Bauer, Bojar) - Director: Ingeborg Medschinski (children's radio play - Radio of the GDR)
Web links
- Werner Kamenik in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Actor portrait of Werner Kamenik
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kamenik, Werner |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Steinmetz, Gustav Werner (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1910 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Elstertrebnitz |
DATE OF DEATH | April 29, 1993 |
Place of death | Berlin |