Werner Possardt
Werner Possardt (born April 12, 1951 in Schwabmünchen ; † December 30, 2004 in Phuket , Thailand ) was a German actor , film producer and director .
Werner Possardt studied theater studies and completed training at the Westphalian Drama School in Bochum . After that he first played at various city theaters. In 1977 he stood in front of the camera for Rainer Werner Fassbinder in the film Deutschland im Herbst . In 1979 he founded in Essen , the "Dr. Muschnik Filmproduktion ", 1980 in Cologne the" Calypso-Filmproduktion ".
In 1985 he directed the first German science fiction comedy Xaver and his extraterrestrial friend . From 1989 to 1993 Possardt played the role of Otto Pichelsteiner in the TV series Lindenstrasse on ARD .
In the 1990s he made a name for himself as a busy producer for television (e.g. Der Venusmörder ( RTL ), Der Schnapper - Flowers for the Murderer ( ZDF )) and for the cinema (e.g. Sisi and the Kaiserkuss ( 1991), test drive to paradise , Fandango - Members Only (2000)).
In the early 2000s, his film production had to file for bankruptcy, a serious illness necessitated a kidney transplant . In the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake , he was so badly injured that he died a few days later. He left a wife and two children.
Web links
- Werner Possardt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Werner Possardt at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ True melodrama in Die Tageszeitung from January 8, 2005
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Possardt, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor, film producer and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwabmünchen |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 30, 2004 |
| Place of death | Phuket , Thailand |