Werner Schwier (actor)

Werner Schwier (born May 28, 1921 in Stadthagen ; † May 3, 1982 in Munich ) was a German actor, voice actor and television presenter.

Life

Werner Schwier made a name for himself in the silent film on German television. From May 14, 1961 to September 1965, he moderated the series It may be laughed, produced by the Hessischer Rundfunk , in the evening program of the ARD . The show, in which mostly three complete short films were shown from 8:15 p.m., ran in 65 episodes, each 45 minutes in length. Silent film stars were also guests twice, in 1962 Buster Keaton and in 1963 Harold Lloyd .

Difficult, who presented the short films in the form of a small cinema show from the time of the silent films of the 1910s to 1920s in a plaid suit, supported by Konrad Elfers on the piano and Géza Janós on the violin, began each time with the sentence: “I am now giving the sign, provided that the surgeon sees it ”, before he released the film or a flickering image with a ventilated bowler .

Until then, silent films only played a role in the children's program in the afternoon, and Schwier's show only showed funny material from the silent film era. With this, Schwier achieved visual participation of over 80 percent. He provided the films, which were taken over completely from the USA, with the appropriate dry and funny texts, which, however, were not as chaotic as with his English colleague Bob Monkhouse with his Mad Movies from 1966 (German: " When the pictures learned to walk ") or in the later follow-up show Fathers of Clothes , in which Hanns Dieter Hüsch chatted to snippets of silent films.

After the silent film series expired, Schwier could also be seen as a supporting actor in some movies, such as Es (1966), Mädchen, Mädchen (1967), Bengelchen loves all over the place (1968) or Woe, when Schwarzenbeck comes (1979).

Filmography

• 1956: Charlie Chaplin's Laughing Parade (compilation of 5 slapstick short films with Charlie Chaplin) Werner Schwier leads through the film.
• 1965: Diamond billiards ( Un milliard dans un billard )
• 1966: it
• 1967: girl, girl
• 1967: Again every year
• 1967: The blonde from Beijing
• 1968: Jet Generation
• 1968: Bengelchen loves all over the place
• 1969: April - April
• 1970: his last friend
• 1970: the yellow suitcase
• 1975: My Uncle Theodor or How to make a lot of money in your sleep
• 1979: Woe if Schwarzenbeck comes

literature

• Hörzu , issue 24 of February 7, 1970, p. 39: "Is Mr. Schwier difficult too?"
• Norbert Aping: The Dick and Doof book: The story of Laurel and Hardy in Germany. Schüren, Marburg 2004, ISBN 3-89472-356-4 .

Web links

• Werner Schwier at filmportal.de
• Werner Schwier in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Sources on film history, issue 47 (November 21, 1968 - January 2, 1969)
• Werner Schwier in Synchrondatenbank.de
• History for Sale - Buster Keaton and Werner Schwier on an autograph photo