- Ekkehard Schall
Ekkehard Schall (
May 29 ,1930 inMagdeburg –September 3 ,2005 inBerlin ) was a German stage and screen actor/director.He was one of the best profiled actors of Brecht's works and together with
Helene Weigel a member of theBerliner Ensemble .Life
Schall's first engagement was in 1947 in Magdeburg. After engagements in
Frankfurt (Oder) (Stadttheater Frankfurt (Oder) ) and on the Neuen Bühne in Berlin, Bertolt Brecht engaged him 1952 for the Berliner Ensemble. Schall played here till 1995, for 14 years as intendant.He played more than 60 roles, for example the "Ui" in Brecht's "
Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui " more than 500 times.Schall was honored in 1959 with the
Kunstpreis der DDR , in 1962 and 1979 with theNationalpreis der DDR .He was married to Brecht's daughter
Barbara Brecht-Schall and is the father of actressJohanna Schall .Some Roles
* Ui in "
Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui " (Brecht)
* Galilei in "Leben des Galilei " (Brecht)
* Coriolan (Shakespeare)
* Azdak in "Der kaukasische Kreidekreis " (Brecht)
* Galloudec in "Der Auftrag" vonHeiner Müller Filmography
*"Die unwürdige Greisin" (1985)
*"Wagner" (1983)
*"Die Rache des Kapitäns Mitchell" (1979)
*"Coriolan" (1978)
*"Der Kaukasische Kreidezirkel" (1976)
*"Im Staub der Sterne" (1976)
*"Spur des Falken" (1976)
*"Aus unserer Zeit" (1970)
*"Ich - Axel Cäsar Springer" (1970)
*"Meine besten Freunde" (1966)
*"Wolf unter Wölfen" (1965)
*"I Sequestrati di Altona" (1962)
*"Der Traum des Hauptmann Loy" (1961)
*"Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder " (1961)
*"Les Arrivistes" (1960)
*"Maibowle" (1959)
*"Geschichte vom armen Hassan" (1958)
*"Das Lied der Matrosen" (1958)
*"Berlin - Ecke Schönhauser" (1957)
*"Schlösser und Katen" (1957)
*"Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder" (1955)
*"Die Gewehre der Frau Carrar" (1953)Works
*2001 "Meine Schule des Theaters". Seminare, Vorlesungen, Demonstrationen, Diskursionen. Suhrkamp, ISBN 3-518-13413-2
*2002 "Buckower Barometer". Gedichte. Frankfurt Insel, ISBN 3-458-17102-9External links
*imdb name|id=0769939|name=Ekkehard Schall
*PND|123757398
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