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- Susanne Steidle grew up in Essen-Werden and received early dancing lessons at the Folkwangschule Essen. Her father being a professor for graphic design and painting, and her mother an interior designer, she was at a very early stage surrounded and confronted with arts an encounter that culminated in private studies of printing graphics and watercolor painting with her father.
After studying acting and musical in Hamburg, 13 years of theater work led her to Düsseldorf, Munich, Hamburg. She participated in a number of open air and tour theater events. An excursion as chansonniere led her to the cabaret stage DAS SCHIFF where she met Gert Fröbe and Heinz Reincke. Susanne's TV debut was made in LINDENSTRASSE, soon followed by different roles in TV series like CITY EXPRESS, OPPEN UND EHRLICH, SOKO 5113, SOKO WISMAR, SOKO STUTTGART and INGA LINDSTRÖM. For about ten years she appeared as lead in the popular TV series MARIENHOF in Munich. 2011 she was to be seen as Henriette Stein in ROTE ROSEN.
In 2009 and 2010 Susanne is playing the main role in the stage production of SKLAVIN IHRES GELIEBTEN at the Heppenheim Theater Festival, and she is Elvira in Coward's EIN GEIST KOMMT SELTEN ALLEIN at the Fritz-Rémond Theater in Frankfurt. At the Schlossfestspiele Ettlingen 2012 she interprets in Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST the role of Ariel, 2013 Sophie in VIER LINKE HÄNDE at the Komödie im Marquardt Stuttgart, in 2014 Barbara in the stage production of Ray Cooneys RUN FOR YOUR WIFE at the Heppenheim Theater Festival and 2017 the Duchess of York in THE KING'S SPEECH at the Theater an der Kö in Düsseldorf. Recently she was on Tour with Yazmin Reza's BELLA FIGURA. Susanne Steidle lives in Essen. - Actress
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Born in 1971, Susann Uplegger was raised in Graal-Müritz near the Baltic Sea, located in what was then East Germany. Aspiring to become an artist already in her school days, she studied visual arts at the conservatory in Rostock and elaborated her painting skills in evening classes. At the age of 16 Uplegger moved to Berlin where she graduated from high school, and where she developed a greater interest in depicting things with her own body than with paint and brush. She subsequently decided to become an actress and enrolled in studies at the Leipzig Drama School, studies which led her to the Conservatory in Liège (Belgium) and to the State Theatre in Dresden, before ending in 1994. As a student she started playing in TV and cinema productions, but preferred to face the challenges presented by stage acting. She played Faust's Gretchen at the theater in Liège, and she was Susanne in a staging of Beaumarchais Le Mariage Du Figaro in its original language. Uplegger played her first major TV role in the13 parts of the comedy series R.O.S.T., co-starring the famous German comedian Dieter Krebs. This was followed by leads in the very successful series Der Fahnder (1994-1998), SK-Babies (1994-1998), and Wilde Engel (2000-2002), which made her known to a broad public in Germany.- Actor
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Stefan Gossler was born in 1955 in Siegen. After finishing school he took acting lessons with Else Bongers. In 1979 he had his first theater engagement at the Grips-Theater in Berlin. He also played main roles at the Hansa-Theater in Berlin, e.g. as Pfeiffer in 'Die Feuerzangenbowle' or as Albert Leroi in 'Oscar'. In 1983 he discovered his satirical talent at the "Institut für Lebensmut" with 'Zukunft warum denn?' by Volker Ludwig and Detlef Michel and displayed it in 1987-89 at the Stachelschweine cabaret theater. Stefan Gossler is well-known from various film and TV roles, and he works as dubbing and radio play speaker. Since 2000 he is a permanent member of the Jedermann-production ensemble under the direction of Brigitte Grothum. He lives with his Danish wife and two daughters as a free actor in Berlin and Denmark.- Born in the Saarland, Sabine Urig received her acting education in Wiesbaden and Mainz, and has worked in theaters in Stuttgart, Potsdam, and Berlin. Her repertoire comprises, among others, the roles of Mrs. Peachum in 'The Three Penny Opera', Kalonike in 'Lysistrata, The Odyssee's Penelope' and Faust in 'Faust III'.
Sabine started her TV career in 1993 and has since appeared in numerous TV dramas and serials. The movie 'Mein unbekannter Ehemann' (My Unknown Husband), where she performed a main role, was awarded with the main prize at Saarbrücken's Max-Ophüls-Festival. In 1999 she joined comedian Gerd Dudenhöffer's popular sitcom 'Familie Heinz Becker' to play Heinz's wife Hilde, a role she kept in the sitcom's movie offspring 'Tach Herr Doktor'. In 2013 Sabine Urig can be seen in Oskar Roehler's 'Quellen des Lebens', followed in 2014 by 'The Grand Budapest Hotel', directed by Wes Anderson, where she plays alongside Adrien Brody.
Sabine Urig lives in Hamburg and Berlin. - Sabine Herken was born and raised in Berlin, where she completed the bilingual J.-F.-Kennedy School and then studied acting at the Max-Reinhardt-Seminar.
After graduation Ms. Herken played at theaters in Essen and Duesseldorf under the direction of, among others, Roberto Ciulli, Peter Palitzsch, Peter Beauvais, Werner Schroeter, and David Mouchtar-Samourai. She was nominated for best actress by Germany's leading theater periodical Theater heute in 1986. Her TV credits include appearances in films by reckoned Germans directors such as Axel Corti, Hajo Gies, and Bodo Fuerneisen.
After a maternal break, Ms. Herken directed productions for the Berliner Festwochen, as well as a number of pieces for young people at the Spielwerkstatt Berlin. Her first novel came out recently at Rowohlt publishers. She lectures drama at the Hochschule der Kuenste Berlin.
Ms. Herken last performed in October 2000 at Berlin's Renaissance-Theater in Das Atelier. - Peter Bamler was last engaged at the Badener Staatstheater in Karlsruhe. Among other roles he played Baron Tusenbach in Chekhov's 'Three Sisters', directed by Peter Hatházy, and Aldo in the original production of Bodo Kirchhoff's 'Drei Fische für zwei Paare'.
Peter Bamler gathered his first stage experience as stage technician for tour productions at the theater of his hometown Lindau. He received his actor's training at the "Hochschule der Künste" in Berlin from 1984 until 1988. Engagements in Düsseldorf followed, first at the Jugendtheater (e.g. as Murph in 'Der Indianer will zur Bronx', as Groucho Marx in the 'Marx Brothers Radio Show' and as Jatagan in 'Ein seltsamer Kampfum die Stadt Sarmakand'), then at the Schauspielhaus. In 1993 he was awarded with the "Förderpreis der Stadt Düsseldorf". In 1994 Peter Bamler became an ensemble member of the Deutsches Theater Göttingen, where he appeared as Lyngstrand in 'Die Frau vom Meer', as Andrew Bleichenwang in 'Was ihr wollt', as Helm in 'Herr Paul' by Tankred Dorst, as George Pigden in 'Außer Kontrolle' and as narrator in 'Heinrich der Fünfte'. In 1998 Peter Bamler performed as Mike Mitchell in 'Sonntag in New York' at the Komödie im Bayrischen Hof, and he was Mortimer Brewster in 'Arsen und Spitzenhäubchen' at the Comödie Bochum in 1999 and 2000.
His TV appearances include 'Einsatz für Lohbeck', 'Anwalt Abel', 'SoKo 5113', 'Streit um Drei', 'Herzschlag - Das Ärzteteam Nord' and 'Medicopter 117'. - Actor
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Oliver Elias grew up in Berlin and Basle (Switzerland). After finishing high school in Switzerland he moved back to Berlin where he took acting lessons at Maria Körber's Drama School and graduated after three years. Being from a family of actors, Oliver appeared on stage and camera early on, trained his voice in dubbing studios, and worked as a radio speaker. Today Oliver Elias quite frequently appears in RV feature films and serials. His cinema debut was in Joseph Vilsmeier's 'Marlene', where he played with Katja Flint and Heiner Lauterbach. Oliver is further working as author and developer, e.g. for 'St. Angela' and 'Abschnitt 40' TV series. His Pool Film company produces music videos and layouts for advertising clips (Polaroid, Adidas), but also made an award-winning documentary and the short film 'Total B'. His most recent work as a director is an episode featuring Mina Tander and Götz George, titled 'Mysterious Girlfriends'.- Norbert Mahler was born in 1961 in Bayreuth / Franken. After finishing school he devoted himself to theater. Initially this meant joining a group of young artists who found together at the Bayreuth Young Drama Festival. One of their performing specialties were parodies to the works of Richard Wagner, including the 'Ring'. In this spectacle Norbert Mahler performed the Loge, the Siegmund and the Siegfried. Later Norbert went to Berlin to take drama lessons at the Schauspielschule Else Bongers. He first appeared in 1986 in TV dramas directed by Erwin Keusch ('Der Flieger') and Sven Severin ('Prinz'). From 1987-1989 he played at the Landestheater Detmold, amongst others he performed as Spiegelberg in 'Die Räuber', as Mandelstam in 'Die Hose' and as Dauphin in 'Die heilige Johanna'.
Since 1989 Norbert Mahler appears in the TV series 'Café Meineid', directed by Franz X. Bogner. In 113 episodes Mahler performs the role of court-assessor and later district-attorney Willi Kainz. Contemporarely he appeared in several TV dramas and series such as: 'Polizieruf 110', 'Lilli Lottofee', 'Liebling Kreuzberg', 'Tierarzt Doktor Engel', 'Rosenheim Cops' und 'Der Bulle von Tölz'. Norbert Mahler has been shooting with Werner Masten, Michael Verhoeven, Michael Braun, Vera Loebner and Wolfgang Henschel.
Cordula Trantow repeatedly contracted Mahler for her Summer Theater Festivals in Weilheimer and Garmisch. Here he played Kostja in Tschechow's 'Die Möwe' (1990), Benvolio in 'Romeo und Julia' (1992) and Mephisto in 'Faust' (1998 and 1999). In 2002 and 2003 he performed Gerichtsrat Walter in the Munich Ensemble staging of the 'Der Zerbrochene Krug'.
1998 Mahler made his debut as stage director in Bayreuth with a production of 'Susn' by Herbert Achternbusch. - Nikolaus Gröbe's first movie role was already a lead in Frank Beyer's film 'Der Verdacht' of 1989. A second main role followed the same year, this time in 'Einmal Arizona', directed by Hans-Günther Bücking. Nikolaus Gröbe has since appeared in many TV feature films and serials, such as 'Derrick', 'Der Landarzt', 'Die Stadtindianer', 'Im Namen des Gesetzes', and 'Siska'. He continuously played in the serials 'Königstein' and 'Marienhof' from 1996-98, and during the last two years he performed in the comedy 'Der Raub der Sabinerinnen' at theaters in Berlin, Hamburg, and Dresden. 2001/2002 he played at the Berliner Kriminaltheater in 'Die Mausefalle' (Mousetrap), 2003/2004 at the Komische Oper Berlin the tutelary in 'Die Geschichte vom Soldaten'.
At the Berliner Staatsoper Unter den Linden Nikolaus staged 'Kalif Storch und das Zauberwort', also appearing as narrator. His most recent arrangement and staging of 'The Nutcracker Suite' features the renowned Saxon Brass Philharmonics and was playing at theaters in Saxony.
Nikolaus also spoke almost all roles in the latest version of 'Schlaumäuse', an interactive software for the development of children's lingual skills personally launched by Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer in November 2012. 'Schlaumäuse' helps children in more than 7000 German day care centers explore the world(s) of language (Deutscher Bildungsmedien Preis 2013/German Educational Media Award).
Nikolaus will be collaborating with the Konzerthaus am Berliner Gendarmenmarkt in various projects during 2012 and 2013. - Actor
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Maximilian Wigger was born in Berlin in 1960. After finishing his actors training at the Fritz-Kirchhoff-Schule in Berlin, he performed in numerous productions at theaters in Germany since the early eighties. To name a few: Botho Strauss's 'Der Park' at the Schaubühne Berlin, directed by Peter Stein in 1985. 'Die Frau des Bäckers' at Hamburg's Thalia Theater, directed by Dieter Wedel the same year. From 1986-1988 Max Wigger played in various productions at the Deutsche Theater Göttingen, e.g. in Schiller's 'Kabale und Liebe', director Heinz Engels, the role Wurm. 1988-1989 he worked at the Nationaltheater Mannheim, playing the count Wetter vom Strahl in Kleist's 'Kätchen von Heilbronn', directed by Nicolas Brieger. In 1997 Max Wigger toured with the production 'Tabula Rasa', and in 1999 he performed at Berlin's Komödie am Kurfürstendamm: in 'My Friend Harvey', playing the role of Wilson under the direction of Jürgen Wölffer. On tour in 2004 Max played Proctor in Arthur Miller's 'Witch Hunt', and the same year was Oberon in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' in Bad Hersfeld, where he also played in 'Besuch der alten Dame'. In 2005 Max Wigger will be joining the ensemble of the theater in Saarbrücken.
Max Wigger has been pursuing a successful career in both film and TV. His most important productions were: 'Treffer', Bavaria Atelier GmbH/WDR, München 1984, director: Dominik Graf; 'Kampf der Tiger', ZDF/NDR, Berlin /CSSR 1987, director: Dieter Wedel; 'Diese Drombuschs' , Trebitsch-TV-Produktion, Darmstadt 1990; 'Christine', Durniok-Film, Berlin 1992; 'Tödliche Wahl', Gyula Trebitsch FP, Hamburg 1994, director: Peter Deutsch, 'Singles', Frankfurter Filmproduktion, Frankfurt 1996, director: Rainer Boldt/Klaus Gietinger, 'Der Kinderhasser', CLT Ufa, Berlin 1997, director: Maria-Theresia Wagner and the serial 'Ein starkes Team', Ufa-Fernsehproduktion, Berlin 1995-1998, directors: Konrad Sabrautzky/Krystian Martinek/ Roland Steinke/Martin Weinhart, 'Küstenwache', 1999, director: Carl Lang, 'Medicopter - Die Seilbahn' 1999 and 'Medicopter 117 - Rache' 2001, director: Thomas Nikel, 'Pech und Schwefel', 2000, director: Felix Dünnemann, 'Indianer müssen früh ins Bett !', 2000, director: Christian Alex, 'Die Fallers', 2000, director: Adalbert Plica, and again, 2001, director: Thomas Nikel, 'Berlin - Abschnitt 40', 2002, director: Florian Kern, 'Ritas Welt', 2002/3, director: Ulli Baumann.- Matthias Freihof is one of the most variable actors and singers in the Berlin Art Scene. His regular stage appearances as entertainer, performing American musical songs, French "chansons", Greek and even Lebanese love songs as well as new and old German songs are attracting quite large groups of fans of different age. His dynamism on stage and his outstanding and flexible voice get him always good critics in the newspapers. Matthias Freihof's biggest success however was the main role in the former GDR-film 'Coming Out' in 1989. He and the film won prizes in several festivals as best actor and best film as well as "The Silver Bear" in the Berlin Film Festival 1990. This gave him an enormous popularity among the East-German population and a great attention in the German speaking countries at all. Already during his early years, he was educated in singing, flute and guitar playing. In 1983 he started his studies as an actor, singer and dancer at the Ernst-Busch-Actors-School in Berlin. Already during this period Matthias Freihof appeared in some of the most famous Berlin theaters as Berliner Ensemble and Maxim Gorki Theatre e.g. under the directorship of Thomas Langhoff. Matthias Freihof then started his official career in a provincial theater, but soon was performing in Berlin in political cabaret programs or in big entertainment shows as singer, dancer, musical clown etc.. He performed in many TV films but always comes back to live stage performing as an actor, and more and more as a singer as with his own 2 hours show 'Leidenschaften' (passions), 'Präsent 20'. His own demand of quality of a program and his efforts to be perfect make him one of the most interesting and variable actors and singers of highest standard in Germany.
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Born in Austria in 1965, Marion Mitterhammer was trained at the Academy for Music and Performing Arts in Graz. She set out her stage career at the Theatre in Baden-Baden and the Salzburg Festival; in Salzburg she worked with directors Jürgen Flimm und Thomas Langhoff. A tour production of Tschechows 'Platonov' followed in 1990, her partner was Götz George. In 1990 and 1991 Marion Mitterhammer also played at the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna, where she worked under the direction of, among others, Otto Schenk und Harald Clemen. It was director Bernd Fischerauer who discovered Marion Mitterhammer for television in 1992. She starred as Lotti von Mitzko in the Austrian TV feature 'Der Salzbaron' under Fischerauer's direction, and she received the Austrian Motion Picture Award as best upcoming artist for this performance in 1994. Numerous appearances in popular German and Austrian feature films and TV movies have followed since, e.g. in 'Die Strassen von Berlin', 'Tatort', 'Wie eine Spinne im Netz', 'Schmutzige Wahrheit', 'Kommissar Rex', 'Eine Sünde zuviel', 'Julia (Die Bezirksrichterin)', 'Quintett komplett', 'Die Callboys' and 'Klinik unter Palmen'. In 1999 Marion Mitterhammer performed in two TV features: 'Das Mädchen aus der Torte', directed by Peter Weck, and 'Verbotenes Verlangen', directed by Soltan Spirandelli, where she played the main part. In 2000 she played the lead in Rosamunde Pilcher's 'Zerrissene Herzen' and 'Das Traumschiff' (both directed by Michael Steinke). In 2001 she appeared in the three-part TV feature 'Liebe, Lüge, Leidenschaft' (Regie: Marco Serafini) and in the cinema production 'Verrückt nach Paris'. Her major productions in 2002 were: 'Auch erben will gelernt sein', 'Der Mond im See', 'Held der Gladiatoren' (Jorgo Papavassiliou), and an episode of 'Bella Block'. For the cinema feature 'Böse Zellen' Marion Mitterhammer collaborated with director Barbara Albert (Nordrand). The TV drama 'Gefährliche Gefühle' (Martin Enlen) was shown on the occasion of the Munich Film Festival in the summer of 2003. In 2005 she played the lead in two films for Austrian TV ORF: 'Tor zur Hölle' (Max Gruber) and 'Heaven' (David Schalko). The same year Marion also starred in 'PingPong' (script and director Matthias Luthardt), a feature film which won an invitation to the semaine de la critique at the Cannes Film Festival 2006.
After sojourns in Paris, Naples, and Berlin, Marion Mitterhammer is currently living in Vienna.- Actress
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Maria Körber, daughter of stage director Veit Harlan and actress Hilde Körber, was born and raised in Berlin. She attended drama school at the Berliner Hebbel-Theater with Ernst Schröder and took private lessons from Marlise Ludwig.
Maria made her stage debut in Sartre's 'Die Fliegen' in l948. She was offered a first steady working engagement at the Staatstheater Oldenburg. Further stops of her stage career were: Theater im Zimmer Hamburg, Stadttheater Bielefeld, Tribüne Berlin, Theater am Kurfürstendamm Berlin, Nationaltheater Mannheim and Hessische Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Bühnen der Freien Hansestadt Bremen, Renaissance-Theater Berlin and Thalia-Theater Hamburg.
From 1960 to 1974 she performed as a freelancing artist on stages like the Theater in der Leopoldstraße München, the Landesbühne Hannover, the Fritz-Rémond-Theater im Zoo Frankfurt/Main, the Wuppertaler Bühnen, the Festspielen Bad Gandersheim, Andernach, Feuchtwangen, Schwäbisch Hall and Herrenhausen. Beginning 1974 she was steady member of the Staatliche Schauspielbühnen Berlin. From then on she has appeared as a guest at the Hebbel-Theater, at the Freie Volksbühne, the Theater am Kurfürstendamm Berlin, the Lore-Bronner-Bühne and Die Kleine Freiheit in Munich. Lately she was to be seen as Fräulein Schneider in 'Cabaret', a production of the Bar jeder Vernunft in Berlin.
Maria Körber appeared in TV productions since 1956. She works for radio broadcasting and engages in dubbing.
Maria Körber speaks English and knows some French and Russian. She is married to the actor Joachim Kerzel. Her son Sebastian derived from her former marriage with the actor Walter Buschhoff. She lives in Berlin.- Actor
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Born in Berlin in 1969, Marco was raised in his home town as the youngest of three brothers. His acting career started somewhat unexpectedly when he was cast to play lead in the award-winning feature Europa Europa (1990) in 1989. The same year Marco played a disabled boy in the German TV play Hurenglück (1991). After taking actors classes in Berlin und Paris he played the title role in French-American co-production Foreign Student (1994). In 1994 Marco moved to Los Angeles where he played in Immortal Beloved (1994) (with Gary Oldman), in The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) (with Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer), and in Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000). In Germany Marco could be seen in 008 - Agent wider Willen (2000), Die Cleveren (1998), Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei (1996), Wolffs Revier (1992), Tatort (1970), A Case for Two (1981), and other TV features. On stage he performed as Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliette' and as Constantin in 'The Seagull' (in German). In 1997 Marco began taking directors classes at the University of California, and subsequently enrolled in studies of photography. As an actor, Marco's most recent performance was in Luther (2003). Marco is a scuba diving enthusiast and likes to play piano. Lately he has picked up guitar and aikido.- Mandala Tayde was born in 1975 to a German mother and an Indian father in Frankfurt am Main. She grew up there and finished high school, though she spent most of her time with horses and books. She started working as a model when she was thirteen. That enabled her to travel to Hamburg, Milan, and Miami. In 1995 she was cast for the short film 'Hawai 96'. After graduation from high school Mandala absolved an actors training at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London and at the Duse-Studio in Rome. She starred in 'Amore a prima vista', which turned out to be a major box-office success in Italy. In 1997 Mandala moved to Rome and played the lead in 'Fuochi d'artificio', a 40-million-Euro box office success in Italy. The films 'Trestelle', 'Il cuore e la spada', and 'Amore a prima vista' followed, along with Mandala's first TV dramas in Germany, 'Tödliche Wildnis' and 'Liebe pur', and her first Indian feature, 'Dil Chahta Hai'. Mandala took great pleasure playing in an otherwise all-male cast during the successful staging of 'Uomini sull'orlo di una crisi di nervi' (Men on the Brink of Nervous Breakdown) in 2004 at the Teatro dei Satiri in Rome. Mandala's last feature film for German TV was 'Meine verrückte türkische Hochzeit'. This film received the 3sat Audience Award, and was awarded as the year's best TV feature by the German National Academy of Dramatic Arts.
- Luis Lamprecht was born in 1946 in Munich. He grew up on the shore of Lake Constance. He started drama school in 1968 at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Hamburg and took private acting lessons with Margot Höpfner-Westphal.
Luis was offered his first engagement in 1972 at the Städtische Bühnen Heidelberg, where he stayed till 1983. He also performed as Ossip in 'Der Revisor' at the Schauspielhaus Bochum and Wuppertal and a diversity of roles at the Württembergische Staatstheater.
His later activities flossed around appearances on TV and in movies. He is well known as Josef Zimmermann in 'Die Fallers', under the direction of Roland Suso Richter he plays the Ewald Mezger in the TV drama 'Der Tunnel' (2000). Lately he has appeared in: 'Der Clown - Gedächtnisschwund' (Director: Marc Schölermann), 'Null auf Null' (Nikolaus Leytner), 'Gott ist ein toter Fisch' (Regie: Wolfram von Bremen), 'Rosa Roth - aus zweiter Hand' (Director: Carlo Rola), 'Das Duo - Die Saat des Geldes' (Director: Nicki Stein), 'SoKo L.E. - Stürmerblut' (Director: Patrick Winczewski), 'Tatort - Bitteres Brot' (Director: Jürgen Bretzinger), 'Polizeiruf 110 - Mein letzter Wille' (Director: Ulrich Stark), 'Eine verflixte Begegnung im Mondschein' (Director: Dror Zahavi). - Actress
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Kristina Walter was born and raised in Vienna, where she received her training as an actress before studying with Lee Strasberg in New York. On stage Kristina Walter collaborated with directors Jean Pierre Ponnelle ('Die Bachantinnen', and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Wolfgang Forester ('Kennedy's Children'), Gerd Omar Leutner ('Don Carlos') and Peter Th. Heydrich ('Liebesgeschichte des Jahrhunderts' and 'Blick zurück im Zorn'). Kristina Walter displayed her comic talent in, e.g., 'Charlie's Tante' and as Miss Wilkinson in ' Wie wär's denn Mrs. Markham?', directed by Wolfgang Spier. She is also a wonderful singer (mezzosoprano), e.g.as Bianca in 'Kiss me Kate', and she successfully toured with Georg Kreisler's one-woman-musical 'Lola Blau'. Kristina Walter appeared in numerous Tb features, e.g. 'Geschichten aus der Heimat', 'Familie Heinz Becker', 'Lindenstrasse', 'Stadtklinik', 'Alphateam', 'Katrin ist die Beste', 'Verbotene Liebe', 'Die Wache', 'Die Anrheiner' und 'Nikola' , and she played in the daily soap 'Jede Menge Leben' for two years. Her most recent credits include appearances in 'Mein Vater', 'Tatort', 'Wilsberg', 'Schimanski', 'Pastewka', and the screen features 'Karamuk', 'Tell' and 'Vollidiot'. Kristina has been working with directors like Wigbert Wicker, Marco Serafini, Andy Bausch, Klaus Wirbitzky, Claus Peter Witt, Bettina Woernle, Karin Hercher, Karin Brandauer, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Buddy Giovinazzo and Andreas Kleinert.
Kristina Walter lives in Cologne.- Klaus Mikoleit was born in Berlin in 1945. He studied acting at Berlin's Max-Reinhardt-Seminar. In the course of his career Klaus Mikoleit was a company member of the Schauspielhaus Bochum (1969-1976), the Thalia Theater Hamburg (1976-1980), and the Staatliche Schauspielbühnen Berlin (1980-1986). He worked with renowned directors like Peter Zadek, Hans Neuenfels, Boy Gobert, Michael Verhoeven, and Boleslaw Barlog. In the early eighties he was discovered for film and TV after appearing in 'Die Geschwister Oppermann' (1981, director: Egon Monk), and in 'Die flambierte Frau' (1982, director: Robert van Ackeren), and he has since been working pre-eminently for these media, allowing himself occasional side-trips to the tearer, e.g. the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus in 1986 and the Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg in 1992. A selection of his film- and TV-roles: 1981 'Das Ende vom Anfang' (movie feature, director: Christian Görlitz) 1982 'Die Hamburger - Krankheit' (movie feature, director: Peter Fleischmann) 1983 'Das Geschenk' (TV-feature, director: Marcus Scholz) 1985 'Killing Cars' , (director: Michael Verhoeven) 1986/87 'Die Losbergs' (TV-series, director: Karin Hercher u.a.) 1986 'Tatort - Schuldlos Schuldig' (TV-feature, director: Thomas Engel) 1986 'Wilder Westen inklusive' (3-part-TV-feature, director: Dieter Wedel) 1987 'Morgen in Shanghai' (TV-series, director: Hagen Mueller-Stahl) 1987 'Der gläserne Himmel' (movie feature, director: Nina Grosse) 1988 'Die Hexe von Köln' (TV-feature, director: Hagen Mueller-Stahl) 1989 'Büro, Büro' (TV-series, director: Ulrich König u.a.) 1989 'Marleneken' (TV-feature, director: Karin Brandauer) 1989 'Liebling Kreuzberg' (TV-series, director: Werner Masten) 1990 'Leo und Charlotte' (TV-feature, director: Kaspar Heidelbach) 1990 'Der Strohmann' (movie feature, director: Ulrich Stark)
1991 'Die Lok' (movie feature, director: Gerd Haag) 1991 'Endstation Harembar' (TV-feature, director: Rainer Wolffhardt) 1992 'Negerküsse' (TV-feature, director: Maria Theresia Wagner) 1993 'Silvesterparty' (movie feature, director: Perikles Hoursoglou) 1992-97 'Adelheid und ihre Mörder' (TV-series, director: Ulrich Stark u.a.) 1994 'Tatort - Endstation' (TV-feature, director: Hagen Mueller-Stahl) 1994-99 'Für alle Fälle Stephanie'(TV-series, director: Vera Loebner u.a.) 1995 'Große Freiheit' (TV-series, director: Christian Görlitz) 1995 'Die Grube' (documentary, director: Karl Fruchtmann) 1995 'Allein in der Welt' (Les Allumettes Suédoises), (3-part-TV-feature, director: Jacques Ertaud) 1996 'Frauen morden leichter' (TV-feature, director: Thorsten Näther) 1996 'Entre terre et mer' (6-part-TV-feature, director: Hervé Basle) 1997 'Zur Zeit zu Zweit' (TV-feature, director: Hanno Saul) 1998 'Abgehauen' (TV-feature, director: Frank Beyer) 1998 'Bella Block - Geflüsterte Morde' (TV-feature, director: Christian Görlitz) 1998 'Die Sternbergs' (TV-feature, director: Gloria Behrens) 1999 'Zum Glück verrückt - Eine unschlagbare Familie' (TV-feature, director: Klaus Rumpf) 2000 'Die Meute der Erben' (TV-feature, director: Ulrich König) 2001 'Der Verleger' (2-part-TV-feature, director: Bernd Böhlich) 2001 'Der letzte Zeuge' (TV-episode, director: Bernhard Stephan) 2003-04 'German History - Auschwitz and the Nazi-state' (BBC documentary, director: Detlef Siebert) - From her home in the hills of Hesse, Katharine Mehrling was soon drawn to the metropolises of the world. She performed at London West End, studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York and lived in Paris. Still in training at the London Studio Center, she was asked by stage director Michael Bogdanov (English Shakespeare Company) to join him to perform in the revival-production of 'Hair' at the noted Old Vic Theatre in West. Back on the continent she has worked with a number of different town and state theaters and appeared with leading parts in: Sugar Kane in 'Some Like It Hot', Stadttheater Bern Sandy in 'Grease', Staatstheater Kassel Norma Cassidy in the European debut performance of 'Victor/Victoria', Staats-Operette Dresden Lina Lamont in 'Singing In The Rain', Staats-Operette Dresden Daisy/Esther in 'Fletsch', Kriminaltheater Berlin Sally Brown in 'u bist in Ordnung', 'Charlie Brown', Kleines Theater Berlin and Häbse Theater Basel Polly in der 'Dreigroschenoper', Burgfestspiele Bad Vilbel Eponine in 'Les Miserables', Saarländisches Staatstheater und Evita Peron in 'Evita', Stadttheater Bielefeld.
Since 1995 Katharine Mehrling was awarded with a number of prizes at the Bundeswettbewerb Gesang. She is now a member of the jury.
An intense cooperation with director Andreas Gergen linked her with the Schlossparktheater Berlin. She performed as Klein Erna in 'Pinkelstadt' (Urine Town, European debut), Ottilie von Henkeshofen in 'Wie einst im Mai', Lilian in 'Die 3 von der Tankstelle' and Amnesia in 'Non(N)sens'.
Katharine Mehrling has appeared in a number of short-movies and TV series, released various CD's and produced the electronic jazz album 'Midnight State of Mind' featuring her own songs. She now cooperates with jazz-clarinetist Rolf Kühn to produce a new album.
A reoccurring role in Katharine's vita is that of 'Piaf'. In three stagings so far she embodies this French legend of chanson. Katharine went to Paris to encl in a personal journey through time that inspired her to create the new solo program 'Hommages'. In 'Hommages', Katherine and her musicians present chansons by Edith Piaf, Jacques Brel, Charles Aznavour and Friedrich Hollaender.
After attending an evening at the Bar jeder Vernunft with Katharine as Sally Bowles in 'Cabaret', the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Horst Köhler, invited her to present her own concert at the official summer festivities 2006 in the presidential gardens at Schloss Bellevue.
Katharine Mehrling now resumes to perform as Sally Bowles in 'Cabaret', beginning January 16th 2007 at the Bar jeder Vernunft, stage director: Vincent Paterson (choreography of 'Dancer in the Dark'). - Soon after finishing drama school at the Staatliche Schauspielschule in Rostock Jörg had his first engagements at the theaters of Stralsund and Rostock. From 1978-80 he joined the Theater der jungen Generation in Dresden playing in 'Minna von Barnhelm', 'Armer Ritter, 'Was ihr wollt', 'Die Schneekönigin' and 'Der kaukasische Kreidekreis'. In 1981 he changed to Greifswald and performed in 'Lysistrate', 'Feuerrote Blume', 'Die Preussen kommen' and 'Egmont'.
Jörg Kleinau was very busy working for the DEFA. He appeared in TV-classics like 'Front ohne Gnade', 'Die Leute von Zünderow' and 'Zahn um Zahn', in adventure movies ('Der Bärenhäuter'), mystery stories ('Die Spur des Bernsteinzimmers'), and novel adaptations ('Sachsens Glanz und Preussens Gloria').
After the German reunification Jörg played in TV-series like 'Schwarz Rot Gold', 'Im Namen des Gesetzes', 'Doppelter Einsatz', 'Von Fall zu Fall', 'Alphateam', 'Hallo Onkel Doc', 'Die Trotzkis', 'Marienhof' and 'Für alle Fälle Stefanie'. Jörg Kleinau continues to perform on stage - e.g. the Master of Ceremonies in the production of 'Hamlet' at the Globe-Theatre Berlin 1993. He directed 'Der kleine Prinz' (1997) and 'Wilhelm Busch' (1998) for Theater 2000. In 2002 he performed with Anita Kupsch and Klaus Mikoleit in 'Keine Leiche ohne Lily', played Artos in 'Die drei Musketiere' in 2006, and toured as Miss Sophie in 'Dinner for One' from 2006 - 2008. - Ingrid Sattes started classic ballet at the age of four. At 14 she switched to ballroom dancing, and four years later to Modern and African dance, studying with Yessica Ivanson and Ismael Ivo. Ingrid Sattes is also a musician. She studied guitar for 8 years, and she was a founding member of the Recrash W avantgarde-pop group from 1991-95, where she played keyboards. In 1994 the group released their CD 'Helluvatime'. Besides that, Ingrid Sattes studied psychology and finished with a doctor's degree. In 1992 she took acting classes in Zurich and Berlin, and two years later co-founded the Off-Off-Bühne Zurich, soon one of the most interesting and most awarded free theater groups in German-tongue theater. The Off-Off-Bühne was open to cinematic concepts, and so it happened that Ingrid Sattes made her first notable appearance on film with her Off-Off-colleagues, playing the leads in 'Nacht der Gaukler' and 'Dr. Younami's Couch'. In the past two years she shifted her focus to appearance in TV films and serials, but continues to work for the stage.
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Born in Potsdam in 1955, Horst-Günter Marx starts acting in his school's mime troupe at 10, where he makes his first efforts in acting and directing. By then he feels the strong wish to become an actor. In 1978 Marx takes acting classes at the Schauspielschule Ernst Busch in East Berlin. After finishing his studies in 1981, he plays at theaters in Magdeburg and in Anklam. There he joins Frank Castorf's ensemble, which is dismissed in 1982 for not conforming to East Germany's cultural policy. In 1984 Marx applies for permission to leave the country. He is put to jail and, after some months of imprisonment, is expelled to West Germany in 1985. From 1986 to 1988 Marx plays at the theater in Basel, in between making his first movie appearance in Jeanine Meerapfel's 'Die Verliebten'. In 1987 he plays the male lead in Robert van Ackeren's film 'Die Venusfalle', and for this performance is awarded the Max Ophüls Prize as best young actor in 1989. In the early nineties Marx plays in TV productions a lot, e.g. in 'Die Tote von Amelung' and in 'Mörderische Zwillinge', though without completely abandoning to work on stage. He tours with Schiller's 'Die Räuber', plays at the theater in Düsseldorf and at Berlin's Volksbühne. After 1996 Marx increasingly appears in TV serials, e.g. in 'Die Drei', 'Tatort', 'Balko, der Clown', and 'SoKo 5113'. In 2000 he plays the main role in the TV movie 'Die Wunde'. In 'Dark Blue World' he plays a sergeant for cinema, and in the cinema feature 'Freie Tanke' (2000) he is one of the leads. In 2003 Horst-Günter Marx plays the role of Josef Mattis in the screen play 'Milchwald' (Le bois lacte). In 2006 he appeared in the BBC documentary 'Auschwitz', playing the role of KZ-commander Rudolf Höss. Horst-Günter Marx is currently playing lead in the German TV series 'Tierärztin Dr. Mertens'.- Heiner Take was born in Hamburg in 1962 in Hamburg. His parents owned a pub. When he was 16 he joined a dance theater company . After high school Heiner followed his strong sense of freedom-hunting and went on extensive hitchhiking trips through the USA. Back in Germany he absolved an intensive actors training at the Zinner-Studio in Munich. In the early eighties Heiner moved to Amsterdam and joined a group of performance artists from Belgium and the Netherlands. Next stop was Berlin with its then wild & vivid off-theaters. After that Heiner enjoyed numerous engagements at the Theaters of Bochum, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Mannheim, Darmstadt and Linz. He appeared in several academy projects und played some minor roles in TV- productions, e.g. in 'Schwarz greift ein' and 'Der Clown'.
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Götz George, born in Berlin in 1938, is the son of the famous actor Heinrich George and his wife, the actress Berta Drews. After first appearances on the stage of Berlin's Hebbel Theater during his childhood, Götz George was trained as an actor by the recognized teacher Else Bongers. At the age of 15, Götz George started his career as a movie actor. In 1960 he received his first major award (the Bundesfilmpreis) for his appearance in the film 'Jacqueline' (directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner), followed by the German Critics Award in 1961. A year later he received the public "Bambi"-award as the most popular German actor. Between 1959 and 1969 Götz George appeared in 26 cinema features, among them 'Kirmes' (directed by Wolfgang Staudte), 'Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt' (director Jürgen Goslar), 'Liebe will gelernt sein' (director Kurt Hoffmann), 'Sie nannten ihn Gringo' (director Roy Rowland) and 'Ostwind' (director Jean-Luc Godard). George's next movie production was 'Aus einem Deutschen Leben', directed by Theodor Kotulla, in 1977, where he gave a highly praised performance as the KZ commander Rudolf Höss. The movies 'Abwärts' in 1984 and 'Zahn um Zahn' in 1985 (the latter based on the TV-series 'Schimanski') were both successful at the box office and among critics. In 1985, George received the German Cinema Award (Charlie-Chaplin-Schuh) and the Gold Ribbon (Bundesfilmpreis) as best German movie actor. After starring in 'Zabou' in 1987 (another 'Schimanski'-adaption for cinema) and the action thriller 'Die Katze' in 1988, Götz George appeared in 'Der Bruch', the first East-West-German co-production for cinema, directed by Frank Beyer in 1988. The location of his next film was Argentina, where he starred in the movie 'Blauäugig', produced in 1989 under the direction of Reinhard Hauff. In 1991 George played a lead role in Helmut Dietl's comedy 'Schtonk', a big success in Germany among audience and critics, and official German nomination for the Oscar. For this performance, George again received the Gold Ribbon (Bundesfilmpreis) as best actor. Perhaps his most prominent achievement, however, was the role of the serial killer Fritz Haarmann in Romuald Karmakar's movie 'Der Totmacher', for which he received the Coppa Volpi, the actor's award of the Venice Film Festival in 1995 and, once more, the Gold Ribbon (Bundesfilmpreis) in 1996. In the same year he again appeared in another highly successful film by Helmut Dietl, 'Rossini'. In early 1997, George starred in the movie 'Das Trio', directed by Hermine Huntgeburth, and during the last two months he was filming the thriller 'Solo für Klarinette', directed by Nico Hofmann, a movie adaption of the successful novel by Elsa Lewin. In summer of 1998, Götz George starred as Josef Mengele in Roland Suso Richter's film 'After the Truth / Nichts als die Wahrheit'. In 2000 he played the advertiser Eddie Kaminski in the feature film 'Commercial Man', directed by Lars Kraume, he was strange bird Heinrich in 'Gott ist tot' (2001, written and directed by Kadir Sözen) and designer Jost in 'Maria an Callas' (2004/5, written and directed by Petra K. Wagner).
During the seventies, Götz George worked for television and theater. Among others, notable stage appearances were in 'Troilos und Cressida' (as Troilus), in 'Martin Luther und Thomas Münzer' (as Luther), in 'Endstation Sehnsucht' ('A Streetcar Named Desire' - as Kowalski), in 'Dantons Tod' (as Danton) and in 'Platonow' (as Platonow). Though Götz George has been a popular German movie actor for four decades, he gained his perhaps most unique popularity for the impersonation of the police detective Horst Schimanski in the 'Tatort' TV-series from 1981 to 1991. Aside from their success in Germany, the 'Schimanski' films have introduced George to TV-audiences worldwide: 427 million people have watched so far. Moreover, George's appearances in numerous other successful TV features have made him the most well-known and mostly decorated German actor of our time. After a six-year-intermission, Schimanski returned to German TV-screens in the end of 1997 and has been continued since. Other successful TV-appearances include 'Schulz & Schulz' (1989-93), 'Das Schwein' (1994), 'Der Sandmann' (1995), and 'Die Bubi Scholz Story' (1997). In 1999 Götz George was shooting for the TV feature film 'Die Spur meiner Tochter' in Marocco.The year 2000 started with two further 'Schimanski' movies and was closed with shoots for the TV movie 'Liebe macht blind' in South Africa. ), 'Vinzenz & Claire' followed in 2002. In 2003 und 2004 Götz George starred in 'Blatt & Blüte' (director: Michael Kreindl), 'Alpenglühen I+II' (director: Hajo Gies), and in 'Einmal so, wie ich will' (Regie: Vivian Naefe) along with the suspense-packed feature 'Geheimnissvolle Freundinnnen', filmed by young director Oliver Elias. In 2002 Götz George played one of the leads in the TV movie 'Mein Vater', which won the Emmy Award for best foreign feature film in 2003. The 'Schimanski'-episodes 'Der Golem' and 'Asyl' were nominated for the Emmy in 2004.- Actress
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Dagmar Biener was born and raised in Berlin. At the age of three she appeared in the movie 'Stips' as daughter of Gustav Fröhlich. Joining children's ballet at the Friedrichstadtpalast she began a substantial ballet training at early age. Her later drama school teacher was Else Bongers in Berlin. Dagmar made her debut on stage in 1968 at the Renaissance-Theater, Berlin. Ever since she is regularly present on a variety of Berlin stages.
Since 1969 Dagmar Biener has participated in many TV and movie productions. One of her first projects was the film adaptation of the Ulrike Meinhof's play 'Bambule', directed by Eberhard von Itzenplitz. Later she appeared in Loriot successful movies 'Ödipussi' and 'Pappa Ante Portas'. In 1999 she shot 'Club der Millionäre' with Thorsten Näter and appeared as Erna Goltz in Nathalie Steinbart's movie 'Endstation Tanke' in the year 2000. After being featured in Dominik Graf's 'Hotte im Paradies' she now frequently performs in TV series like 'Soko Leipzig', 'Soko Wismar' and 'Sabine' .- Actress
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Cordula Trantow was born and raised in Berlin. Being the daughter of a composer and a dancing teacher, she took acting and dancing lessons when still in school, and she began playing minor roles at various Berlins theatres before graduation. Aged 14 Trantow made her film debut in Kalle wird Bürgermeister and Aufruhr im Schlaraffenland. After appearing in the tv feature Die begnadete Angst (after Bernanos) she was cast by Bernhard Wicki for his epochal film Die Brücke. Trantow has since played more than 150 roles for film, tv, and theatre. She spoke in notable radio plays such as Effi Briest, Die Hose, Geordnete Verhältnisse, Eine Stunde Liebe and Malaparte's Die Haut. She was engaged at, among others, the Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel in Munich (1961/62 und 1970/71), the Württembergisches Staatstheater Stuttgart (1964/65), the Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen (1966), and the Münchner Kammerspiele (1970/71). Since the early seventies Cordula Trantow worked freelance at theatres in Berlin, Bonn, and Neuss. In 1989 she wrote and directed the tv feature Besuch (The Visitor), starring Judy Winter. Since 1988 Ms. Trantow is director of the Summer Theatre Festival in Weilheim; since 1999 the festival is held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Ms. Trantow speaks English and French. She lives at the Starnberg Lake near Munich, and she has two sons descended from her marriage with director Rudolf Noelte. In 2000 Ms. Trantow was awarded with the Federal Cross of Honor.- Claudia Lehmann was born and raised in West Berlin. At the age of 11 she made her first stage appearance as the First Eumenide in Rudolf Noelte's production of Giraudoux' 'Electra' at Berlin's Renaissance Theater. After graduating from high school she took acting classes with Else Bongers and Maria Körber and studied singing with Prof. Walter Hauck in Berlin.
From 1983 to 1991 Claudia Lehmann played various roles, major and minor, at German and Swiss theaters, in classical and modern drama, but also in comedies and children's plays. She repeatedly worked as a director's assistant during that time.
In the late 80's Claudia Lehmann turned to camera acting and played in numerous ATV films, series and sitcoms.
In recent years she has been known as the German voice of Ellen DeGeneres, Natasha McElhone, Nia Vardalos, Hope Davis, and other international stars.
Time permitting, Claudia Lehmann works as a translator from English and Italian for documentaries and journalistic publications and multi-media productions. She is also an experienced MC and presenter.
Since the year 2000 Claudia Lehmann has been living in Rome. Besides allowing her to partake in the dolce vita, this has enabled her to speak Italian as a third foreign language besides French and English - Actor
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Christopher Buchholz was born in Los Angeles in 1962. He is the son of Horst Buchholz and his wife Myriam Bru. Following his father's footsteps, Christopher became an actor. His first main role was that of the assassin Ali Agca in Giuseppe Fina's movie 'The Plot to Kill the Pope', produced in 1986. For this performance Christopher was awarded best new actor at the Florence Film Festival. In Germany he became known through his participation in the serial 'Das Erbe der Guldenburgs'. Fluent in English, French, Italian, and German, he mostly works in France, Italy, and the USA. Christopher's latest production in German is 'Heller als der Mond', produced in Austria and directed by Virgil Widrich in 1999. In 2001 Christopher performed the main role in 'Eros - The Dangerous Thread of Things', directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, a story about a couple drifting apart. In 2002 Christopher played in the historic feature 'Luther', with Joseph Fiennes and Peter Ustinov, directed by Eric Till, and in the German two-part TV movie 'Der Seerosenteich', directed by Johannes Fabrick. Christopher Buchholz has also worked as the director of two one-act plays by Anton Chekhov - 'The Bear' and 'The Marriage Proposal' - and of two short films titled 'Happy Birthday' and 'Les Jardins des mauvais garcons'.- Buddy Elias was born 1925 in Frankfurt am Main. He took acting lessons at the conservatory in Basel and completed his training with Ernst Ginsberg in Zürich. At the beginning of his career he played at various stages in Switzerland. He was the star comedian in 'Holiday on Ice' from 1947 until 1961. Since 1962 Buddy Elias had permanent engagements at German and Swiss theaters, but also in England and France. At the Landestheater Tübingen he played Mephisto in 'Urfaust' (1962) and the title part in 'Mustergatte'(1962). At the Comedy Basel he played from 1964-1968, e.g. the ballad singer in 'Galileo Galilei', Truffaldino in 'Diener zweier Herren', the title part in 'Die venezianischen Zwillinge', Lorenzo in 'Romeo und Julia', the title part in 'Arturo Ui', and Mosca in 'Volpone'. Countless engagements followed at the Schauspielhaus Zürich, the Stadttheater Zürich, the Atelier-Theater Bern, the Hanse-Theater, the Theater am Goetheplatz in Bremen, the Nationaltheater Mannheim, the Freie Volksbühne Berlin, the Theater am Kurfürstendamm, the Theater des Westens, the Hansa Theater and the Renaissance-Theater in Berlin, the Deutsches Theater in Munich und the Deutschen Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. He last played the role of Calchas in Herbert Wernicke's 'La belle Helene' in Aix-en-Provence and at the Salzburg Festival and 'Der starke Stamm' (Marieluise Fleißer/director: Thomas Ostermeier) in Munich.
Since 1972 Buddy Elias has participated in almost 80 film and television productions, e.g.:
1972 'Gun Before Butter', director Peter Zadek 1975 'Vranek ist an allem Schuld', director Ulrich Stark 1976 'The Magician',director Menachem Golan 1977 'Mulligans Rückkehr', director Helmut Käutner 1978 'David', director Peter Lilienthal 1980 'Wie der Mond über Feuer und Blut', director Axel Corti 1981 'Der Zauberberg', director Hans Geissendörfer 1983 'Der Fall Openheimer', director Rainer Wolffhardt 1983 'Das Traumschiff', director Alfred Vohrer 1984 'Emigranten', director Axel Corti 1986 'La visite chez le prince', director Serge Korber 1987 'Die Schwarzwaldklinik', director Hans-Jürgen Tögel 1990 'Bronsteins Kinder', director Jerzy Kawalerowicz 1991/92 'Mit Leib und Seele', director Peter Deutsch 1992 'Glückliche Reise', director Hermann Leitner 1992 'SoKo 5113', director Kai Borsche 1993 'Die Botschafterin', director Peter Deutsch 1993 'Wolffs Revier', director Michael Lähn 1994 'Mutter Courage', director Michael Verhoeven 1997 'Shalom Deutschland', director Josef Rödel 1997 'Totalschaden' (Crash), director Thorsten Näter 1998 'Sunshine / Sonnenschein', director Istvan Szabo 1998 'Stan Becker - Echte Freunde', director Kaspar Heidelbach 1999 'St Angela', director Egon Monk 2000 'Nobel', director Fabio Carpi 2001 'Der Verleger', director Bernd Böhlich 2002 'Die Liebe in Gedanken', director Achim von Bories. 2003 'Bella Block - Hinter den Spiegeln', director: Thorsten Näter 2003 'Mit deinen Augen', director: Karl Kasis 2004 'Die Wahrheit des Dieter D.', director: Barbara Politsch 2004 'Tod einer Ärztin', director: Markus Fischer 2004 'Propaganda', director: Horst Königstein 2004 'Jetzt erst Recht', director: Andi Niessner 2005 'GG 19 - Episodenfilm zum Gerundgesetz, Art. 8', director: Mira Thiel 2006 'Sami', director: Mehdi Benhadji-Djilali
Buddy Elias lives in Basel. A cousin of Anne Frank, he is her last living relative and presides the "Anne Frank-Foundation". - Anton Rattinger was born in Möderbrugg (Austria). He studied drama at Berlin's Max- Reinhard- Schule, and he achieved a doctor's degree in psychology at Berlin's Technical University in 1983. Since1975 Rattinger appeared in many roles on various stages, mostly in Berlin, e.g. the Schillertheater and the Renaissance Theater. He played lead roles in major musical productions, e.g. at the Theater an der Wien and Berlin's Theater des Westens, appeared in numerous TV features, and participated in German and international cinema productions. Rattinger is a guest lecturer at the University of Arts in Berlin.
From Anton Rattinger's theatrical work: Edgar Wibeau in 'Die neuen Leiden des jungen W.' (Städtische Bühnen Bielefeld). Kadett Biegler in 'Schwejk' (Freie Volksbühne Berlin), Plempe in 'Palme oder der Gekränkte' (Renaissance-Theater Berlin), Phil Murray in 'Komiker' by T. Griffith (Staatliche Schauspielbühnen Berlin), Dr. Bitterim in 'Ärztinnen' by R. Hochhuth (Freie Voksbühne Berlin), Gus in 'Cats' (Theater an der Wien), Narrator in 'The Rocky Horror Show' (Kammerspiele Berlin), Corrino in 'Volpone' (Tribüne Berlin), Stiller in '1, 2, 3' and Sander in 'Grand Hotel' (Theater des Westens Berlin), Pastor John Hale in 'Hexenjagd', Malvolio in 'As You Like It' (Berliner Kammerspiele), Simon in 'Herr im Haus bin ich' (Theater am Kurfürstendamm), Herr Gabor in 'Frühlingserwachen', Tournell in 'Floh im Ohr' (Opernhaus Aachen), Fritz Bernardy in 'Pension Schöller' (Berlin, Dresden, Hamburg, Essen, Leverkusen), Monsignore Rosentreter in 'Die Hebamme' (Berliner Ensemble), Anton in 'Männer' (Komödie Berlin) and the stranger in 'Die Hose' (Komödie Berlin). Rattinger impersonation of fairy Aurora is a highlight of Peter Lund's production of 'Cinderella' at the Neuköllner Oper in Berlin. His last stage appearance was in the role of Old Deuteronomy in the recent production of 'Cats' at the Musical Theater am Potsdamer Platz.
A selection of cinematic appearances: 'Die bleierne Zeit' (Margarethe von Trotta), 'Stagefright' (John Joest), 'LE mur de Berlin' (Yves Butler), 'Dr. M.' (Claude Chabrol), 'Te Rua' (Barry Barclay), 'Karniggels' (Detlev Buck), 'Happy Weekend' (Ed Herzog), 'Der kalte Finger' (Ralf Huettner), 'Knocking on Heaven's Door' (Thomas Jahn), 'Sommersturm' (Marco Kreuzpaintner). - At 19 Anne Kasprik played her first leading role in the film "Einzug ins Paradies". This was in 1982. Since then the inhabitant of Berlin with the green eyes has been seen nearly continuously on screen or canvas. Gladly she plays strong women who may also show their sombre sides.
Anne Kasprik was born on the 11th June, 1963 in Berlin. Her parents, director Hans-Joachim Kasprik and photographer Jutta Kasprik, had already made early contact with film and theater. With direction and practical training on television the DDR recognised her performing talent in the eye, and she concentrated upon it. Her theatrical career began with the TV film "Einzug ins Paradies" (1982). Leading roles followed in a lot of films for the Defa and the television of the DDR, among the rest in the series "Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort" and "Polizeiruf 110".
Then came a phone call from Hollywood: Terence Hill cast her in his film "The Troublemaker" (1994). However, above all in Germany Anne Kasprik is still an in demand film and television actress, often highly praised by the critics. Recently she finished the shooting of the filming of the novel "Unkenrufe" of Günter Grass, as a film drama. However, the fans of the crime film series Abschnitt 40 (2001) can be calm. The recording of the third series just started. Of course with Anne Kasprik.
In real life she is the proud mother of Alexander (19) who also proved his theatrical talent in the series "Hinter Gittern". Happily Anne Kasprik has been married since 1994 to the Israeli director Oren Schmuckler. - Anja Margoni was born in 1972 in Zurich. After quitting medical studies in Lausanne and the completion of an orthopaedagogical training she decided in to study drama at the Hochschule für Theater Bern. Before finishing her studies she was chosen to appear as Nathalie Rohner on the Swiss TV show 'Luthi und Blanc', and has continued to do so since 1999. After graduation in 2000 she has been offered and accepted a variety of contracts in Solothurn, Cottbus, Hamburg, Potsdam and Bremen. A selection of performed roles include: Sue in Neil LaBute's 'Bash', Ophelia in Heiner Müller's 'Hamletmaschine', Nurse Flinn in 'One Flew Over The Cukoo's Nest', Naomi in Igor Bauersima's 'Tatoo'. Recently she appeared at the 100 Grad Festival 'Iss Leben satt' at the Sophiensaele Berlin.
Anja Margoni lives and works in Berlin. - Actor
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Alexander Seibt was born in Frankfurt/Main, grew up in Zurich, and received his acting lessons in Lucerne and Moscow. During the last decade he worked with numerous film and theater directors, e.g. Daniel Schmidt, Claude Chabrol, Samir, and Igor Bauersima. Together with Bauersima, Pascal Ulli, and Ingrid Sattes, he founded the Off-Off Theatre Group in Zurich in 1994. This collaboration soon turned out tremendously creative and successful, producing and staging the plays 'Die Pflicht', 'Glücklich zu sein', 'Mixed', 'Forever Godard', 'Context', and others. In 1998 the group received the main award of the Impulse Festival (Germany's main festival for the presentation of free theater productions) for Igor Bauersima's 'Forever Godard', and they were again invited with 'Context' in 1999. In 1996 Alexander co-starred Pascal Ulli in the movie 'Nacht der Gaukler' (Night of the Clowns), which soon reached fame among insiders, and in the short film 'Dr. Younami's couch' by Igor Bauersima, which was invited to Locarno, Melbourne, and the Slamdance Festival in Parc City.
Alexander is co-author of and plays lead in M. Alvarez 'Bevor es dunkel wird' (1999), and he was repeatedly awarded for this achievement, namely as Best Actor at the Court Ficcion Film Festival 2001 in Barcelona, as Best Male Actor and for the Best Script at the Medina del Campo.- Oscar Alberto Sanchez Castillo (known professionally as Alberto Ctllo) is a record producer and composer, specializing in experimental and Downtempo sound, began his career as a producer at the age of twenty-one, an inspirational in their projects comes from German film Free Fall (2013). His first self-titled EP "Alberto Ctllo", arrived in late 2015.
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Adriana Altaras was born in Zagreb (Croatia) and grew up in Italy and Germany. After graduating from High School she studied at Berlin's Academy of Dramatic Arts. She completed her studies at the New York University. Adriana Altaras is co-founder of Berlin's most important off-theater, the Theater zum West lichen Stadthirschen, where she worked as actress, director, and author for several years. Her performances include 'Der Frosch' (Achternbusch), 'Die Nächte der Cabiria' (after Fellini), 'Clara S.' (Jelinek), 'Sommernachtstraum' (Shakespeare), the original performance of Matthias Zschokke's 'Elefanten können nicht' and the first German performance of Leona Carrington's 'Penelope'. Further, Ms. Altaras played at the Maxim-Gorki-Theater and the Freie Volksbühne in Berlin, and at the city theaters in Basel, Constance, and Stuttgart. She wrote a solo piece, 'Jonteff', that she performed in Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Brazil. Adriana Altaras has directed plays at the College of Hearts in Berlin ('Der letzte Waschgang'), at Berlin's Academy of Dramatic Arts ('Schlag nach bei Shakespeare'), at the Landestheater Neustrelitz ('Marry Me a Little'), the Berliner Ensemble ('Was gibts Neues vom Krieg', original performance), the Theater tri-Bühne in Stuttgart ('Die Hose'), and several times at the Neuköllner Oper in Berlin ('Frau Parker kann nicht schlafen, Liebestrank'), were she last staged the operas 'La sorella amante' and 'Tom Jones'. Ms. Altaras' current mise en scène is a German version of the 'Vagina Monologues'. Released in summer 2001, the production is currently being resumed due to its big success. In 2002 she directed a production of 'Women' at Berlin's Gorki Theater, Her latest work as a director is 'Hyp 'OP', scenes about and with the participation of hyperactive children. Besides working on and for the stage, Adriana Altaras frequently appears in TV and cinema films. These include 'Dorado One Way', 'Der Philosoph', 'Sieben Frauen', 'Das Kondom des Grauens', 'Love Is Around', 'Liebling Kreuzberg, 'Siebenstein', 'Top Cops', 'Cornelius hilft', 'Wolffs Revier', 'Tatort, 'Schimanski', 'Das 'Gesetz der Serie', 'Apocalypso', 'Happy Birthday', 'Paradiso', 'Kalt ist der Abendhauch', 'Rot und Blau', 'Der Puppengräber', 'Geschlecht weiblich', 'Alles auf Zucker', 'Mein Führer', 'Schliemann und Sophia', 'Prinz Edouard', 'Max Minsky und ich' and 'Der Vollidiot'. Moreover, Ms. Altaras teaches Musical at Berlin's Academy of Arts, and works as an interviewer for the Shoa Foundation. In 1988 Ms. Altaras was awarded with the German Film Award, and she received the Theater Award of Northrhine-Westfalia in 1993. She belonged to the ensemble awarded with the Actors Award (Silver Bear) of Berlin's Film Festival for Rudolf Thome's "Paradiso" in 2000.