Dieter Mann

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German filmmaker, academic, and radio personality (1941–2022)

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nameDieter Mann
imageFile:Dietermann0111 72.jpg
captionMann in 2007
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birth_placeBerlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, German Reich
death_date
death_placeBerlin, Germany
educationErnst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts
occupationActor, director, professor, radio announcer
years_active1965–2016
spouseBarbara Schnitzler (divorced)
children1
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| name = Dieter Mann | image = File:Dietermann0111 72.jpg | caption = Mann in 2007 | birth_date = | birth_place = Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, German Reich | death_date = | death_place = Berlin, Germany | education = Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts | occupation = Actor, director, professor, radio announcer | years_active = 1965–2016 | spouse = Barbara Schnitzler (divorced) | children = 1

Dieter Mann (20 June 1941 – 3 February 2022) was a German actor, director, university professor, and radio personality. In his career, he acted in several theater productions and in over 140 film and television productions. Between 1984 and 1991, he was director of the Deutsches Theater. In 1986, he became a member of the Berlin Academy of Arts. Internationally, he is best known for having portrayed Wilhelm Keitel in Downfall.

Early life

Mann was born in Berlin as the son of a worker. He had an older brother who later became a foreign correspondent. He went to school in Pankow and learned the trade of lathe operator at VEB Kühlautomat. After his Abitur, he began acting training in the early 1960s at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Career

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From 1964 to 2006, during his time at the Deutsches Theater Berlin, Mann portrayed the Templar in Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's Nathan the Wise, the lead role in Clavigo and Edgar Wibeau in Die neuen Leiden des jungen W.. He also portrayed Demetrius in a German production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. From 1984 to 1991, he was Intendant of the house.

Mann was also a radio announcer for Rundfunk der DDR and would often read plays while on the air. His audio books became bestsellers.

After the reunification of Germany, Mann appeared in a number of productions on film and television. He had guest appearances on the television series such as AS – Danger is his business, Peter Strohm, Tresko, Ein starkes Team, Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall, In aller Freundschaft, Rosa Roth, Bella Block and several times in Tatort. From 1998 to 2007, he played Prof. Dr. Siegmar Bondzio in the series Der letzte Zeuge. Mann played at the Burgtheater in Vienna and at Frank Castorf's Volksbühne.

From 1995, Mann was a lecturer at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Mann played the role of Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel in the Academy Award-nominated 2004 film Downfall. His final roles were in the 2011 drama ** and in the 2014 television comedy film Die letzten Millionen.

Awards

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Personal life

Mann was married to and had a daughter, actress . His mother-in-law was actress Inge Keller. Mann remarried and lived near Königs Wusterhausen, Germany.

In 2016, Mann announced that he had Parkinson's disease. He died on 3 February 2022 in Berlin, at the age of 80.

Filmography

The following is an incomplete list of the films where he is credited as actor

  • 1965: Berlin um die Ecke – Olaf
  • 1967: Geschichten jener Nacht – Robert Wagner (segment "Die Prüfung")
  • 1968: I Was Nineteen – Willi Lommer
  • 1969: Unterwegs zu Lenin – Erich
  • 1969: Wie heiratet man einen König? – Götz
  • 1970: He, Du! – Bernd
  • 1973: Der kleine Kommandeur – Oberleutnant Schulz
  • 1974: Leben mit Uwe – Dr. Hunger
  • 1974: Der nackte Mann auf dem Sportplatz – Bauarbeiter
  • 1975: Lotte in Weimar – Karl, the butler
  • 1976: Requiem für Hans Grundig
  • 1976: Die Leiden des jungen Werthers – von Steinfeld
  • 1978: Brandstellen – Bruno Kappel
  • 1978: Ich will euch sehen – SD-Offizier
  • 1978: Das Versteck – Lutz Bibow
  • 1980: ** – Karl Erp
  • 1980: Levins Mühle – Regierunsgrat von Tittlack
  • 1983: Mat Mariya
  • 1983: Moritz in der Litfaßsäule – Vater Zack
  • 1986: Drost
  • 1987: Stielke, Heinz, fünfzehn… – Untersturmführer
  • 1989: Zwei schräge Vögel – Dr. Bauer
  • 1992: Wunderjahre – Chefredakteur
  • 1993: Kaspar Hauser – Baron Wedel
  • 1995: The Promise (Das Versprechen) – Konrad's Father
  • 1996: Life Is a Bluff – Regierungsdirektor Funkel
  • 1997: ** – Horst Herold
  • 2001: Goebbels und Geduldig
  • 2004: Blindgänger – Mann in Zivil
  • 2004: Die Stunde der Offiziere – General Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel
  • 2004: Downfall (Der Untergang) – Feldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel
  • 2009: 13 Semester – Professor Schäfer
  • 2009: ** – Michael
  • 2011: ** – Günther

Writings

References

References

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  3. Strauß, Simon. (3 February 2022). "Dieter Mann ist tot: Paradedarsteller des Deutschen Theaters".
  4. (8 April 2003). "Dieter Mann wird Intendant".
  5. "Berliner Schauspieler Dieter Mann ist tot".
  6. Ueding, Gerd. (16 November 2011). "Fülle und Vielfalt".
  7. (19 January 2022). "Filmografie Dieter Mann".
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  9. Höbel, Wolfgang. (4 February 2022). "Dieter Mann – Nachruf: Die Kunst der schmalen Lippe".
  10. Wengierek, Reinhard. (3 February 2022). "Zum Tod von Dieter Mann: Der Wahrhafte".
  11. (20 January 2018). ""The acting profession itself is encroaching"". Tagesspiegel.
  12. (3 February 2022). "Director and GDR star actor Dieter Mann is dead". LatestPageNews.
  13. (3 February 2022). "Schauspieler Dieter Mann mit 80 Jahren gestorben".
  14. (4 February 2022). "Dresden's Nathan, Wallenstein, Lear: actor Dieter Mann is dead". DNN.
  15. (20 June 1941). "Dieter Mann".
  16. (4 February 2022). "Dieter Mann ist tot".
  17. (3 September 2016). "DDR-Schauspieler Dieter Mann".
  18. (3 February 2022). "Trauer um Schauspieler: Dieter Mann gestorben – ein Zauberer der Sprache".

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