Berndt Stübner (16 February 1947 – 2 June 2022)[1][2] was a German actor, puppet maker, playwright and theatre director.[3][4][5]

Berndt Stübner
Stübner in 2000
Born(1947-02-16)16 February 1947
Died2 June 2022(2022-06-02) (aged 75)
Alma materKonrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg
Occupation(s)Actor, puppet maker, theatrical director
AwardsKunstpreis der Stadt Leipzig (1989)

Life and career

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Born in Leipzig, Stübner already participated as a child in the MDR Children's Choir [de] in Leipzig (1958–1962) and in 1961 in the children's theatre of the Theater der Jungen Welt [de]. From 1965 to 1969, he trained at the Deutsche Hochschule für Filmkunst Potsdam-Babelsberg.

He played his first roles in the studio of the Hans Otto Theater Potsdam under Peter Kupke [de] and then worked at the Theater Magdeburg until 1974 and in parallel at the Puppentheater. From 1974 to 1976 he was engaged at the Schauspielhaus Karl-Marx-Stadt. There he gave acting classes at the Studio Karl-Marx-Stadt. From 1976 to 2014 he worked at Schauspiel Leipzig [de] and gave acting classes at the Theaterhochschule Leipzig. In 2017–2020 he received a guest performance contract at the Schauspielhaus Leipzig. He has also appeared in numerous radio dramas.

After 1989, he wrote and directed in collaboration with dancer Werner Stiefel for the Gewandhaus Leipzig and the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig plays and fairy tales for children, for which he also built the puppets – the plays Hansel and Gretel, Tretesel, Streitesel, Hinter der Dornenhecke, Der Fischer und seine Frau.[6]

Guest performances have taken him to Frankfurt, the Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin, the Schauspiel Köln and the Staatsschauspiel Dresden.

Theatre plays (selection)

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Magdeburg

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  • 1971: Seán O'Casey: Das Ende vom Anfang (Darry) – director Berndt Renne [de]
  • 1971: Friedrich Schiller: The Robbers (Franz Moor) – director Konrad Zschiedrich
  • 1972: Friedrich Schiller: Fiesco (Muley Hassan) – director Werner Freese
  • 1973: William Shakespeare: Hamlet (Hamlet) – director Werner Freese

Leipzig

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Filmography

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Source:[7]

Films

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Television

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Radio plays

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  • 1969: Armin Müller: Auskunft über Franziska Lesser, zwanzig (Holger) – director: Fritz Göhler [de] (radio play – Rundfunk der DDR)
  • 1977: Christopher Marlowe: Das Massaker von Paris – director: B. K. Tragelehn [de] (radio play – Rundfunk der DDR)
  • 1979: Hans Bach: Risse in einem gläsernen Netz (Ted Parkins) – director Klaus Zippel [de] (Kriminalhörspiel/Kurzhörspiel – Rundfunk der DDR)
  • 1980: Günter Spranger: An einem Abend im September (Cornu) – director: Annegret Berger (Kriminalhörspiel/short radio play – Rundfunk der DDR)
  • 1980: Karl Heinz W. Schröter: Der Fall Bielek (Ahrens) – director: Günter Bormann [de] (Kriminalhörspiel/short radio play – Rundfunk der DDR)
  • 1985: Detlef Raupach: Bis bald, Liebster – Polterabend (Reinhardt) – director: Achim Scholz [de] (short radio play – Rundfunk der DDR)
  • 1988: Hannelore Steiner: Blutgruppe A (Joe Blake) – director: Annegret Berger (Kriminalhörspiel/short radio play – Rundfunk der DDR)
  • 1988: Rita Herbst: Der Denkfehler (Harald) – director: Günter Bormann (Kriminalhörspiel/sort radio play – Rundfunk der DDR)
  • 1989: Klaus G. Zabel: Da Capo (Nicolas) – director: Günter Bormann (Kriminalhörspiel/short radio play – Rundfunk der DDR)
  • 1990: Heinz Pelka: Die Puppe (Helwig) – director: Günter Bormann (Kriminalhörspiel/short radio play – Rundfunk der DDR)
  • 1990: Michael Unger: Tod in der Tiefgarage (Foreland) director: Günter Bormann (Kriminalhörspiel/short radio play – Rundfunk der DDR)
  • 2002: Samuel Shem: House of God (Bloom) – director: Norbert Schaeffer [de] (radio play, 5 parts – Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk)
  • 2004: Robert Merle: Die geschützten Männer (Mister Mills) – director: Stefan Dutt [de] (Science-Fiction-radio play – MDR)
  • 2004: Martin Andersen Nexø: Pelle the Conqueror (peasant) – director: Götz Fritsch [de] (radio play, 5 parts – MDR)
  • 2007: Thilo Reffert [de]: Queen Mary 3 (Herr F.) – director: Stefan Kanis [de] (Science-Fiction-radio play – MDR)
  • 2007: Marina Lewycka: Kurze Geschichte des Traktors (Rechtsanwalt) – director: Oliver Sturm (radio play – MDR)
  • 2009: Mordecai Richler: Barneys Version (Blair) – director: Götz Fritsch (radio play – MDR)
  • 2009: Torsten Enders: Bachs Reiche (Friedrich August II.) – director: Judith Lorentz [de] (radio play – MDR)

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Schauspieler Berndt Stübner gestorben". www.nachtkritik.de (in German). 5 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Leipziger Schauspieler-Legende Berndt Stübner gestorben". www.lvz.de (in German). 6 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Berndt Stübner". schauspiel-leipzig.de (in German). Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Berndt Stübner – Biografie und Filmografie" (in German). Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Ostfilm – Berndt Stübner". Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  6. ^ "euro-scene Leipzig ** Festival of Contemporary European Theatre". Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  7. ^ Bernt Stübner on Film Portal
  8. ^ Berndt Stübner[dead link] on BFI
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