Ludwig Trepte (born 17 May 1988 in East Berlin)[2] is a German television and film actor best known internationally for a leading role as Viktor Goldstein in Generation War (2013) and for his role as Alexander Edel in the German miniseries Deutschland 83 (2015).

Ludwig Trepte
Born (1988-05-17) 17 May 1988 (age 36)[1]
NationalityGerman
OccupationActor
Spouse
Deborah
(m. 2011)
Children2

Life and acting career

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His father is Stephan Trepte who was a member of the East German rock group Lift,[3] Electra and Reform.[4] He did not receive formal drama training and began his acting career at the age of twelve when he appeared in the German television mini-series Beim nächsten Coup wird alles anders (2001).

In 2006, he played the leader of a Nazi clique in his second feature film Combat 16 [de]. For his third major role in the feature film Out of Hand, he received the award for best young actor at the 27th Film Festival Max Ophüls Prize 2006.[5]

Furthermore, Trepte was leading actor in the TV movie Auf ewig und einen Tag (2006), the film Seven Days Sunday [de] (2007) and in the television movie Guten Morgen, Herr Grothe (Good Morning, Mr. Grothe) (2007), for which he received the Grimme Prize in 2008.[6] In director Christoph Röhl's film Ein Teil von mir ('A Part of Me') he played a reserved, amiable and out of responsibility for his child, stealing very young man who has surprisingly become a father. In the youth drama Outta Control in 2008, he played the role of a behavioral adolescent,[7] for which he again in 2009 received the Grimme-Preis.[1] In 2009, he went to France, to film What You Don't See [de] directed by Wolfgang Fischer and starring Frederick Lau and Alice Dwyer.[8]

Ludwig Trepte received international attention in 2013 as 'Viktor Goldstein' in the three-part TV movie Generation War (or 'Our Mothers, Our Fathers' in Germany). The film was awarded in 2014 with the international Emmy in the category TV Movie / Mini-Series.[9] In 2013, he stood in front of the camera for the eight-part Danish television series 1864, which revolves around the defeat of Denmark in the German-Danish War of 1864. The script and direction was the responsibility of Ole Bornedal.[10] Also Trepte turned in leading roles for the Christian Schwochow tv film Open the Wall [de][11] and movie Im Spinnwebhaus.[12] The short film The Last Will by Dustin Loose based on the eponymous short story by Swedish bestselling author Håkan Nesser,[13] It was a Finalist for Foreign Film at the Student Academy Awards in 2015.[14]

In 2014, Ludwig Trepte took over the role of 'Lothar Erler' in the three-part Tannbach - fate of a village under the direction of Alexander Dierbach, in addition to Nadja Uhl, Martina Gedeck and Jonas Nay.[15]

Awards

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  • 2006: Won - Best Young Actor at the 27th Film Festival Max Ophüls Prize for Keller - Teenage Wasteland[5]
  • 2008:the Goldene Kamera's Young Talent Award - "Lilli Palmer & Curd Jürgens Memorial Camera" [1][16]
  • 2009: the Grimme Prize for Guten Morgen, Herr Grothe[1][17]
  • 2012: Nomination – Jupiter Award for Best German Actor for Was du nicht siehst

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2001 Emil and the Detectives Schüler
2005 Combat 16 [de] Thomas Thiess
Out of Hand Paul also known as Keller - Teenage Wasteland[18]
2006 Twisted Sister [de] Matze
2007 Evil Images Lukas (Short)
Seven Days Sunday [de] Adam
2008 1st of May: All Belongs to You 'Pelle' Pelletier
Ein Teil von mir Jonas Also known as A Piece of Me, directed by Christoph Röhl
2009 What You Don't See [de] Anton [8]
Im nächsten Leben Firefighter (Feuerwehrmann) Marcel
2014 The Last Will (or Erledigung einer Sache) Jakob Adler (Short),based on the eponymous short story by author Håkan Nesser
2015 Allein unter Irren Alex Schulte (Short)
Im Spinnwebhaus Felix
2016 Nowhere Danny also known as Nirgendwo[19]
2017 Tigermilch Afghanistan Veteran [20]
2018 Spielmacher Anton Weil [21]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2001 Paulas Schuld Junge 1 (TV movie)
Beim nächsten Coup wird alles anders Paper Boy TV mini-series, 5 episodes
Polizeiruf 110 jüngerer Schüler TV series, 1 episode
2001-2015 Tatort Christian Jareis 2001/ Baris Sahin 2008/ Lars Leroux 2011/ Erik Trimborn 2015 TV series, 4 episodes
2002-2014 Küstenwache Jacob Jäger / Andrej TV series, 2 episodes
2003 Im Namen des Gesetzes Stefan Brinkmann TV series, 1 episode
2004 Sabine!! Sebastian TV series, 1 episode
2006 The Secret of St. Ambrose Julian Cramer (TV movie)
Auf ewig und einen Tag Gregor Luckner - Younger (TV movie)
Der letzte Zeuge Sezen Aksul TV series, 1 episode
2007 Verlassen Marc (TV movie)
Schimanski Lena's brother TV series, 1 episode
Guten Morgen, Herr Grothe Nico (TV movie)
2008 Das Duo Manuel Hertz TV series, 1 episode
Outta Control Oliver Rother (TV Movie, also known as Ihr könnt euch niemals sicher sein
Commissario Laurenti Michele Giustina TV series, 1 episode
2010 Kreutzer kommt Roger (TV movie)
Aghet - Ein Völkermord Hambardzoum Sahakian (TV Movie documentary)
2011 Großstadtrevier Moritz TV series, 1 episode
Die Pfefferkörner Hanno TV series, 1 episode
Ein Fall für zwei Uli Caspar TV series, 1 episode
2012 Deckname Luna [de] Kurt (TV movie)
Der Dicke Lothar Brückner TV series, 1 episode
Rat mal, wer zur Hochzeit kommt Hrvoje Tomasovic (TV movie)
The Last Cop Simon Hertel TV series, 1 episode
2013 Afghanistan: A Murderous Decision [de] Vincent (TV Movie documentary)
Generation War Viktor Goldstein TV mini-series, 3 episodes Known in Germany as Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter.[22]
Der große Schwindel Florian (TV movie)
2014 1864 Heinz TV mini-series, 5 episodes
Open the Wall [de] Axel Hoffmann (TV movie) [10]
Letzte Spur Berlin Arno Schwarz TV series, 1 episode
2015 Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei Richie TV series, 1 episode
Deutschland 83 Oberleutnant Alex Edel TV series, 8 episodes
Shades of Guilt Felix TV series, 1 episode
Tannbach Lothar Erler TV series, 3 episodes
2016 Die Kinder der Villa Emma Josko Indig (TV movie) [10]
2017 Culpa - Niemand ist ohne Schuld (TV series) Jonas TV mini-series, 1 episode
Die Firma dankt Sandor (TV movie)
Kommissar Marthaler - Die Sterntaler-Verschwörung Daniel Fichtner (TV movie)
Luther and I [de] Philip Melanchthon (TV movie) [10]
2017-2018 4 Blocks Nico TV series, 7 episodes
2018 Deutschland 86 Alex Edel TV series, 10 episodes, follows on from Deutschland 83
Tanken: mehr als Super Daniev TV series, 12 episodes
Ein starkes Team Jan Tarp TV series, 1 episode
2019 Bauhaus - A New Era Marcel Breuer TV series, 6 episodes

Personal life

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Trepte is married and lives in Berlin with his wife Deborah, who works at a film PR agency, and their daughter Mathilda, born in 2011.[2] On 20 August 2018 it was announced that he and his wife are expecting their second child.[4] He has three half-brothers and a half-sister.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Ludwig Trepte - Infos und Filme". Prisma (in German). Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Schmitz, Joachim (14 November 2015). "Ludwig Trepte hat alles. Frau, Kind, starke Rollen" [Ludwig Trepte has everything — wife, child, strong roles]. Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung.
  3. ^ Andreas Kurtz (30 April 2012). "Stephan und Ludwig Trepte: Im gleichen Haus" [Stephan and Ludwig Trepte: In the same house]. Berliner Zeitung.
  4. ^ a b "TV-Star Ludwig Trepte: Überraschung! Er wird wieder Papa". BUNTE.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  5. ^ a b Atanasov, Svet (2 July 2007). "Out of Hand". DVD Talk. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Author Beate Langmaack and Actor Ludwig Trepte pose at the Adolf..." Getty Images. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Ihr könnt euch niemals sicher sein, TV Movie, 2008, Crew United". Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  8. ^ a b Brunette, Peter (14 October 2010). "What You Don't See -- Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Germany's 'Generation War' mini-series wins International Emmy , DW , 25.11.2014". DW.COM. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  10. ^ a b c d Schmitt, Peter-Philipp (8 November 2018). "Schauspieler Ludwig Trepte: "Ich tauge nicht zum Prinzen"" (in German). Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  11. ^ Schacht, Michael (13 November 2014). ""Bornholmer Straße"-Stars Ludwig Trepte und Frederick: Die Mauer steht noch zwischen uns". bild.de (in German). Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  12. ^ Harvey, Rupert (6 November 2017). "Nerdly » 'The Spiderwebhouse (Im Spinnwebhaus)' Review". Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  13. ^ "Erledigung einer Sache". Dustin Loose. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  14. ^ "Erledigung einer Sache - aug&ohr medien". Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  15. ^ Hupertz, Heike (8 January 2018). ""Tannbach" geht weiter: Die Grenze wird zur Mauer, auch in den Köpfen" (in German). Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  16. ^ "GOLDENE KAMERA 2008 - 43. Verleihung". www.goldenekamera.de. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  17. ^ "Ludwig Trepte". www.grimme-preis.de (in German). Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  18. ^ "Out of hand. Keller, 2005". Cine Gay Online (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  19. ^ ""Nirgendwo": Der erste Trailer zum Drama mit Ludwig Trepte und Jella Haase". FILMSTARTS.de. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  20. ^ Sommer, Rupert. "Tigermilch: Die Kritik zum Film, vor dem gewarnt werden muss" (in German). Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  21. ^ Kuschel, Sven (14 April 2018). "11 Fakten, die man zum Wett-Thriller "Spielmacher" wissen muss". bild.de (in German). Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  22. ^ Hoffman, Jordan (14 January 2014). "New German film could be called, 'Just Following Orders: The Movie'". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
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