EKKEHARD SCHALL

'Ekkehard Schall' (May 29, 1930 in MagdeburgSeptember 3, 2005 in Berlin) 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 the Berliner Ensemble.

Contents
Life
Some Roles
Filmography
Works
External links

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 the Nationalpreis der DDR.
He was married to Brecht's daughter Barbara Brecht-Schall and is the father of actress Johanna 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'' von Heiner 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 3-458-17102-9

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