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Peter Zadek (pronounced [cạ:dɛk]; 19 May 1926 in Berlin – 30 July 2009) was a German theatre and film director, play translator and screenwriter. He was impresario of Schauspielhaus Bochum, Bochum (1972–1979) and Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg (1985–1989) and was chosen "Director of the year" by Theater heute magazine numerous times.

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Biography

Peter Zadek was born in 1926 in Berlin. It is unknown whether his birth date is May 19. In 1933 he and his parents emigrated to London where he later studied at Old Vic theatre. He made his own debut as a director in Oscar Wilde's Salome. In the late 1940s and 1950s, he was a stage director in London. His work included the première of Jean Genet's The Balcony in 1957. After becoming a director for the BBC in the 1950s, he cooperated with German theatres in Cologne, West Berlin and Bremen in the 1960s. Later, he became an impresario of Hamburg theatres: Schauspielhaus Bochum (1972–1979) and Deutsches Schauspielhaus (1985–1989). He is a member of Berliner Ensemble (since 1993) and German Academy of the Arts (since 1991).

Filmografie (Auswahl)

  • 1964 – Die Stühle (Fernsehen) – Regie: Peter Zadek
  • 1965 – Held Henry (Fernsehen) – Regie: Peter Zadek
  • 1965 – Intercontinental-Express (Fernsehserie) – Regie: Peter Zadek
  • 1968 – Rotmord (Fernsehspiel) – Regie: Peter Zadek (Prix Italia 1969)
  • 1969 – Ich bin ein Elefant, Madame (Kino) – Regie: Peter Zadek (Silberner Bär auf der Berlinale 1969)
  • 1972 – Van der Valk und das Mädchen (Fernsehen) – Regie: Peter Zadek
  • 1975 – Eiszeit – Regie: Peter Zadek (Teilnahme am Wettbewerb der Berlinale 1975)
  • 1983 – Die wilden Fünfziger (Kino) – Regie: Peter Zadek nach Johannes Mario Simmel
  • 1984 – Baumeister Solness (Fernsehen) – Regie: Peter Zadek
  • 2005 – Peter Zadek inszeniert Peer GyntDokumentarfilm von Alexander Nanau

Awards

Inszenierungen




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