Günter Lamprecht

Günter Lamprecht (born 21 January 1930) is a German actor known for his leading role in the Fassbinder miniseries Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) and as a ship captain in the epic war film Das Boot (1981).

Günter Lamprecht
Born (1930-01-21) January 21, 1930
Berlin, Germany
OccupationActor
Years active1959–present

Life and career

Lamprecht was born in Berlin, the son of a taxi driver. After training at the Max Reinhardt Seminar, he had his first theatre engagement at the Schauspielhaus Bochum. He joined the Theater Oberhausen in 1959, and remained with them until 1961.[1] His roles there included Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire and John in Gerhart Hauptmann's The Rats.

Lamprecht in the television film Der Tod zu Basel (1990), with Hilde Ziegler

Lamprecht began appearing on television in the 1960s. He was cast in the series Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi, which ran from 1973 to 1975. His first film role was in Ottokar Runze's A Knife in the Back (Das Messer im Rücken, 1975). In 1976, Lamprecht won the Ernst Lubitsch Award for his performance in Das Brot des Bäckers, and in 1978 won the Goldene Kamera award for Best German Actor for Rückfälle.[2] He played the leading role in the 1979 TV movie Frontiers of Darkness (Schattengrenze).[3]

In 1973, filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder cast Lamprecht in his series World on a Wire. He recruited him again for The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979). Fassbinder then gave Lamprecht the lead role of Franz Biberkopf in his acclaimed 1980 miniseries Berlin Alexanderplatz, based on Alfred Döblin's 1929 novel of the same name. Turner Classic Movies wrote of his performance: "Lamprecht was quite extraordinary as the hapless center of gravity as Biberkopf is drawn into and betrayed by Berlin's underworld in the days spanning from the end of WWI to the Nazi era."[3] The role won him Best Actor at the Munich Film Festival, and he came in third place at the American National Society of Film Critics Awards.[2]

Lamprecht had a role in the World War II submarine film Das Boot (1981), playing the captain of the SS Weser, and has continued to appear regularly on German television.

Personal life

In 1999, Lamprecht and his partner, actress Claudia Amm, were involved in a shooting at a theatre and badly injured.[4][5] Lamprecht lives in Berlin-Babelsberg.

Lamprecht's memoirs And Sadly I'm Still: A Youth in Berlin was published in 2000, where he discusses his experiences in Nazi Germany and the postwar years. His second book, A Hellish Thing, Life was published in 2007.

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1960Die Brücke des SchicksalsSchläger in Tanzbar
1973World on a WireFritz WalfangTV film
1974MarthaDr. Herbert SalomonTV film
1975 Stellenweise GlatteisKarl MaiwaldTV film
Das Messer im RückenSchöffe
1976 Der StummeKahlmann
Das Brot des BäckersGeorg Baum
1977 PlanübungBundeswehr OfficerTV film
RückfälleManfred BurgerTV film
1978The Marriage of Maria BraunHans Wetzel
1979 SchattengrenzeMatthias BergerTV film
Die große FlatterPieschTV miniseries
1980 Das gefrorene HerzGwerder
Berlin AlexanderplatzFranz Biberkopfhis magnum opus
1981Das BootCaptain of the 'Weser'
1982Flüchtige BekanntschaftenWalterTV film
1983Milo Barus, der stärkste Mann der WeltEmil Bahr i.e. Milo Barus
1984 Liebe ist kein ArgumentFelix
Is was, Kanzler?Chef
Ein Mann namens ParvusAlexander ParvusTV film
SuperKuballa
After Your DecreesSergeant Kleinschmidt
Das leise GiftPhilipp FäschTV film
GnadenlosJakobTV film
1985 LiebfrauenPhilippTV film
Die KomplizenJoseph LambertTV film
Red KissHerschel
1987Gegen die RegelKlaus WeberTV film
1991Amaurose
1992HerzsprungVater
1993 MöbiusArnold
Engel ohne FlügelPaul
1997 Friedrich und der verzauberte EinbrecherFischer
Comedian HarmonistsEric Charell
2002Epsteins NachtGroll / Giesser
2013WirSprechervoice
2017Babylon BerlinPresident HindenburgTV series

References
  1. Andrea Rickers: Hier ist es menschlich, Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. September 2010. In German.
  2. "Günter Lamprecht Awards". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  3. Gunter Lamprecht. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  4. "Eltern des Amokläufers von Reichenhall sollen vor Gericht". Spiegel Online. 17 November 1999. Retrieved 11 January 2015. In German.
  5. Motiv bis heute unklar. Heimatzeitung (27 October 2009). In German.
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