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Albrecht Metzger (born 1945 in Unteraichen near
Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...
) is a German journalist, actor, television presenter, film director and cabaretist.


Life and career

Albrecht Metzger was editor of the SDR youth program ''Jour Fix'' and moderator of ''Diskuss'' and ''Teamwörk'' in the 1970s before he became known to a broader public through the rock music program Rockpalast of the WDR. From 1974 he was the first presenter of the studio broadcasts. Together with Alan Bangs he was the presenter of the long Rockpalast Nacht events, in which he presented the bands with the famous announcement " German television proudly presents – ". In 1977, Metzger moved from Stuttgart to
West Berlin West Berlin ( or , ) was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin from 1948 until 1990, during the Cold War. Although West Berlin lacked any sovereignty and was under military occupation until German reunification in 1 ...
and until 1982 played the social worker Rocky in the play ' in the children's and youth theatre . As author and director, Metzger shot more than 40 documentary films for the ARD. As a cabaret artist, Metzger founded the ' in Berlin in 1988. He toured Germany's cabarets with his solo programme '. On every first of the month he moderates the rock music vinyl show ''Knistern und Rauschen'' on the internet radio ''silverdisc.de''.


See also

* Peter Rüchel


References


Further reading

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External links

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www.schwabenoffensive.de

www.albrecht-metzger.de
The homepage of Albrecht Metzger
www.secondhandcds.de/radio
Albrecht Metzger's radio show ''Knistern und Rauschen'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Metzger, Albrecht German male stage actors Male actors from Stuttgart Male actors from Berlin 20th-century German male actors German cabaret performers German television presenters 1945 births Living people ARD (broadcaster) people