Christoph Bantzer (born 4 January 1936 in

Marburg Marburg (; ) is a college town, university town in the States of Germany, German federal state () of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf Districts of Germany, district (). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has ...

) is a German television actor.

Life and work

Christoph Bantzer born on 4 January 1936 in

in a family of artists (both father and grandfather were painters). His younger brother Claus Bantzer is a musician and composer. Bantzer studied acting at the

Berlin University of the Arts The Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK; also known in English as the Berlin University of the Arts), situated in Berlin, Germany, is the second largest art school in Europe. It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research uni ...

. His focus is the theater spectacle; he played in many important German-language theaters, such as

Schiller Theater The Schiller Theater is a theatre building in Berlin, Germany. It is located in the central Charlottenburg district at Bismarckstraße 110, near Ernst-Reuter-Platz. Opened in 1907, the building served as a second venue for the Konzerthaus Berl ...

, Zürich playhouse or the

Burgtheater The Burgtheater (; literally: "Castle Theater" but alternatively translated as "(Imperial) Court Theater", originally known as '' K.K. Theater an der Burg'', then until 1918 as the ''K.K. Hofburgtheater'', is the national theater of Austria in ...

. From 1972 to 1977 he was a member of Christoph Bantzer Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. Since 1985 - the beginning of Jürgen Flimm's directorship - Bantzer belongs to the Thalia Theater in Hamburg. In addition to his theater engagements, Bantzer works with many films, mainly these are television productions. As speaker, he can be heard on an audio book series and also in dubbed films.

Selected filmography

* ' (1963, TV play), as Louis Dubedat * ' (1968, TV play), as Biff Loman * ' (1970), as Andreas * ' (1971, TV miniseries), as Walter Hartright * ' (1977, TV miniseries), as Nikolai Stavrogin * ' (1978, TV film), as

Heinrich Heine Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (; ; born Harry Heine; 13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was an outstanding poet, writer, and literary criticism, literary critic of 19th-century German Romanticism. He is best known outside Germany for his ...

* ' (1982, TV miniseries), as

Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age ...

* ' (1990, TV film), as

Egon Krenz Egon Rudi Ernst Krenz (; born 19 March 1937) is a German former politician who was the last Communist leader of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) during the Revolutions of 1989. He succeeded Erich Honecker as the Secretary (title), ...

* '' Funny Games'' (1997), as Fred

References

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1936 births Living people People from Marburg German male stage actors German male television actors Actors from Hesse-Nassau 20th-century German male actors 21st-century German male actors Berlin University of the Arts alumni Male actors from Hesse {{Germany-tv-actor-stub