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Dietrich Mattausch is a German stage, film and television actor.BFI.org
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Life and career

Dietrich Mattausch was born on April 26, 1940, in Leitmeritz,
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(now Litoměřice, Czech Republic). He is a stage, film and television actor best known for ''
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'' (1984), ''Die Straßen von Berlin'' (1995), and ''The Wonderful Years'' (1979). As a young adult, Mattausch trained as a forwarding agent and simultaneously took private acting lessons. He began his acting career at the Keller Theater in Mainz. In 1963 he played at Göttingen Youth Theatre, 1964–66 at the Comedy in
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, 1966–67 at Landestheater Schleswig, 1968–69 at
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, 1969 at the Bruchsal State Theatre, 1969–70 at Theater Baden-Baden, 1971 on the stages of Lübeck, and from 1972 to 1974 at the Deutsches Theater Göttingen. From 1975 to 1979 he was at the Schauspielhaus Hamburg where, directed by
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, he played the role of Rodrigo in ''Othello'' (1976), Camillo in ''The Winter's Tale'' (1978), Brinan in the German premiere of Ayckbourn's ''Jokes Aside'' (1979), and Kenneth in John Hopkins's ''Lost Time'' (1984). Other roles were Phileas Fogg in a
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production of ''Around the World in 80 Days'' (1978) and Cassius in ''Julius Caesar'' (1986). In 1979 he joined the Freie Volksbühne in Berlin, where he continued to work with Zadek. Here he played Philinte in the premiere of Enzensberger's production of Molière's ''The Misanthrope'' (1979) and Vincentio/Hortensio in ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1981). In 1980-81 he was a guest at the Bavarian State Theatre in Munich, playing a doctor in August Strindberg's ''The Father'', and in 1996-97 as President von Walter in Friedrich Schiller's ''Intrigue and Love''. In the 1984 TV film '' The Wannsee Conference'' (Ger., ''Die Wannseekonferenz''), Mattausch was in the starring role of SS-''
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, Chief of the
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(RSHA) and Deputy ''Reichsprotektor'' of Bohemia and Moravia. The film portrayed the events of the Wannsee Conference, held in Berlin in January 1942 to plan " The Final Solution" to Germany's "Jewish problem". The main theme of the film is the bureaucratic nature of the genocide. Dietrich Mattausch starred in numerous television films and series. He gained substantial popularity from the longstanding role of chief commissioner Rick in the ARD series ''
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''. In 1992 he received (together with Felix Mitterer) the Adolf Grimme Silver Award for the ''Piefke Saga''. Mattausch married in 1999 and lives in Berlin with his wife Annette and their three children.


Selected filmography

* ''
The Wonderful Years ''The Wonderful Years'' () is a 1980 Cinema of Germany, West German drama film directed by Reiner Kunze and starring Gabi Marr, Martin May (actor), Martin May, Dietrich Mattausch and Christine Wodetzky. It was based on Kunze's own book ''Die wunder ...
'' (1979) * '' Der kostbare Gast'' (1979) * ' (1981) * ' (1981, TV film) * '' Vom Webstuhl zur Weltmacht'' (1983, TV series) * ''
The Roaring Fifties ''The Roaring Fifties'' ( ) is a 1983 West German comedy film directed by Peter Zadek and starring Juraj Kukura, Boy Gobert and Peter Kern. It is based on the novel ''Hurra, wir leben noch'' by Johannes Mario Simmel. It is set around the German W ...
'' (1983) * ''
A Love in Germany ''Eine Liebe in Deutschland'' (''A Love in Germany'') is a 1983 feature film directed by Andrzej Wajda. The film is based on the novel by Rolf Hochhuth about a woman who commits adultery with a prisoner of war while her husband serves as a soldie ...
'' (1983) * ''
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: Haie vor Helgoland'' (1984, TV series episode) * ''
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'' (1984–2005, TV series, 196 episodes) * ''
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'' (1984) * '' The Wannsee Conference'' (1984, TV film) * ' (1985) * ''
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: Automord'' (1986, TV series episode) * ''
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: Kopflos'' (1989, TV series episode) * ''
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: Schmutzarbeit'' (1989, TV series episode) * ' (1989, TV film) * ''
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: Alles Theater'' (1989, TV series episode) * ''
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: Ausgestiegen'' (1989, TV series episode) * ''The State Chancellery'' (1989, TV film) * ''
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: Mörderisches Inserat'' (1990, TV series episode) * ''
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'' (1991) * ' (1991, TV film) * ' (1991, TV film) * '' Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht'' (1992–1999, TV series, 17 episodes) * ''
Ein Fall für zwei ''A case for two'' (German: ''Ein Fall für zwei'') is a German television series, which premiered on 11 September 1981 on ZDF. The series, set in Frankfurt, features two main characters who solve crimes: a defense attorney and a private investi ...
: Gelegenheit macht Mörder'' (1993, TV series episode) * ''
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: Ein Wodka zuviel'' (1994, TV series episode) * ''
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: Nichts geht mehr'' (1995, TV series episode) * ''
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: Mordauftrag'' (1995, TV series episode) * ''
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: Mordsgefühle'' (1995, TV series episode) * '': Drei Tage Zeit'' (1995, TV series episode) * '' Die Straßen von Berlin'' (1995–2000, TV series, 24 episodes) * '': Der Goldjunge'' (1996, TV series episode) * ''
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: Böses Blut'' (1996, TV series episode) * ''
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: Das Totenspiel'' (1997, TV series episode) * ''
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: Tödlicher Galopp'' (1997, TV series episode) * ''
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: Todesbote'' (1998, TV series episode) * ''
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: Mitten ins Herz'' (2002, TV series episode) * ''
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: Reise ins Nichts'' (2002, TV series episode) * ''
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: The Impact'' (2003, TV series episode) * ''
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: Eine ehrliche Haut'' (2004, TV series episode) * ''
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: Rollentausch'' (2006, TV series episode) * ' (2006, TV film) * ''
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: Unter Wölfen'' (2007, TV series episode) * ''
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: Blinder Glaube'' (2008, TV series episode) * ''
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: Nagel ins Herz'' (2013, TV series episode)


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mattausch, Dietrich 1940 births Living people German male film actors German male television actors 20th-century German male actors 21st-century German male actors People from Litoměřice Sudeten German people