Gerhard Polt

Gerhard Polt (born 7 May 1942 in

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) is a German writer, filmmaker, actor and satirical cabaret artist from

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. Gerhard Polt's main topics are Bavarian people, culture and politics. On stage he often plays the role of an ignorant Bavarian

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. One of his trademarks is the constant switching and the combining of Bavarian,

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and even (pseudo-) Englisch language elements (albeit always performed with strongly Bavarian pronunciation and melody), where a lot of jokes and wordplays derive from. His performances in Munich theaters, which he started in 1976, are very popular. In 1979 he became known to a wider audience in Germany as a result of his television comedy series ''

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'' (Almost like in real life). In the following years, he was writer and actor in the movies ' (1983), ''

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