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. 3 Götz George was not just on the screen a character's head.
With ambition and enthusiasm, George has made his mark in his long career as one of the most versatile German actors. For his most famous role at the movies, he played the homobadual mbad murderer Fritz Haarmann in "Der Totmacher" (1995). In the satire "Schtonk!" George shows his comic talent: he sees there the shady journalist who sold the so – called Hitler newspapers exclusively to "the star" – but actually comes from a forger (Uwe Ochsenknecht). He also played the concentration camp doctor Josef Mengele ("Nothing but the truth") and an Alzheimer bus driver ("My father"), a pickpocket ("The Trio") and a blind piano teacher ("The November Man"). Eco-activists ("Leach on, Darling") and a moribund prosecutor ("Night Without Tomorrow") and many other roles: A total of 40 main roles on stage and 120 films and TV movies are his life force.
He was the head of a character but not only on the screen: even in real life, George was very direct and like brushing riots, such as when he visited the show " Wetten, dbad? " 1998th In fact, he should promote his film "Solo for Clarinet" – but rather put on rather with the showmaster Thomas Gottschalk. George complains that there is no way to make good movies and that he is in the wrong case because his movie is "very complex". Then Gottschalk: "I am too!" – George: "Yes, we all know, you have shown a lot through your movies, how complicated you are …". Gottschalk finally gets applause as he shows George how to apply for his film: "I made a movie, I'll tell you …" Solo for Clarinet ": a thriller with my colleague Corinna, only a d & # 39; 39, between us survives, then Everyone thinks: I hope it's her and not him! And so you create excitement and bring people to the movies!
. 4 His father was controversial because of his Nazi past.
In 2013, he starred in the television drama "George" his own father, the star of Ufa Heinrich, controversial because of his acting career in the Nazi era. Heinrich George's role was "perhaps the biggest challenge among the many roles that Götz George has mastered up to now in his artistic life," said ARD program director Volker Herres at that time. And time has written: "Götz George replaces the old image of the Father with a new one, with which he can live." He himself said, "It's like any other role." Heinrich George is made a name in the Weimar Republic with films like "Metropolis" or "Berlin Alexanderplatz". Later, he played in some Nazi propaganda films such as "Jud Süß", for which he fell into disrepute. After the Second World War, he was arrested by the Soviets and died in captivity at the Sachsenhausen prison camp – in 1946, Götz George was then eight years old. Heinrich has named his son Götz von Berrlichingen after his favorite role. Incidentally, Georges mother Berta Drews actress and played with Heinrich George in 1933 in "Hitler Youth Quex".
. 5 He has played several times the cover of "Bravo"
During his long career, Götz George has not only garnered fans and critics, but also prizes. As early as 1960, then 22 years old received the silver ribbon as best newcomer. In addition, there were several Bambis, the Bravo Otto – a reason he honored the title of the youth magazine "Bravo", the Golden Camera ua as the most popular crime scene researcher , the German Television Award, the Grimme Prize and an Emmy. In 1995, he received the Actor's Award at the Venice Film Festival for "Der Totmacher". In 2013, George received the German Actors Award in honor of the work of his life. The men's magazine GQ idolizes the same year "the man of the year". In 2014, he received the Grand Cross of Merit for shaping film and television in Germany, said President Gauck at the time: "Its breadth and depth are legendary".
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