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{{Short description|German actor and singer (1944–2021)}}
{{Short description|German actor and singer (1944–2021)}}
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| death_place = [[Hamburg]], Germany
| death_place = [[Hamburg]], Germany
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|[[singer-songwriter]]|[[Dubbing (filmmaking)|dubbing artist]]|[[stage director]]|[[theatre manager]]}}
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'''Volker Lechtenbrink''' (18 August 1944 – 22 November 2021) was a German actor on stage, in film and television, a [[singer-songwriter]], [[Dubbing (filmmaking)|dubbing]] artist, [[stage director]] and [[theatre manager]]. He played in the anti-war movie ''[[Die Brücke (film)|The Bridge]]'' in 1959 at age 14. He appeared in popular television series including ''[[Der Kommissar (TV series)|Der Kommissar]]'', ''[[The Old Fox|Der Alte]]'' and ''[[Tatort]]''. Lechtenbrink was stage director at the [[Ernst Deutsch Theater]] in Hamburg, and [[Theater manager|intendant]] of the [[Bad Hersfelder Festspiele]].


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'''Volker Lechtenbrink''' (18 August 1944 – 22 November 2021) was a German actor on stage, in film and television, a singer-songwriter, [[Dubbing (filmmaking)|dubbing]] artist, stage director and [[theatre manager]]. He played in the anti-war movie ''[[Die Brücke (film)|The Bridge]]'' in 1959 at age 14. He appeared in popular television series including ''[[Der Kommissar (TV series)|Der Kommissar]]'', ''[[The Old Fox|Der Alte]]'' and ''[[Tatort]]''. Lechtenbrink was stage director at the [[Ernst Deutsch Theater]] in Hamburg, and [[Theater manager|intendant]] of the [[Bad Hersfelder Festspiele]].
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==Career==
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Lechtenbrink was born in [[Zelenogradsk|Cranz]], [[East Prussia]], [[Free State of Prussia|Prussia]], [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] (now [[Zelenogradsk]], Russia),<ref name="tagesschau.de 2021">{{cite web | title=Schauspieler und Sänger Volker Lechtenbrink ist tot | website=tagesschau.de | date=23 November 2021 | url=https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/lechtenbrink-103.html | language=de | access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref> but grew up in [[Hamburg]] and [[Bremen]] where his family lived after World War II. He started his career at the age of 14 acting in the Oscar-nominated anti-war movie ''[[Die Brücke (film)|The Bridge]]'' (1959) by director [[Bernhard Wicki]].<ref name="Reents">{{cite news | last=Reents | first=Edo | title=Nachruf Volker Lechtenbrink: Der Macher | newspaper=[[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung|FAZ]] | date=23 November 2021 | url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/medien/nachruf-auf-den-schauspieler-und-saenger-volker-lechtenbrink-17648390.html | language=de | access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref><ref name="NDR">{{cite news |title=Schauspieler Volker Lechtenbrink ist tot |url=https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/hamburg/Schauspieler-Volker-Lechtenbrink-ist-tot,lechtenbrink188.html |access-date=23 November 2021 |work=NDR |date=23 November 2021 |language=de}}</ref> After leaving the [[Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums]] a year after completing his [[mittlere Reife]], he was educated at the drama school of the [[Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg]].<ref name="Focus">{{cite web | url =http://www.focus.de/panorama/boulevard/leute-die-promi-geburtstage-vom-18-august-2014-volker-lechtenbrink_id_4066108.html | title =Die Promi-Geburtstage vom 18. August 2014: Volker Lechtenbrink | date =12 August 2014 | website =Focus Online | publisher =[[Focus (German magazine)|Focus]] | access-date =21 February 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Online 2021">{{cite web | title=Schauspieler Volker Lechtenbrink gestorben | website=[[Focus (German magazine)|Focus]] | date=23 November 2021 | url=https://www.focus.de/kultur/kino_tv/im-alter-von-77-jahren-schauspieler-volker-lechtenbrink-gestorben_id_24452748.html | language=de | access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref> He worked as an actor, later also [[stage director]] at the [[Ernst Deutsch Theater]] in Hamburg. Between 2004 and 2006, he was the theatre's [[Theater manager|intendant]]. From 1995 and 1997, he was also intendant of the [[Bad Hersfelder Festspiele]].<ref name="Focus" />


== Early life ==
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Lechtenbrink acted in several German television productions during the last decades, including ''[[Der Kommissar (TV series)|Der Kommissar]]'', ''[[Derrick (TV series)|Derrick]]'', ''[[The Old Fox|Der Alte]]'', ''[[Tatort]]'', ''[[Ein Fall für zwei]]'' and some [[Rosamunde Pilcher]] films.<ref name="Series">{{cite web | title= Volker Lechtenbrink | website=fernsehserien.de | date= 2021 | url=https://www.fernsehserien.de/volker-lechtenbrink/filmografie | language=de | access-date=24 November 2021}}</ref> In 2006, he played one of the central roles in the short-lived television series ''[[M.E.T.R.O. – Ein Team auf Leben und Tod]]''.<ref>{{cite web | title=Klassiker der Woche: / "Die Brücke" / Deutscher Anti-Kriegsfilm (1959) | website=movie-shark.de | date=2 May 2021 | url=https://www.movie-shark.de/dvd-bluray/klassiker-der-woche-die-bruecke-deutscher-anti-kriegsfilm-1959/ | language=de | access-date=24 November 2021}}</ref>
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Lechtenbrink was born in [[Zelenogradsk|Cranz]], [[East Prussia]], [[Free State of Prussia|Prussia]], [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] (now [[Zelenogradsk]], Russia),<ref name="tagesschau.de 2021">{{cite web | title=Schauspieler und Sänger Volker Lechtenbrink ist tot | website=tagesschau.de | date=23 November 2021 | url=https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/lechtenbrink-103.html | language=de | access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref> but grew up in [[Hamburg]] and [[Bremen]] where his family lived after World War II. He started his career at the age of 14 acting in the Oscar-nominated anti-war movie ''[[Die Brücke (film)|The Bridge]]'' (1959) by director [[Bernhard Wicki]].<ref name="Reents">{{cite news | last=Reents | first=Edo | title=Nachruf Volker Lechtenbrink: Der Macher | newspaper=[[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung|FAZ]] | date=23 November 2021 | url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/medien/nachruf-auf-den-schauspieler-und-saenger-volker-lechtenbrink-17648390.html | language=de | access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref><ref name="NDR">{{cite news |title=Schauspieler Volker Lechtenbrink ist tot |url=https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/hamburg/Schauspieler-Volker-Lechtenbrink-ist-tot,lechtenbrink188.html |access-date=23 November 2021 |work=NDR |date=23 November 2021 |language=de}}</ref>


After leaving the [[Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums]] a year after completing his [[mittlere Reife]], he was educated at the drama school of the [[Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg]].<ref name="Focus">{{cite web | url =http://www.focus.de/panorama/boulevard/leute-die-promi-geburtstage-vom-18-august-2014-volker-lechtenbrink_id_4066108.html | title =Die Promi-Geburtstage vom 18. August 2014: Volker Lechtenbrink | date =12 August 2014 | website =Focus Online | publisher =[[Focus (German magazine)|Focus]] | access-date =21 February 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Online 2021">{{cite web | title=Schauspieler Volker Lechtenbrink gestorben | website=[[Focus (German magazine)|Focus]] | date=23 November 2021 | url=https://www.focus.de/kultur/kino_tv/im-alter-von-77-jahren-schauspieler-volker-lechtenbrink-gestorben_id_24452748.html | language=de | access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref> He worked as an actor, later also stage director at the [[Ernst Deutsch Theater]] in Hamburg. Between 2004 and 2006, he was the theatre's [[Theater manager|intendant]]. From 1995 and 1997, he was also intendant of the [[Bad Hersfelder Festspiele]].<ref name="Focus" />
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He was the German [[Dubbing (filmmaking)|dubbing]] voice of [[Burt Reynolds]], [[Kris Kristofferson]], [[Avery Brooks]] and [[Dennis Quaid]].<ref name="NDR" /><ref name="Felten 2021">{{cite web | last=Felten | first=Uwe | title=Nach schwerer Erkrankung: Schauspieler Volker Lechtenbrink mit 77 Jahren gestorben | website=RP ONLINE | date=23 November 2021 | url=https://rp-online.de/panorama/leute/volker-lechtenbrink-ist-tot-schauspieler-mit-77-jahren-gestorben_aid-64218585 | language=de | access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref> Besides his work as an actor he also started a very successful career as a singer and songwriter during the 1970s and 1980s, with songs like ''Der Macher'' and ''Ich mag'',<ref name="Focus" /> some his own, others German versions of [[country rock|country rock ballads]].<ref name="Reents" /> He wrote the lyrics to the song ''[[Rücksicht]]'', performed by the duo [[Hoffmann & Hoffmann]] at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1983]], achieving 5th place in a field of 20.<ref name="Feddersen 2021">{{cite web | last=Feddersen | first=Jan | title=Schauspieler Volker Lechtenbrink tot: Er schlüpfte in alle Rollen | website=taz.de | date=23 November 2021 | url=https://taz.de/!5813733/ | access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref>


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== Career ==
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In 2010, he was awarded the {{ill|Rolf-Mares-Preis|de|Theaterpreis Hamburg – Rolf Mares}} for the role in ''[[Frost/Nixon (play)|Frost/Nixon]]'' at the [[Hamburger Kammerspiele]].<ref>[http://www.rolf-mares-preis.de/preis.html Rolf-Mares-Preis]</ref><ref name="hamburg.de 2021">{{cite web | title=Volker Lechtenbrink ist verstorben | website=hamburg.de | date=10 November 2021 | url=https://www.hamburg.de/pressearchiv-fhh/15620998/volker-lechtenbrink-verstorben/ | language=de | access-date=24 November 2021}}</ref> In 2014, he was awarded the [[Biermann Ratjen Medal]] of the City of Hamburg.<ref name="hamburg.de 2021" /> The city of Hamburg honoured his life achievements in 2021 by granting him the [[Gustaf Gründgens Prize]].<ref name="hamburg.de 2021" /> He passed the prize money of €15,000 to three charity organisation.<ref name="Merkur">{{cite news | title=Volker Lechtenbrink mit Gustaf-Gründgens-Preis geehrt | newspaper=Merkur | date=17 September 2021 | url=https://www.merkur.de/kultur/volker-lechtenbrink-mit-gustaf-gruendgens-preis-geehrt-zr-90935001.html | language=de | access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref>
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Lechtenbrink acted in several German television productions during the last decades, including ''[[Der Kommissar (TV series)|Der Kommissar]]'', ''[[Derrick (TV series)|Derrick]]'', ''[[The Old Fox|Der Alte]]'', ''[[Tatort]]'', ''[[Ein Fall für zwei]]'' and some [[Rosamunde Pilcher]] films.<ref name="Series">{{cite web | title= Volker Lechtenbrink | website=fernsehserien.de | date= 2021 | url=https://www.fernsehserien.de/volker-lechtenbrink/filmografie | language=de | access-date=24 November 2021}}</ref> In 2006, he played one of the central roles in the short-lived television series ''M.E.T.R.O. – Ein Team auf Leben und Tod''.<ref>{{cite web | title=Klassiker der Woche: / "Die Brücke" / Deutscher Anti-Kriegsfilm (1959) | website=movie-shark.de | date=2 May 2021 | url=https://www.movie-shark.de/dvd-bluray/klassiker-der-woche-die-bruecke-deutscher-anti-kriegsfilm-1959/ | language=de | access-date=24 November 2021}}</ref>

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He was the German [[Dubbing (filmmaking)|dubbing]] voice of [[Burt Reynolds]], [[Kris Kristofferson]], [[Avery Brooks]] and [[Dennis Quaid]].<ref name="NDR" /><ref name="Felten 2021">{{cite web | last=Felten | first=Uwe | title=Nach schwerer Erkrankung: Schauspieler Volker Lechtenbrink mit 77 Jahren gestorben | website=RP ONLINE | date=23 November 2021 | url=https://rp-online.de/panorama/leute/volker-lechtenbrink-ist-tot-schauspieler-mit-77-jahren-gestorben_aid-64218585 | language=de | access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref> Besides his work as an actor he also started a very successful career as a singer and songwriter during the 1970s and 1980s, with songs like "Der Macher" and "Ich mag",<ref name="Focus" /> some his own, others German versions of [[country rock|country rock ballads]].<ref name="Reents" /> He wrote the lyrics to the song "[[Rücksicht]]", performed by the duo [[Hoffmann & Hoffmann]] at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1983]], achieving 5th place in a field of 20.<ref name="Feddersen 2021">{{cite news | last=Feddersen | first=Jan | title=Schauspieler Volker Lechtenbrink tot: Er schlüpfte in alle Rollen | newspaper=Die Tageszeitung: Taz | date=23 November 2021 | url=https://taz.de/!5813733/ | access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
[[File:Grabstätte Volker Lechtenbrink.jpg|thumb|Grave of Volker Lechtenbrink, Friedhof Ohlsdorf (cemetery), Hamburg]]


Lechtenbrink was married five times, including the actresses {{ill|Anja Topf|de}} and {{ill|Jeanette Arndt|de}}, and had three children.<ref name="DIE WELT 2021" /> He lived in Berlin and Hamburg.<ref name="rbb24">{{cite web | title=Volker Lechtenbrink mit 77 Jahren gestorben | website=rbb24 | url=https://www.rbb24.de/kultur/beitrag/2021/11/lechtenbrink-schauspieler-saenger-regisseur-tot-verstorben-todesfall-berlin.html | language=de | access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref> He died on 22 November 2021, aged 77.<ref name="NDR" />
Lechtenbrink was married five times, including the actresses {{ill|Anja Topf|de}} and {{ill|Jeanette Arndt|de}}, and had three children.<ref name="DIE WELT 2021" /> He lived in Berlin and Hamburg.<ref name="rbb24">{{cite web | title=Volker Lechtenbrink mit 77 Jahren gestorben | website=rbb24 | url=https://www.rbb24.de/kultur/beitrag/2021/11/lechtenbrink-schauspieler-saenger-regisseur-tot-verstorben-todesfall-berlin.html | language=de | access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref> He died on 22 November 2021, aged 77.<ref name="NDR" />

== Awards ==
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In 2010, Lechtenbrink was awarded the {{ill|Rolf-Mares-Preis|de|Theaterpreis Hamburg – Rolf Mares}} for a role in ''[[Frost/Nixon (play)|Frost/Nixon]]'' at the [[Hamburger Kammerspiele]].<ref>[http://www.rolf-mares-preis.de/preis.html Rolf-Mares-Preis]</ref><ref name="hamburg.de 2021">{{cite web|date=10 November 2021|title=Volker Lechtenbrink ist verstorben|url=https://www.hamburg.de/pressearchiv-fhh/15620998/volker-lechtenbrink-verstorben/|access-date=24 November 2021|website=hamburg.de|language=de}}</ref> In 2014, he was awarded the [[Biermann Ratjen Medal]] of the City of Hamburg.<ref name="hamburg.de 2021" /> The city of Hamburg honoured his life achievements in 2021 by granting him the [[Gustaf Gründgens Prize]].<ref name="hamburg.de 2021" /> He passed the prize money of €15,000 to three charity organisations.<ref name="Merkur">{{cite news|date=17 September 2021|title=Volker Lechtenbrink mit Gustaf-Gründgens-Preis geehrt|language=de|newspaper=Merkur|url=https://www.merkur.de/kultur/volker-lechtenbrink-mit-gustaf-gruendgens-preis-geehrt-zr-90935001.html|access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref> He won the [[Hersfeld-Preis]] (Großer Hersfeld-Preis) in 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historie: Preisträger Großer Hersfeld-Preis |url=https://www.bad-hersfelder-festspiele.de/historie.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014174943/https://www.bad-hersfelder-festspiele.de/historie.html |archive-date=2012-10-14 |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=www.bad-hersfelder-festspiele.de}}</ref>


==Albums==
==Albums==
Source:<ref name="Ehrlacher 2021">{{cite web | last=Ehrlacher | first=Frank | title=Volker Lechtenbrink – Discographie – Alle CDs, alle Songs | website=discographien.de | date=23 November 2021 | url=https://www.discographien.de/alle_cds_von_Volker+Lechtenbrink.htm | language=de | access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref>
Source:<ref name="Ehrlacher 2021">{{cite web | last=Ehrlacher | first=Frank | title=Volker Lechtenbrink – Discographie – Alle CDs, alle Songs | website=discographien.de | date=23 November 2021 | url=https://www.discographien.de/alle_cds_von_Volker+Lechtenbrink.htm | language=de | access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref>


* 1976 ''Der Macher''<ref name="DIE WELT 2021">{{cite web | title=Mit 77 Jahren: Schauspieler Volker Lechtenbrink gestorben | website=[[Die Welt]] | date=23 November 2021 | url=https://www.welt.de/kultur/article235224822/Mit-77-Jahren-Schauspieler-Volker-Lechtenbrink-gestorben.html | language=de | access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref>
* 1976 ''Der Macher''<ref name="DIE WELT 2021">{{cite news | title=Mit 77 Jahren: Schauspieler Volker Lechtenbrink gestorben | website=[[Die Welt]] | date=23 November 2021 | url=https://www.welt.de/kultur/article235224822/Mit-77-Jahren-Schauspieler-Volker-Lechtenbrink-gestorben.html | language=de | access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref>
* 1977 ''Volker Lechtenbrink Nr. 2''
* 1977 ''Volker Lechtenbrink Nr. 2''
* 1977 ''Alltagsgeschichten''
* 1977 ''Alltagsgeschichten''
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* 1989 ''Herzschlag''
* 1989 ''Herzschlag''


==Films==
== Filmography ==
Films,<ref>{{cite web | title= Volker Lechtenbrink / Darsteller | website=filmportal.de | date= 2021 | url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/volker-lechtenbrink_ec49361f669b4a699dd7d554a5ce5869 | language=de | access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref> television and television series<ref name="Series" /> with Lechtenbrink include:
Films<ref>{{cite web | title= Volker Lechtenbrink / Darsteller | website=filmportal.de | date= 2021 | url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/volker-lechtenbrink_ec49361f669b4a699dd7d554a5ce5869 | language=de | access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref> and television and television series<ref name="Series" /> with Lechtenbrink include:

* ''[[Die Brücke (film)|Die Brücke]]'' (1959)<ref name="Reents" />
* ''[[Die Brücke (film)|Die Brücke]]'' (1959)<ref name="Reents" />
* ''Corinne und der Seebär'' (1966, TV film)
* ''Corinne und der Seebär'' (1966, TV film)
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* ''[[Sonderdezernat K1]]: Flucht'' (1975, TV series episode)<ref name="Volker Lechtenbrink 2008" />
* ''[[Sonderdezernat K1]]: Flucht'' (1975, TV series episode)<ref name="Volker Lechtenbrink 2008" />
* ''[[Sonderdezernat K1]]: MP-9mm frei Haus'' (1977, TV series episode)
* ''[[Sonderdezernat K1]]: MP-9mm frei Haus'' (1977, TV series episode)
* ''Die Dämonen'' (1977, TV miniseries)<ref name="Volker Lechtenbrink 2008" />
* ''{{ill|Die Dämonen (miniseries)|de|3=Die Dämonen (1977)|lt=Die Dämonen}}'' (1977, TV miniseries)<ref name="Volker Lechtenbrink 2008" />
* ''[[Iron Gustav (TV series)|Iron Gustav]]'' (1979, TV miniseries)<ref name="Volker Lechtenbrink 2008" />
* ''[[Iron Gustav (TV series)|Iron Gustav]]'' (1979, TV miniseries)<ref name="Volker Lechtenbrink 2008" />
* ''[[Sonderdezernat K1]]: Die Rache eines V-Mannes'' (1981, TV series episode)<ref name="Volker Lechtenbrink 2008" />
* ''[[Sonderdezernat K1]]: Die Rache eines V-Mannes'' (1981, TV series episode)<ref name="Volker Lechtenbrink 2008" />
* ''{{Ill|Der Sommer des Samurai|de}}'' (1986)<ref name="Volker Lechtenbrink 2008" />
* ''{{ill|The Summer of the Samurai|de|Der Sommer des Samurai}}'' (1986)<ref name="Volker Lechtenbrink 2008" />
* ''[[Derrick (TV series)|Derrick]]: Schonzeit für Mörder'' (1986, TV series episode)<ref name="Hung">{{cite web | last=Hung | first=Steffen | title=Derrick: Schonzeit für Mörder (S1E145) | website=filmcharts.ch | url=https://filmcharts.ch/series.asp?todo=showepisode&serie_id=401&season=1&episode=145 | language=de | access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref>
* ''[[Derrick (TV series)|Derrick]]: Schonzeit für Mörder'' (1986, TV series episode)<ref name="Hung">{{cite web | last=Hung | first=Steffen | title=Derrick: Schonzeit für Mörder (S1E145) | website=filmcharts.ch | url=https://filmcharts.ch/series.asp?todo=showepisode&serie_id=401&season=1&episode=145 | language=de | access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref>
* ''[[Ein Fall für zwei]]: Irgendwann'' (1987, TV series episode)<ref name="Hamburger Allgemeine Rundschau 2021">{{cite web | title=Hamburger Schauspieler Volker Lechtenbrink ist tot | website=Hamburger Allgemeine Rundschau | date=23 November 2021 | url=https://www.hamburger-allgemeine.de/hamburger-schauspieler-volker-lechtenbrink-ist-tot/ | language=de | access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref>
* ''[[Ein Fall für zwei]]: Irgendwann'' (1987, TV series episode)<ref name="Hamburger Allgemeine Rundschau 2021">{{cite web | title=Hamburger Schauspieler Volker Lechtenbrink ist tot | website=Hamburger Allgemeine Rundschau | date=23 November 2021 | url=https://www.hamburger-allgemeine.de/hamburger-schauspieler-volker-lechtenbrink-ist-tot/ | language=de | access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref>
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* ''[[Der Hausgeist]]'' (1991–1993, TV series, 19 episodes)
* ''[[Der Hausgeist]]'' (1991–1993, TV series, 19 episodes)
* ''[[By Way of the Stars]]'' (1992, TV miniseries)
* ''[[By Way of the Stars]]'' (1992, TV miniseries)
* ''[[Ein Fall für zwei]]: Rache'' (1993, TV series episode)<ref name="KG 2021">{{cite web | title=Ein Fall für zwei Folge 106: Rache | website=fernsehserien.de | date=11 August 2021 | url=https://www.fernsehserien.de/ein-fall-fuer-zwei/folgen/106-rache-119934 | language=de | access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref>
* ''[[Ein Fall für zwei]]: Rache'' (1993, TV series episode)<ref name="KG 2021">{{cite web | title=Ein Fall für zwei Folge 106: Rache | publisher=fernsehserien.de | date=11 August 2021 | url=https://www.fernsehserien.de/ein-fall-fuer-zwei/folgen/106-rache-119934 | language=de | access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref>
* ''{{ill|When Santa Fell to Earth (film)|de|3=Als der Weihnachtsmann vom Himmel fiel (2011)|lt=When Santa Fell to Earth}}'' (2011)


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* {{IMDb name|0496108|name=Volker Lechtenbrink}}
* {{IMDb name|0496108|name=Volker Lechtenbrink}}
* {{YouTube|utU7YI7yJrI|Miss–Verstehen Sie mich richtig (interview Gregor Gysi & Volker Lechtenbrink, 26 March 2021)}}
* {{YouTube|utU7YI7yJrI|Miss–Verstehen Sie mich richtig (interview Gregor Gysi & Volker Lechtenbrink, 26 March 2021)}}


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Latest revision as of 18:47, 26 August 2024

Volker Lechtenbrink
Born18 August 1944
Cranz, East Prussia, Prussia, Nazi Germany (now Zelenogradsk, Russia)
Died22 November 2021(2021-11-22) (aged 77)
Hamburg, Germany
Occupations
Organizations
AwardsGustaf Gründgens Prize

Volker Lechtenbrink (18 August 1944 – 22 November 2021) was a German actor on stage, in film and television, a singer-songwriter, dubbing artist, stage director and theatre manager. He played in the anti-war movie The Bridge in 1959 at age 14. He appeared in popular television series including Der Kommissar, Der Alte and Tatort. Lechtenbrink was stage director at the Ernst Deutsch Theater in Hamburg, and intendant of the Bad Hersfelder Festspiele.

Early life

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Lechtenbrink was born in Cranz, East Prussia, Prussia, Germany (now Zelenogradsk, Russia),[1] but grew up in Hamburg and Bremen where his family lived after World War II. He started his career at the age of 14 acting in the Oscar-nominated anti-war movie The Bridge (1959) by director Bernhard Wicki.[2][3]

After leaving the Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums a year after completing his mittlere Reife, he was educated at the drama school of the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg.[4][5] He worked as an actor, later also stage director at the Ernst Deutsch Theater in Hamburg. Between 2004 and 2006, he was the theatre's intendant. From 1995 and 1997, he was also intendant of the Bad Hersfelder Festspiele.[4]

Career

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Lechtenbrink acted in several German television productions during the last decades, including Der Kommissar, Derrick, Der Alte, Tatort, Ein Fall für zwei and some Rosamunde Pilcher films.[6] In 2006, he played one of the central roles in the short-lived television series M.E.T.R.O. – Ein Team auf Leben und Tod.[7]

He was the German dubbing voice of Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, Avery Brooks and Dennis Quaid.[3][8] Besides his work as an actor he also started a very successful career as a singer and songwriter during the 1970s and 1980s, with songs like "Der Macher" and "Ich mag",[4] some his own, others German versions of country rock ballads.[2] He wrote the lyrics to the song "Rücksicht", performed by the duo Hoffmann & Hoffmann at the Eurovision Song Contest 1983, achieving 5th place in a field of 20.[9]

Personal life

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Grave of Volker Lechtenbrink, Friedhof Ohlsdorf (cemetery), Hamburg

Lechtenbrink was married five times, including the actresses Anja Topf [de] and Jeanette Arndt [de], and had three children.[10] He lived in Berlin and Hamburg.[11] He died on 22 November 2021, aged 77.[3]

Awards

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In 2010, Lechtenbrink was awarded the Rolf-Mares-Preis [de] for a role in Frost/Nixon at the Hamburger Kammerspiele.[12][13] In 2014, he was awarded the Biermann Ratjen Medal of the City of Hamburg.[13] The city of Hamburg honoured his life achievements in 2021 by granting him the Gustaf Gründgens Prize.[13] He passed the prize money of €15,000 to three charity organisations.[14] He won the Hersfeld-Preis (Großer Hersfeld-Preis) in 1997.[15]

Albums

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Source:[16]

  • 1976 Der Macher[10]
  • 1977 Volker Lechtenbrink Nr. 2
  • 1977 Alltagsgeschichten
  • 1978 Meine Tür steht immer offen
  • 1978 Der Spieler[9]
  • 1980 Leben so wie ich es mag
  • 1981 Schon möglich
  • 1982 Wer spielt mit mir
  • 1982 Ich mag
  • 1983 Lebe heute
  • 1984 Zurückgelehnt
  • 1987 Ich kann gewinnen
  • 1989 Herzschlag

Filmography

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Films[17] and television and television series[6] with Lechtenbrink include:

References

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  1. ^ "Schauspieler und Sänger Volker Lechtenbrink ist tot". tagesschau.de (in German). 23 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Reents, Edo (23 November 2021). "Nachruf Volker Lechtenbrink: Der Macher". FAZ (in German). Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Schauspieler Volker Lechtenbrink ist tot". NDR (in German). 23 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Die Promi-Geburtstage vom 18. August 2014: Volker Lechtenbrink". Focus Online. Focus. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Schauspieler Volker Lechtenbrink gestorben". Focus (in German). 23 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Volker Lechtenbrink". fernsehserien.de (in German). 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Klassiker der Woche: / "Die Brücke" / Deutscher Anti-Kriegsfilm (1959)". movie-shark.de (in German). 2 May 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  8. ^ Felten, Uwe (23 November 2021). "Nach schwerer Erkrankung: Schauspieler Volker Lechtenbrink mit 77 Jahren gestorben". RP ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  9. ^ a b Feddersen, Jan (23 November 2021). "Schauspieler Volker Lechtenbrink tot: Er schlüpfte in alle Rollen". Die Tageszeitung: Taz. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Mit 77 Jahren: Schauspieler Volker Lechtenbrink gestorben". Die Welt (in German). 23 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  11. ^ "Volker Lechtenbrink mit 77 Jahren gestorben". rbb24 (in German). Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  12. ^ Rolf-Mares-Preis
  13. ^ a b c "Volker Lechtenbrink ist verstorben". hamburg.de (in German). 10 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  14. ^ "Volker Lechtenbrink mit Gustaf-Gründgens-Preis geehrt". Merkur (in German). 17 September 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  15. ^ "Historie: Preisträger Großer Hersfeld-Preis". www.bad-hersfelder-festspiele.de. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  16. ^ Ehrlacher, Frank (23 November 2021). "Volker Lechtenbrink – Discographie – Alle CDs, alle Songs". discographien.de (in German). Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  17. ^ "Volker Lechtenbrink / Darsteller". filmportal.de (in German). 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  18. ^ "Der Kommissar Folge 14: Das Ungeheuer". fernsehserien.de (in German). 11 August 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  19. ^ a b c d e f "Biografie". Volker Lechtenbrink (in German). 12 November 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  20. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Derrick: Schonzeit für Mörder (S1E145)". filmcharts.ch (in German). Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  21. ^ "Hamburger Schauspieler Volker Lechtenbrink ist tot". Hamburger Allgemeine Rundschau (in German). 23 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  22. ^ "Ein Fall für zwei Folge 106: Rache" (in German). fernsehserien.de. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
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