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Jürgen Holtz
Born(1932-08-10)10 August 1932
Berlin, Weimar Republic
Died21 June 2020(2020-06-21) (aged 87)
Berlin, Germany
EducationTheaterhochschule Leipzig
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Artist
Years active1957–2020
Organizations
Awards

Jürgen Holtz (10 August 1932 – 21 June 2020) was a German actor on stage and in film, and an artist and author.[1] He appeared in more than seventy films since 1957. On stage he played leading roles in East Berlin, including with the Berliner Ensemble, and from 1983 in the West, in both classics such as Shakespeare and Brecht whose Galilei he played at age 86, and contemporary theatre, such as the title role in the premiere of Moritz Tassow by Peter Hacks.

Life

Born in Berlin, Holtz attended the Humboldt-Oberschule [de] in Berlin-Tegel from 1943, from 1943 bis 1945 the Oberschule in Neustadt bei Coburg, to where he was evacuated. [1] He returned to Berlin, hoping to find his parents.[2] From 1945 to 1948, he attended again the Humboldt Oberschule, then the Schulfarm Insel Scharfenberg [de] in Tegel.[1] With other students, he left for East Berlin in 1949 when the director was fired,[2] where he went to boarding schools in Döllnkrug and Himmelpfort, achieving the Abitur in 1952.[1] Holtz studied acting at the Deutsches Theaterinstitut in Weimar from 1952 and at the Theaterhochschule Leipzig from 1953, graduating in 1955.[2] His first engagements were in Erfurt (1955–1957) and in Brandenburg an der Havel (1957–1960), and Greifswald 1960 to 1964. He then played at the Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz in East Berlin, and from 1966 to 1974 at the Deutsches Theater there.[1] Among is roles was the title role in the world premiere of Moritz Tassow by Peter Hacks in 1966, directed by Benno Besson,[2] and Angelo in Shakespeare's Maß für Maß (Measure for Measure) in 1968, staged by Adolf Dresen [de].

From 1974, Holtz was a member of the Berliner Ensemble. In 1983, he remained in West Germany after a guest performance, working at the Theater Bochum and the Schauspiel Frankfurt.[2] He played from 1995 at the Deutsches Theater Berlin again, and from 2000 as a guest at the Nationaltheater Mannheim.[1] He often worked in radio, film and television.[1]

At age 86, Holtz played from January 2019 the title role in Brecht's Leben des Galilei, adapted by Frank Castorf for the Berliner Ensemble to a six-hours event;[2][3] he sometimes appeared naked.[4]

His paintings have been shown in exhibitions, such as in 2020 by the Bernet Bertram gallery in Berlin.[4] He wrote an autobipography, He, Geist! Wo geht die Reise hin? Reden. Einreden. Widerreden, publishd in 2015.[5][6]

He died of cancer in Berlin.[2][4]

Film and television

Year Title Role Notes
2014 Stereo Alter Geistheiler[7]
2010 Drei Elisabeth I / Elisabeth II[8]
2007 Du bist nicht allein Herr Klotz[9]
2003 Good Bye, Lenin! Herr Ganske
2001 Made in Israel[5]
1993 Motzki[5] title role TV series
1989 Reporter[5] Struck TV series
1986 Rosa Luxemburg Karl Kautsky
1985 Morenga
1957 Berlin, Ecke Schönhauser[5]

Publication

  • Jürgen Holtz: He, Geist! Wo geht die Reise hin? Reden. Einreden. Widerreden. in: Theater der Zeit, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-95749-011-7. (autobiography)[6]

Exhibitions

  • 2017: Jürgen Holtz. Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, Schriftfiguren (2017). Galerie Bernet Bertram, Berlin[10]
  • 2020: Kaspar, Puppe, Krokodil. Satiren, Karikaturen, Abstraktionen. Einzelausstellung 13. Juni bis 29. August 2020, Galerie Bernet Bertram, Berlin[11]

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Holtz, Jürgen". bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de (in German). Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Seidler, Ulrich (21 June 2020). "Nachruf: Berliner Schauspieler Jürgen Holtz gestorben". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  3. ^ Dürr, Anke (20 January 2019). "Castorf-Premiere in Berlin: Er raubt uns den Verstand". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Laages, Michael (21 June 2020). "Zum Tod von Jürgen Holtz – Ein widerspenstiger Geist – auf der Suche nach Wahrheit". Deutschlandfunk (in German). Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h Ruschkowski, Klaudia (30 September 2018). "Hörspiel: Solo mit dem Schauspieler Jürgen HoltzTheatertier, das ich bin". Deutschlandfunk (in German). Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Holtz, Jürgen". German National Library (in German). Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  7. ^ Stereo
  8. ^ Drei / Detail ssl.ofdb.de
  9. ^ Du bist nicht allein filmportal.de
  10. ^ "Jürgen Holtz (Exhibition) 15. bis 29. Juli 2017 22. August bis 23. September 2017: Zeichnungen / Karikaturen und Schriftfiguren und Aquarelle". Galerie Bernet Bertram.
    Marleen Stoessel (2017-08-23). "Jürgen Holtz-Ausstellung: Fünf Striche, ein Universum". Tagesspiegel.de.
  11. ^ Ulrich Seidler: Kindliches Staunen und Entsetzen. Die neuen Bilder des Schauspielers Jürgen Holtz. In: Berliner Zeitung, 15 June 2020.
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