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Ludwig Blochberger
Ludwig Blochberger in 2014
Born (1982-12-03) 3 December 1982 (age 41)
East Berlin, East Germany
EducationErnst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts
OccupationActor

Ludwig Blochberger (born 3 December 1982) is a German actor. He is best known for his appearance in the coming of age movie Summer Storm dealing with issues around sexual orientation. He also appeared on German TV drama programmes including The Old Fox, Tatort and Brittany Mystery. Furthermore he portrayed the Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, in the TV documentary drama Helmut Schmidt - Lebensfragen.

Early life

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Ludwig Blochberger was born in 1982 in East Berlin. His father Lutz Blochberger (an actor and director) and his mother Gitta Blochberger (a puppeteer)[1][2] studied at this time at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin. In 1984, the family moved to Dresden, due to the theater engagements of the two parents. In 1990, Ludwig attended the Kreuzschule in Dresden for one year.[3] Then in 1992 they moved to Vienna,[4] and he stayed with the Vienna Boys' Choir until 1995.[3] With this famous Austrian boys choir, he got to know the world early via the joint concert tours (Japan,[2] Australia, USA). In 1995, he had his first theater appearance, he participated in the open air theater in Chur (in Switzerland) in the theater production of Woyzeck. Then he could continue with other performances at the Vienna Burgtheater,[5] among other things, he played Prince Edward III in the production of Edward II, directed by Claus Peymann.[6] In 1999, Ludwig returned to his native Berlin and in 2000, he starred in the multi-award-winning TV three-part mini-series The Manns - Novel of a Century, as the role of 'Klaus Heuser', alongside actor Armin Mueller-Stahl.[5] In the same year, he ended his school career and one year later began his acting studies at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts.

While still a drama student, he was in the cinema production of Summer Storm (directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner) and also in the 2006 Oscar-winning film [7] The Lives of Others (directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck).[8] Then in the TV movie Der Vater meiner Schwester,[9] (directed by Christoph Stark), a family drama in which Ludwig starred together with Katharina Schüttler and Christian Berkel, which premiered at the Munich Film Festival and earned him an Undine Award nomination for Best Young Actor (TV).[10] In 2005, he completed his acting training and worked in three episodes of Tatort, among others, he played a leading role as directed by Niki Stein.[11][12] In the movie The Last Train (directed by Joseph Vilsmaier & Dana Vávrová), he played the unscrupulous SS Obersturmführer Crewes, who escorted one of the last deportation trains to Auschwitz.[13]

Among his most important theatrical works to date include the productions of director Hans Neuenfels, who in 2005 brought him to Bochum for his world premiere of Schumann, Schubert und der Schnee, an "opera for piano" at the Ruhrtriennale (arts festival in Ruhr). Ludwig played the role of Franz Schubert alongside the baritone singer Olaf Bär in this fictional encounter between the two musical geniuses.[14] For this production, there is also a 60-minute film documentary by director Enrique Sánchez Lansch Sound of the Ruhr. In 2007, Neuenfels cast him in the title role of Baal, written by Bertolt Brecht, at the Münchner Volkstheater.[15] In the same year Ludwig also played for the first time under the direction of his father Lutz Blochberger, in the main role in the world premiere of the tragicomedy Heil Hitler!,[16] by the playwright Rolf Hochhuth at the Academy of Arts, Berlin.[17]

In 2013 Italien film director Liliana Cavani cast him as Pope Innocent III in her film adaptation “Francesco” (2013). Furthermore he portrayed the former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt in the TV documentary drama “Helmut Schmidt - Questions of Life” directed by Ben von Grafenstein. [5][18] From 2013 to 2015 Blochberger starred as Riwal in the German crime series “Inspector Dupin” based on the novels by author Jean-Luc Bannalec which were filmed in Brittany (France). From 2015 to 2021 he then starred in the crime series “The Old Fox” as commissioner Tom Kupfer. In “The End of Dreams” (2023) directed by Olga Chajdas he was playing the commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Rudolf Höss. The docudrama series was filmed at the original location in Poland. Since 2024 he is performing a solo concert reading of “The Book of Those Killed by Neil Young” by Navid Kermani where he sings and plays songs by Neil Young live on guitar.

Personal life

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Ludwig Blochberger is father of a Portuguese-German son, born in 2021. He is a three time Berlin Marathon finisher.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Director Role Notes
2001 Mein lieber Herr Gesangsverein Marcel Neudeck Alexander (Short)
2004 Summer Storm Marco Kreuzpaintner Oli
2006 The Lives of Others Florian Henckel von Donnersmark Benedikt Lehmann
The Last Train Joseph Vilsmaier, Dana Vávrová Crewes [13]
2008 The Reader Stephen Daldry Seminar Group Student
The Anarchist's Wife Marie Noëlle, Peter Sehr Luis (voice)
2009 Effi Briest Hermine Huntgeburth Nienkerken
21:37 Michal Ostatkiewicz Werberegisseur [19]
2012 Endspiel - Das Ende des Theaters Robert Besta Marco (Short)
2013 Abbitte eines Mörders Julian Cohn Pater (Short)
2019 A Gschicht über d'Lieb [de] Peter Evers Thomas

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1998 Wie eine schwarze Möwe Carl Theodor (TV Movie)
2001 The Manns - Novel of a Century Klaus Heuser (TV Mini-Series)
2002 Liebling, bring die Hühner ins Bett Kai Teuffel (TV Movie)
Dr. Sommerfeld – Neues vom Bülowbogen Hajo Henisch TV series, 1 episode
2003 Wolff's Turf Jakob Zinner TV series, 1 episode
Tage des Sturms Jugendlicher (TV Movie)
Die Stimmen Heiko Adler (TV Movie)
Die Cleveren Frank Walberg TV series, 1 episode
2004 Die Konferenz Victor Leysen (TV Movie)
Die Versuchung Matthias Brendel (TV Movie)
2005 Die Wache Mark TV series, 1 episode
Der Vater meiner Schwester Paul Schneider (TV Movie)
Die letzte Schlacht Hannes Schachelhuber (TV Movie)
2005 - 2006 Arme Millionäre Hartwig von Thurnberg TV series, 3 episodes
2005 - 2012 Tatort Alexander Kern (2005)[20]/ Lukas Eckermann (2005)/ Manuel Dettmer (2006)/ Sebastian Lesniak (2012) TV series, 4 episodes
2005 - 2013 Leipzig Homicide Bernd Michels (2005)/ Torsten Flimm (2013) TV series, 2 episodes
2006 Schumann, Schubert und der Schnee ('Schumann, Schubert and the Snow') Franz Schubert (TV Movie)
2006 - 2014 SOKO Wismar Pepe Passlack (2006)/ Pfleger Michael (2014) TV series, 2 episodes
2006 - 2019 Cologne P.D. Holger Meyer (2006)/ Dietmar Reichenbach (2011)/ David Becker (2019) TV series, 3 episodes
2007 Die Todesautomatik FDJ-Funktionär (TV Movie)
Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei Billy the Kid TV series, 1 episode
2007 - 2017 Vienna Crime Squad Ben Steiner (2007)/ Johannes Ebner (2017) TV series, 2 episodes
2008 Stolberg Eddi von Westhofen TV series, 1 episode
Notruf Hafenkante Christoph Wagner TV series, 1 episode
Der Kriminalist Lars Wolkenhaar TV series, 1 episode
Küstenwache Hannes Börnsen TV series, 1 episode
2008-2018 The Old Fox Matthias Holt (2008)/ Moritz Fuchs (2010)/ Fabian Ferencz (2014)/ (Tom Kupfer 2015-2018) TV series, 27 episodes
2009 Liebling, weck die Hühner auf Kai Teuffel (TV Movie)
Polizeiruf 110 Hagen Dietrich TV series, 1 episode
Der Raketenmann - Wernher von Braun und der Traum vom Mond Wernher von Braun 1928-1945 (TV Movie documentary)[21]
Ein geheimnisvoller Sommer Paul (TV Movie)
Ein starkes Team Armin TV series, 1 episode
2009 - 2014 SOKO Kitzbühel Flo Hacker (2009)/ Moritz Nowak (2014) TV series, 2 episodes
2010 Until Nothing Remains Chris (TV Movie)
2011 Der Staatsanwalt Boris Glatt TV series, 1 episode
Tango Jens (TV Short)
Nord Nord Mord Claus Niebecker TV series, 1 episode
Danni Lowinski Burkhard Adam TV series, 1 episode
Doctor's Diary Johannes Minze TV series, 1 episode
2012 Ein Fall für zwei Felix Lessing TV series, 1 episode
Lena Fauch Max Trautenwolf TV series, 1 episode
Spreewaldkrimi René Müller TV series, 1 episode
Die Chefin Florian Koch TV series, 1 episode
2013 Helmut Schmidt - Lebensfragen Helmut Schmidt (aged 23–35) (TV Movie)
Stuttgart Homicide Alexander Konrad TV series, 1 episode
Bloch Lukas Rudolf TV series, 1 episode
Letzte Spur Berlin Tom Zielke TV series, 1 episode
Generation War Freitag TV Mini-series, 1 episode
Mein Kampf mit Hitler - 'Machtergreifung' 1933 Sebastian Haffner[3] (TV Movie)
2014 Francesco Papa Innocenzo III (TV Movie)[3]
Murder by the Lake Jonas Zimmermann TV series, 1 episode
2014 - 2018 Commissaire Dupin Inspector Riwal TV series, 5 episodes
2015 Kommissarin Heller Maik Voigt TV series, 1 episode [1]
2016 Hidden Identity [de] David Wendt (TV Movie)
2017 München Mord - Auf der Straße, nachts, allein Lukas Finke (TV Movie)
Die Spezialisten - Im Namen der Opfer Frank Singer TV series, 1 episode
2018 Commissaire Dupin Inspector Riwal (TV Movie)

References

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  1. ^ a b "MDR um 4 Folge 1644: Gäste zum Kaffee" (in German). fernsehserien.de. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b Lauer, Luigi (23 December 2013). "Corsogespräch - "Man erbt im Guten wie im Bösen"". Deutschlandfunk (in German). Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d Ortmanns, Nadine. "Interview mit Schauspieler Ludwig Blochberger - kontinente". www.kontinente.org (in German). Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Ludwig Blochberger". ichmussteraus.de (in German). Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  5. ^ a b c "Ludwig Blochberger: Schmidt ist ein emotionaler Mensch". FOCUS Online (in German). 20 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  6. ^ Mattheiß, Uwe (24 February 1998). "Peymann. Ein Königsdrama". Die Tageszeitung: taz (in German). p. 17. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Nominees & Winners for the 79th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 6 August 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  8. ^ Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, John le Carré, Alexander Zuckrow, Alexander Starritt and Shaun Whiteside The Lives of Others: A Screenplay, p. 128, at Google Books
  9. ^ Klaudia Wick (8 March 2006). "Gut gemeinte Lügen". Berliner Zeitung.
  10. ^ "Undine Award-Verleihung 2005, AustriaWiki im Austria-Forum". austria-forum.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  11. ^ Joachim Hess Tatort A-Z: 40 Jahre Tatort - Referenzbuch mit Glossar 1970 - 2012, p. 648, at Google Books
  12. ^ Rüdiger Dingemann Tatort - Das Lexikon: Alle Fakten. Alle Fälle. Alle Kommissare, p. 810, at Google Books
  13. ^ a b Cockrell, Eddie (11 February 2007). "The Last Train". Variety. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  14. ^ "Theatre, opera, dance - Schumann-Portal". www.schumann-portal.de (in German). Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  15. ^ Banitzki, Wolf. "Baal - Theaterkritiken München". www.theaterkritiken.com. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  16. ^ Möller, Barbara (15 January 2007). "Verrückt nach Adolf". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  17. ^ "Rolf Hochhuth - Heil Hitler! UA". youtube.com. 3 May 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  18. ^ "Ludwig Blochberger: Schmidt ist ein emotionaler Mensch". Westfälische Nachrichten (in German). 20 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  19. ^ "21:37: Kinoprogramm Kinos Berlin". www.berlinien.de. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  20. ^ "Leerstand - Tatort - ARD, Das Erste". www.daserste.de (in German). Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  21. ^ "Wernher von Braun - Part 1 , In Focus , Deutsche Welle". 28 June 2008. Archived from the original on 28 June 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
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