Gerhard Polt
Gerhard Polt | |
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Occupation(s) | author, filmmaker, cabaret artist |
Known for | Man spricht deutsch |
Gerhard Polt (born 7 May 1942 in Munich[1]) is a German writer, filmmaker,[2] actor and satirical cabaret artist from Bavaria.[3]
Gerhard Polt's main topics are Bavarian people, culture and politics. On stage he often plays the role of an ignorant Bavarian petty bourgeoisie. One of his trademarks is the constant switching and the combining of Bavarian, Standard German 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 West Germany as a result of his television comedy series Fast wia im richtigen Leben (Almost like in real life). In the following years, he was writer and actor in the movies Kehraus (1983), Man spricht deutsh [sic] [de] (1987), Germanikus [de] (2004), and writer and director of Herr Ober! [de] (1992).
He's one of the most regarded and highest decorated German cabaret artists.
Awards (selection)
[edit]- 1980 Deutscher Kleinkunstpreis[4]
- 1982 Adolf-Grimme-Preis[5]
- 1984 Deutscher Darstellerpreis[6]
- 2002 Prix Pantheon[7]
- 2006 Kassel Literary Prize.[8]
- 2017: Honorary Prize of the Bavarian minister-president at the Bavarian TV-Awards[9]
- 2019 Cultural Honor Prize of the City of Munich[10]
- 2021 Bavarian Order of Merit[11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Prager, Brad (30 March 2012). A Companion to Werner Herzog. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 250–. ISBN 978-1-4443-6140-7. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- ^ Lüdi, Heidi; Lüdi, Toni; Schreiber, Kathinka (2000). Movie Worlds: Production Design in Film. Edition Axel Menges. pp. 118–. ISBN 978-3-932565-13-7. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- ^ Haines, Brigid; Parker, Stephen; Williams, Rhys W.; Colin Riordan (17 March 2010). Aesthetics and Politics in Modern German Culture: Festschrift in Honour of Rhys W. Williams. Peter Lang. pp. 73–. ISBN 978-3-03911-355-2. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- ^ "Preis für Polt". Der Spiegel (in German). 30 November 1980. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ "Autorenporträt zu Gerhard Polt". bavarikon (in German). Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ "Chronik". Bundesverband Regie (in German). Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ Bonn, Pantheon Theater. "Alle Preisträger und Nominierten". Prix Pantheon (in German). Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ "Kasseler Literaturpreis an Gerhard Polt". Der Standard (in German). 26 June 2006. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
- ^ "Der Blaue Panther – 29. Bayerischer Fernsehpreis: Ehrenpreis des Bayerischen Ministerpräsidenten für den Kabarettisten und Autor Gerhard Polt – Bayerisches Landesportal". Bayerisches Landesportal – Das Landesportal des Freistaats Bayern und der Bayerischen Staatsregierung (in German). Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ "Kultureller Ehrenpreis". Rathaus – Landeshauptstadt München (in German). Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ "Bayerischer Verdienstorden für Gerhard Polt: OB Reiter gratuliert". Landeshauptstadt München. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
External links
[edit]- Gerhard Polt at IMDb
- 1942 births
- German male film actors
- German male television actors
- Film directors from Munich
- Living people
- Male actors from Munich
- German male dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century German dramatists and playwrights
- 21st-century German dramatists and playwrights
- German cabaret performers
- German male comedians
- Comedians from Munich