Manfred Krug
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Manfred Krug is a German
actor and singer.
In 1976 the East German government (GDR) forbade Krug to work as an actor and singer because he participated in protests against the expulsion and stripping of GDR citizenship of Wolf Biermann
. On April 20, 1977 he requested to leave the GDR and as soon as he got the approval he left the GDR and moved to Schöneberg
in West Berlin
.
After moving back to West Germany he very soon got new roles as an actor but very rarely sung in public for a long time. In 1978 Krug appeared as one of the male leads of the action-drama television series Auf Achse
, and would continue to appear on the series until 1995, one year before the show ended its long run. Krug's various television roles even included a two-year stint on the children's program Sesamstraße
, the German version of the American children's program Sesame Street
. In the 1980s and 1990s, he also starred as Hauptkommissar Paul Stoever in the Tatort
series of TV crime movies, which would eventually run for forty installments in total.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
actor and singer.
Life and work
After moving to East Germany at the age of 13, Manfred Krug worked at a steel plant before beginning his acting career on the stage and, ultimately, in film. By the end of the 1950s he had several film roles, and in 1960 he appeared in Frank Beyer's successful war movie Fünf Patronenhülsen (Five Cartridges). Many more film roles followed, with Krug often cast as a socialist hero. Krug also achieved notability as a popular jazz singer, often in collaboration with composer Guenther Fischer.In 1976 the East German government (GDR) forbade Krug to work as an actor and singer because he participated in protests against the expulsion and stripping of GDR citizenship of Wolf Biermann
Wolf Biermann
Karl Wolf Biermann is a German singer-songwriter and former East German dissident.-Early life:Biermann's father, who worked on the Hamburg docks, was a German Jew and a member of the German Resistance....
. On April 20, 1977 he requested to leave the GDR and as soon as he got the approval he left the GDR and moved to Schöneberg
Schöneberg
Schöneberg is a locality of Berlin, Germany. Until Berlin's 2001 administrative reform it was a separate borough including the locality of Friedenau. Together with the former borough of Tempelhof it is now part of the new borough of Tempelhof-Schöneberg....
in West Berlin
West Berlin
West Berlin was a political exclave that existed between 1949 and 1990. It comprised the western regions of Berlin, which were bordered by East Berlin and parts of East Germany. West Berlin consisted of the American, British, and French occupation sectors, which had been established in 1945...
.
After moving back to West Germany he very soon got new roles as an actor but very rarely sung in public for a long time. In 1978 Krug appeared as one of the male leads of the action-drama television series Auf Achse
Auf Achse (TV series)
Auf Achse was a German television series on the ARD channel. The series ran from 1977 until 1996 and 86 episodes were produced altogether.- Plot :...
, and would continue to appear on the series until 1995, one year before the show ended its long run. Krug's various television roles even included a two-year stint on the children's program Sesamstraße
Sesamstraße
Sesamstraße is the German-language version of Sesame Street, a children's television program. It airs primarily in Germany and the surrounding German-speaking countries. The show premièred on 8th January 1973, Sesamstraße has been running on Norddeutscher Rundfunk since 1973; it's now in its...
, the German version of the American children's program Sesame Street
Sesame Street
Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...
. In the 1980s and 1990s, he also starred as Hauptkommissar Paul Stoever in the Tatort
Tatort
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss , crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF 2 in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland...
series of TV crime movies, which would eventually run for forty installments in total.
Awards
- 1962 Heinrich-Greif-Preis First Class for Auf der SonnenseiteOn the Sunny Side (film)On the Sunny Side is an East German musical comedy film, directed by Ralf Kirsten and starring Manfred Krug. It was released in 1962.-Plot:...
, ensemble award
- 1963 Erich-Weinert-Medaille for Beschreibung eines Sommers with Christel Bodenstein
- 1965 Erich-Weinert-Medaille for Die Abenteuer des Werner HoltDie Abenteuer des Werner Holt (Film)Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt is an East German film. It was released in 1965.-Plot:Werner Holt, a young Wehrmacht soldier stationed on the eastern border of Germany in the last days of World War II, is awaiting the attack of the Red Army with his friend and commander Gilbert Wolzow...
, ensemble award
- 1968 National Prize of East GermanyNational Prize of East GermanyThe National Prize of the German Democratic Republic was an award of the German Democratic Republic given out in three different classes for scientific, artistic, and other meritorious achievement...
First Class for Wege übers LandWays across the CountryWays across the Country is a 1968 East German television miniseries, directed by Martin Ackermann.-Episode I:...
, ensemble award
- 1971 National Prize of East Germany Second Class
- 1972 "Ehrende Anerkennung" (Special Award) at Workers' Filmfestival of CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
for Die gestohlene Schlacht
- 1973 Verdienstmedaille der DDR
- 1979 Goldene EuropaGoldene EuropaThe Goldene Europa award is the oldest German Television award for artists and entertainers. It was awarded from 1968 to 2003. In the years 1989 and 2001, there were no ceremonies...
of Europawelle Saar
- 1984 Goldener BambiBambi (prize)The Bambi - Deutschlands Wichtigster Medienpreis, often simply called Bambi Awards and stylized as BAMBI, are presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year",...
- 1990 Bayerischer FernsehpreisBayerischer FernsehpreisBayerischer Fernsehpreis is an award presented by the government of Bavaria, Germany since 1989.- 2010 :* Nina Gummich, Nachwuchsförderpreis * Klaus Doldinger, Bavarian Prime Minister's Prize- 2009 :...
for TV series Liebling KreuzbergLiebling KreuzbergLiebling Kreuzberg is a German television series. It shows the work of advocats in Berlin in 1986-1998. The main character is called "Robert Liebling" . The theme-music was played by Klaus Doldinger....
(SFB/NDR/WDR), together with Jurek BeckerJurek BeckerJurek Becker was a Polish-born German writer, film-author and GDR dissident. His most famous novel is Jacob the Liar, which has been made into two films. He lived in Łódź during World War II for about two years and survived the Holocaust.-Childhood:Jurek Becker was born in 1937 and lived in the...
and Werner Masten
- 1990 Bavarian Film AwardsBayerischer FilmpreisThe Bavarian Film Awards have been awarded annually since 1979 by the State Government of Bavaria in Germany for “exceptional achievement in German filmmaking.” Along with the German Film Awards, these are the most highly regarded awards for filmmaking achievement in Germany.The Bavarian Film...
, Best Actor http://www.bayern.de/Anlage19170/PreistraegerdesBayerischenFilmpreises-Pierrot.pdf
- 2006 Platin RomyRomy (TV award)The Romy TV award in honor of the actress Romy Schneider was created in 1990 by the Austrian newspaper Kurier – or rather their movie reviewer Rudolf John, who also designed the 30.5 cm gilded trophy. It recalls a scene from the movie The Swimmingpool with Alain Delon, when Romy Schneider...
lifetime award
Filmography (Selection)
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The Blue One The Blue One is a 1994 German drama film written and directed by Lienhard Wawrzyn. It was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Manfred Krug as Otto Skrodt* Ulrich Mühe as Karl 'Kalle' Kaminski... |
Television
- 1968: Wege übers LandWays across the CountryWays across the Country is a 1968 East German television miniseries, directed by Martin Ackermann.-Episode I:...
- 1973: Stülpner-LegendeStülpner-LegendeStülpner-Legende is a German television series....
- 1982: Die Fischer von Moorhövd
- Auf Achse
- Liebling KreuzbergLiebling KreuzbergLiebling Kreuzberg is a German television series. It shows the work of advocats in Berlin in 1986-1998. The main character is called "Robert Liebling" . The theme-music was played by Klaus Doldinger....
- TatortTatortTatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss , crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF 2 in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland...
- Wir sind auch nur ein Volk
- SesamstraßeSesamstraßeSesamstraße is the German-language version of Sesame Street, a children's television program. It airs primarily in Germany and the surrounding German-speaking countries. The show premièred on 8th January 1973, Sesamstraße has been running on Norddeutscher Rundfunk since 1973; it's now in its...
- Detektivbüro RothDetektivbüro RothDetektivbüro Roth is a German television series....
Discography
- 1962: Auf der Sonnenseite
- 1964: Jazz und Lyrik
- 1965: Manfred Krug und die Modern Jazz Big Band
- 1966: Lyrik - Jazz - Prosa (with Eberhard EscheEberhard EscheEberhard Esche was an actor from the former East Germany.Born on 25 October 1933 in Leipzig, Germany, Eberhard Esche was a German film and television actor who appeared in the following:*Das Haus der Schwestern *Mama ist unmöglich...
, Gerd E. Schäfer, Annekathrin Bürger and others, in different editions and under different names, some of them in censored versions without Manfred Krug) - 1969: Onkel Toms Hütte (Hörbuch, Krug singing to spirituals)
- 1970: Fredmanns Episteln an diese und jene aber hauptsächlich an Ulla WinbladUlla WinbladUlla Winblad was a semi-fictional character in many of Carl Michael Bellman's works. Ulla Winblad was, or at least inspired by, Maria Kristina Kiellström .Ulla Winblad was described as a goddess of sex, worshiped and adored, but not respected...
(after Carl Michael BellmanCarl Michael Bellmanwas a Swedish poet and composer. Bellman is a central figure in the Swedish song tradition and remains a very important influence in Swedish music, as well as in Scandinavian literature in general, to this day....
) - 1971: Das war nur ein Moment
- 1973: Ein Hauch von Frühling
- 1974: Greens
- 1976: Du bist heute wie neu
- 1977: Abgehauen
- 1979: Da bist Du ja
- 1997: Anthologie
- 2000: Tatort – die Songs (with Charles Brauer)
- 2000: Evergreens - Das Beste von Manfred Krug - 1962-1977
- 2000: Deutsche Schlager
- 2000: Schlafstörung
- 2001: Manfred Krug Live mit Fanny (with Fanny Krug)
- 2002: Leben bis Männer (Audiobook; from Thomas BrussigThomas BrussigThomas Brussig is a German writer best known for his satirical novels that deal with the German Democratic Republic.- Life :...
) - 2002: Der Weihnachtskrug
- 2003: Sweet Nothings (with Decebal Badila and Fanny Krug)
- 2005: Geschichten Vom Herrn K. (Audiobook; from Bertolt BrechtBertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht was a German poet, playwright, and theatre director.An influential theatre practitioner of the 20th century, Brecht made equally significant contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter particularly through the seismic impact of the tours undertaken by the...
) - 2005: Lust des Beginnens (Audiobook; from Bertolt Brecht)
- 2005: Neuigkeiten an Manfred Krug und Otti (Audiobook; from Jurek BeckerJurek BeckerJurek Becker was a Polish-born German writer, film-author and GDR dissident. His most famous novel is Jacob the Liar, which has been made into two films. He lived in Łódź during World War II for about two years and survived the Holocaust.-Childhood:Jurek Becker was born in 1937 and lived in the...
)