Verleihung der Goldenen Kamera
Encyclopedia
The GOLDENE KAMERA is an annual German
film and television
award
, awarded by the television magazine HÖRZU
. The gold-plated silver award model was created by Berlin
artist Wolfram Beck. It is 25 centimeters (approximately 10 inches) high and weighs around 900 gram
s.
In the category for the best newcomer actor/actress the name of the award is Lilli-Palmer-und-Curd-Jürgens-Gedächtniskamera (en: Lilli Palmer
and Curd Jürgens
Memorial Camera). Only this category involves a prize money of 20,000 euro
.
The award was first presented in 1965 as a strictly German
television award. Since 1987, it has also been awarded to international stars. And in 1995 the categories expanded to more public interests, such as pop groups
and organizations, for example Greenpeace
.
The award show (Verleihung der Goldenen Kamera) is usually held in early February in Berlin
, but has also taken place in Hamburg
five times, and once in Dortmund
.
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...
film and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
award
Award
An award is something given to a person or a group of people to recognize excellence in a certain field; a certificate of excellence. Awards are often signifiedby trophies, titles, certificates, commemorative plaques, medals, badges, pins, or ribbons...
, awarded by the television magazine HÖRZU
Hörzu
Hörzu is a German weekly television listings magazine published by Axel Springer. The magazine first appeared in 1946 as the first radio program magazine to be produced in what was then the British zone of occupation...
. The gold-plated silver award model was created by Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
artist Wolfram Beck. It is 25 centimeters (approximately 10 inches) high and weighs around 900 gram
Gram
The gram is a metric system unit of mass....
s.
In the category for the best newcomer actor/actress the name of the award is Lilli-Palmer-und-Curd-Jürgens-Gedächtniskamera (en: Lilli Palmer
Lilli Palmer
Lilli Palmer , born Lilli Marie Peiser, was a German actress. She won the Volpi Cup, the Deutscher Filmpreis three times, and was nominated twice for a Golden Globe Award.-Life and career:...
and Curd Jürgens
Curd Jürgens
Curd Gustav Andreas Gottlieb Franz Jürgens was a German-Austrian stage and film actor. He was usually billed in English-speaking films as Curt Jurgens.-Early life:...
Memorial Camera). Only this category involves a prize money of 20,000 euro
Euro
The euro is the official currency of the eurozone: 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union. It is also the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union. The eurozone consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,...
.
The award was first presented in 1965 as a strictly German
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...
television award. Since 1987, it has also been awarded to international stars. And in 1995 the categories expanded to more public interests, such as pop groups
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
and organizations, for example Greenpeace
Greenpeace
Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over forty countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, The Netherlands...
.
The award show (Verleihung der Goldenen Kamera) is usually held in early February in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, but has also taken place in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
five times, and once in Dortmund
Dortmund
Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....
.