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Sandra Hüller was born in Suhl. She studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin. For her performance of Anneliese Michel in Hans-Christian Schmid's drama Requiem she won The Silver Bear for Best Actress. She is internationally known for her starring role in Maren Ade's Toni Erdmann, for which she won among others the European Film Award and the Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress.- Margot Trooger was born on 2 June 1923 in Rositz, Thuringia, Germany. She was an actress, known for Das Halstuch (1962), The Mysterious Magician (1964) and Rosen im Herbst (1955). She was married to Jörg Zimmermann. She died on 24 April 1994 in Mörlenbach, Hesse, Germany.
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Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 21, 1685, in Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany, into a large and distinguished family of professional musicians. His father, named Johann Ambrosius Bach, was a violinist and trumpeter, employed by the city of Eisenach. His uncles were church organists, court musicians and composers. His mother and father died before Bach was 10. As an orphan, he moved in with his eldest brother, J. C. Bach, an organist and composer, under whose tutelage Bach studied organ music as well as the construction and maintenance of the organ.
Education: At the age of 14, Bach received a scholarship and walked on foot 300 kilometers to the famous St. Michael's school in Luneburg, near Hamburg. There he lived and studied for 2 years from 1699-1701. It was there that he sang a Capella at the boys chorale. Bach's studies included organ, harpsichord, and singing. In addition he took the academic studies in theology, history and geography, and lessons of Latin, Italian, and French. Besides his studies of music by the local Nothern German composers, Bach had important exposure to the music of composers from other European nations; such as the French composers Jean-Baptiste Lully, Marais, and Marchand, the South German composers Johann Pachelbel and Froberger, and the Italians Arcangelo Corelli and Antonio Vivaldi.
Personality and character: Bach was 17 when he made a 4-month pilgrimage, walking on foot about 400 kilometers from Arnstadt to the Northern city of Lubeck. There he studied with 'Dietrich Buxtehude' and became so involved that he overstayed his leave by three months. Buxtehude being probably the best organist of his time became the living link between the founder of Baroque music Heinrich Schütz and the biggest Baroque genius, Bach. Back in Arnstadt, Bach wrote 'Toccata and Fugue in D Minor' (1702), his first masterpiece; which stemmed from his bold organ improvisations. At that time he was in love with his second cousin Maria Barbara; whom he was taking upstairs to the church organ, where her presence was inspirational for his creativity. Bach was punished for the violation of the restrictions on women's presence in the church and he was fired. However, he eventually married Maria Barbara.
Cross-cultural studies: Bach studied the orchestral music of Antonio Vivaldi and gained insight into his compositional language by arranging Vivaldi's concertos for organ. Six French suites were written for keyboard; each suite opens with 'Allemande' and consists of several pieces, including 'Courante', 'Sarabande', 'Menuet', 'Gavotte', 'Air', 'Anglaise', 'Polonaise', 'Bourree', and 'Gigue'. As suggested by their titles, the pieces were representing songs and dances from various cultures. From the music of the Italians Antonio Vivaldi, Arcangelo Corelli, and 'Giuseppe Torelli'; Bach adopted dramatic introductions and endings as well as vivacious rhythmical dynamism and elaborate harmonization. Bach also performed the music of English, French, and Italian composers; motets of the Venetian school, and incorporated their rhythmical patterns and textural structures in the development of his own style.
Teaching: Bach selected and instructed musicians for orchestras and choirs in Weimar and Leipzig. His work as a Cantor included teaching instrumental and vocal lessons to the church musicians and later to the musicians of the court orchestra. Bach was also a teacher of his own children and of his second wife. In 1730, Bach presented his second wife with a musical notebook for studies, known as the 'Notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach'. Compositions in the notebook were written in a form of minuete, polonaise, gavotte, march, rondeau, chorale, sonata, prelude, song, and aria; written mainly by Bach, as well as by his sons 'Carl Philip Emanuel Bach', Johann Christoph Bach, and composers 'Francois Couperin', Georg Bohm, and others.
Family: Bach married his second cousin, named Maria Barbara, who was the inspirational force for his early compositions. They had seven children, 4 of whom survived to adulthood. W. F. Bach, J. C. Bach, and C. P. E. Bach became composers. Maria Barbara died in 1720. On December 3, 1721, Bach married Anna Magdalena (bee Wilcke), a talented soprano, who was 17 years his junior. They had thirteen children. Bach fathered a total of 20 children with his two wives. His sons 'Friedemann Bach', Johann Christoph Bach, and 'Carl Philip Emanuel Bach' became important composers in the Rococo style. The descendants of Bach are living in many countries across the world.
Social activity: Bach replaced his friend Georg Philipp Telemann as the director of the popular orchestra known as Collegium Musicum, which he led from 1729-1750. It was a private secular music society that gave concert performances twice a week at the Zimmerman's Coffeehouse near the Leipzig market square. Bach's exposure to such a secular public environment inspired him to compose numerous purely entertainment pieces for solo keyboard and several violin and harpsichord concertos.
Politics: Being the undisputed musical genius, Bach still suffered from ugly political machinations. Although the Leipzig Council had enough money, they never honored the promised salary of 1000 talers a year; promised to Bach by the Mayor of Leipzig, Gottlieb Lange, at the hiring interview. Bach worked diligently, in spite of being underpaid for 27 years until his death. On top of that local political factions in the Leipzig Council manipulated Bach's educational work as well as his compositions and public performances. They were pressuring him as the Cantor and Composer and interfering his creative efforts by imposing restrictions on his performances because of their ugly political games. Bach prevailed as he composed and played his "Mass in B Minor" to the monarch of Saxony and was appointed the Royal Court Composer of Saxony.
King Frederick the Great invited Bach to Potsdam in 1747. There the king played his own theme for Bach and challenged the composer to improvise on it. Bach used the 'royal theme' and improvised a three-part fugue on the king's piano. Later Bach upgraded the king's theme to a more sophisticated melody, and composed an array of pieces based on the improved 'royal theme', which he titled "Musical Offering" and later presented this composition to the king.
Legacy: Bach wrote over eleven hundred music compositions in all genres. In Leipzig alone he wrote a cantata for every Sunday and feast day of the year, of which 224 cantatas survive. Some of his compositions were written on the same theme at different times in his life, like choral cantatas and organ works on similar themes with significantly reworked arrangements. The complete list of Bach's works, BWV, has 1127 compositions for voice, organ, harpsichord, violin, cello, flute, chamber music for small ensembles, orchestral music, concertos for violin and orchestra, and for keyboard and orchestra. His music became the essential part of the education for every musician. Bach influenced such great composers as Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Liszt, Frédéric Chopin, Felix Mendelssohn, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Sergei Prokofiev and many other prominent musicians.
Bach is by far the most performed and recorded composer in history. His 'Das Wohltemperierte Clavier' (The well-tempered keyboard, or The well-tuned piano, in modern terminology) is the definitive work for all students as well as concert musicians. Bach's 'Orgebuchlein' (The little organ book) is a staple in the repertoire of organists and pianists, and some pieces from it were arranged for ensembles. Bach's many chorales, especially the "Mass in B Minor" are considered the best works in the genre. His last work 'The Art of Fugue' is best known for it's acclaimed performance by Glenn Gould. Bach's music was used in hundreds of films, thousands of stage productions, and continues being played all over the world.
The definitive biography of J. S. Bach was written by the Nobel Prize Laureate Albert Schweitzer.- Actor
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Franz Dinda was born on 25 March 1983 in Jena, East Germany [now Thuringia, Germany]. He is an actor and producer, known for Die Wolke (2006), Blackout - Die Erinnerung ist tödlich (2006) and The Physician (2013).- Petra Kleinert was born on 6 July 1967 in Jena, East Germany [now Thuringia, Germany]. She is an actress, known for Shop of Little Pleasures (2017), Doppelter Einsatz (1994) and Leipzig Homicide (2001). She is married to Reinhold Kammerer.
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- Cinematographer
The key person of the New German Cinema of the '70s. His works, mostly shot in 16mm, combine an intense interest and knowledge of German history and personal dramatic and emotional investigations. Malina (1991) which stars Isabelle Huppert is one of the great classics of modern cinema and deals with a perpetually burning apartment, a crazed love affair, and the definitions of the soul. A rare treat.- Thomas Thieme was born on 29 October 1948 in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany. He is an actor, known for The Lives of Others (2006), Downfall (2004) and The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008).
- Annett Renneberg was born on 16 March 1978 in Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany. She is an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Liebe, Tod & viele Kalorien (2001) and Die Wölfe (2009).
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Bettina Lamprecht was born on 2 June 1977 in Ilmenau, Thuringia, Germany. She is an actress, known for Dora Heldt (2009), heute-show (2009) and Pastewka (2005).- Schwarz studied at the School of Dramatic Arts "Ernst Busch" Berlin. During his studies he worked at various theaters in Berlin (including Danton Danton's death in the Deutsches Theater in 2007 and Jim in The Glass Menagerie, asked 2006) and worked for film and television.
Since January 2008 he is a permanent member of the theater in Berlin. Here mainly influenced the artistic director Thomas Ostermeier Meier its further development as a stage actor. That was in addition to Schwarz and Lars Eidinger to see in a production of Hamlet, and played in the premiere of the Stephen Ravenhill The cut. In December 2008, Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkman, directed again Ostermeier, Rennes premiere. In France as in "Performance of the Year 'acclaimed performance as Erhardt Schwarz played alongside Josef Bierbichler , Kirsten Dene and Angela Winkler . In the premiere of David Giesel's comedy Die Tauben, Schwarz embodied the forgetful psychologist Dr. Erich Asendorf. This was followed by roles in Friedrich Hebbel's Nibelungen , Edward Bond's Saved and Brecht's The Good Person of Szechwan. Then he stood again with Lars Eidinger in The Misanthrope, in a production of the Belgian director Ivo van Hove on stage.
The playwright Marius von Mayenburg wrote to Judith Engel, Eva Meckbach, Robert Beyer and Schwarz Perplex, the piece, which premiered in November 2010 in the theater.
His film debut was with the film Polska Love Serenade (2007) on the side of Claudia Eisinger. The film was for the Max Ophüls Prize Nominees.
Sebastian Schwarz moderated at irregular intervals with Georg Uecker developed by Frank Oberhäußer quiz format Babel Fish to the stage in Berlin and designed the stage with David Ruland comedy Zack and Dave.
Sebastian Schwarz lives in Berlin. - Rolf Hoppe was born on 6 December 1930 in Ellrich, Thuringia, Germany. He was an actor, known for Sardsch (1997), La piovra (1984) and Mephisto (1981). He was married to Friederike. He died on 14 November 2018 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.
- Florian Wünsche was born on 18 July 1991 in Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany. He is an actor, known for SOKO Stuttgart (2009), Verbotene Liebe (1995) and Bettys Diagnose (2015).
- Tanja Schleiff was born in 1973 in Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany. She is an actress, known for Downfall (2004), Ella Schön (2018) and Shoppen Munich (2006).
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Karin Hübner was born on 16 September 1936 in Gera, Thuringia, Germany. She was an actress, known for Emilia Galotti (1958), Viola und Sebastian (1972) and Liselotte von der Pfalz (1966). She was married to Günter Pfitzmann, Peter Beauvais and Frank Duval. She died on 25 July 2006 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Stunts
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- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
He first came to the USA as a boy member of the famed acrobats, the Mazetti Troupe, that had been engaged by Barnum & Bailey Circus. Richard began in films, supposedly, as a stunt double for Doug Fairbanks, Sr., then graduated to films under his own name.- Cinematographer
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- Writer
Dietrich Lohmann was born on 9 March 1943 in Schnepfenthal, Thuringia, Germany. He was a cinematographer and writer, known for Deep Impact (1998), Color of Night (1994) and Ein großer graublauer Vogel (1970). He died on 14 November 1997 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Make-Up Department
- Special Effects
- Art Department
Sebastian Lochmann was born in Eisenach, Germany. He was raised in Thuringia and went to school there and in Bavaria, where he graduated. Educated as a Dental Technician and specialized in Gingival Aesthetics. Sebastian started his first freelance work as an illustrator for the Scientific Faculty in Erlangen and sculptor for Alien creator H.R.Giger in Switzerland. Sebastian moved in 2002 to Berlin to begin his work as a concept illustrator and sculptor, specializing in character and creature design.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Heidi Stroh was born on 10 February 1941 in Jena, Thuringia, Germany. She is an actress, known for Blood and Black Lace (1964), Au plaisir de Dieu (1977) and Jetzt nicht, Liebling (1972).- Actor
- Sound Department
- Director
Christoph Grunert was born in 1970 in Bad Langensalza, Thuringia, Germany. He is an actor and director, known for Die 25. Stunde (2008), Weil Heute Dein Geburtstag Ist - 100 Jahre Erich (2012) and Phoenixsee (2016).- Actress
- Soundtrack
Christina Große was born on 23 September 1970 in Blankenhain, German Democratic Republic [now Thuringia, Germany]. She is an actress, known for Alaska (2023), Ein Schiff wird kommen (2003) and Neufeld, mitkommen! (2014).- Gudrun Thielemann was born on 16 January 1926 in Saalfeld, Thuringia, Germany. She is an actress, known for Der trojanische Krieg findet nicht statt (1964), Kurzer Prozeß (1967) and Vergiß die Liebe nicht (1953). She has been married to Günther Schramm since 1958. They have one child.
- Matti Schmidt-Schaller was born in 1996 in Gera, Thuringia, Germany. He is an actor, known for Armans Geheimnis (2015), Der Lehrer (2009) and Raus (2018).
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Wolfram Grandezka was born on 17 December 1969 in Saalfeld, East Germany [now Thuringia, Germany]. He is an actor, known for Verbotene Liebe (1995), Unter uns (1994) and Morden im Norden (2012). He was previously married to Nadja Auermann.- Volker Eckstein was born on 5 June 1946 in Schleusingen, Thuringia, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992), Sonderdezernat K1 (1972) and Tausend Augen (1984). He was married to Karin Baal. He died on 26 March 1993 in Berlin, Germany.
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Harry Lange was born on 7 December 1930 in Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany. He was a production designer and art director, known for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Moonraker (1979). He was married to Daisy. He died on 22 May 2008 in Headington, Oxford, England, UK.