Burghart Klaußner

As an actor, Burghart Klaußner has worked for nearly every major German-speaking theater. Most recently he received the 2012 German Theater Award DER FAUST for his portrayal in Death of a Salesman. He is also well known for his work in many films such as Good Bye, Lenin!, The Reader, Requiem, The Edukators and The White Ribbon. In 2005 and 2010 he was named Best Actor at the German Film Awards. He plays the lead role in the current film The People vs. Fritz Bauer. In addition to his work as an actor, since 2006 Burghart Klaußner has directed plays at the Hamburg Kammerspiele, the theaters in Bochum, Dresden and others. His productions include Thomas Bernhard’s Der Ignorant und der Wahnsinnige with Otto Sander and Yasmina Reza’s God of Carnage (German premier). His own play Marigold premiered in January 2009.

100 Years of Now. The Opening

Tatort: Schlachtfeld. Readings and discussions about the First World War

With Burghart Klaußner, Ulrich Matthes, Jörn Leonhard, Rüdiger Kruse MdB, and Jan Ehlert

Reading

Oct 4, 2015