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Klaus Maria Brandauer liest Thomas Mann
Klaus Maria Brandauer reads Thomas Mann
Event by: Art 28 GmbH & Co. KG
Location: Renaissance-Theater, Knesebeckstraße 100, Berlin - Bezirk Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
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At a time when democratic principles are once again under strong pressure internationally, Thomas Mann's political writings, which have been newly published under the title FOR THE DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACY (S. Fischer Verlag 2025), can be a wake-up call.
Klaus Maria Brandauer lends his voice to the powerful essays and speeches and thus gives them a new, more forceful tone in the year of Thomas Mann's 150th birthday Impact.
Since the early 1970s, Klaus Maria Brandauer has been one of the most sought-after actors on German-speaking stages. His most important roles include Shakespeare's Romeo, Schiller's Fiesco, Büchner's Leonce and the Prince in Lessing's Emilia Galotti, which he played in the legendary production by Fritz Kortner. Since 1972 he has been a member of the Vienna Burgtheater - of which he is now an honorary member - and where he has appeared as Don Carlos, as Ferdinand, as Tartuffe, over a hundred times as Hamlet and as Lessing's Nathan the Wise.
In 2007, Klaus Maria Brandauer played Wallenstein in Peter Stein's ten-hour production at the Berliner Ensemble. He returned to the Salzburg Festival in the summer of 2010 with Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus, where he had played Everyman from 1983 to 1989. Together with Peter Stein, he also created the village judge Adam in Heinrich von Kleist's "The Broken Jug", Krapp in "The Last Volume" by Samuel Beckett, and Shakespeare's "King Lear".
In addition to his acting work, Klaus Maria Brandauer regularly directs. In recent years he has staged Esther Vilar's "Speer" in Berlin and London, "Hamlet" at the Vienna Burgtheater, Richard Wagner's "Lohengrin" at the Cologne Opera and Bertolt Brecht's "The Threepenny Opera" at the Berlin Admiralspalast.
Klaus Maria Brandauer is one of the few German-speaking actors who have achieved worldwide recognition. In 1970 he made his film debut in the Hollywood production “The Salzburg Connection”. Over the years, the James Bond film “Never Say Never Again”, “Out Of Africa”, “White Fang”, “Streets Of Gold”, “Rembrandt”, “Introducing Dorothy”, and “Tetro” directed by Francis Ford Coppola followed. With his friend István Szabó he created the film trilogy “Colonel Redl” – “Mephisto” – “Hanussen”. As a director, he filmed “Georg Elser – One from Germany” and “Mario and the Magician” by Thomas Mann.
Klaus Maria Brandauer's work has been recognized and awarded many times. These include honorary citizenship of his hometown Altaussee and an honorary doctorate from Tel Aviv University. He has been honored with, among others, the New York Film Critics Circle Award, the Golden Globe, the Federal Film Prize, the Nestroy Theater Prize for Lifetime Achievement, the Stanislawski Prize, the Peace Prize for German Film - The Bridge, the Ring of Honor of the State of Styria and the Ring of Honor of the Burgtheater.
Klaus Maria Brandauer lends his voice to the powerful essays and speeches and thus gives them a new, more forceful tone in the year of Thomas Mann's 150th birthday Impact.
Since the early 1970s, Klaus Maria Brandauer has been one of the most sought-after actors on German-speaking stages. His most important roles include Shakespeare's Romeo, Schiller's Fiesco, Büchner's Leonce and the Prince in Lessing's Emilia Galotti, which he played in the legendary production by Fritz Kortner. Since 1972 he has been a member of the Vienna Burgtheater - of which he is now an honorary member - and where he has appeared as Don Carlos, as Ferdinand, as Tartuffe, over a hundred times as Hamlet and as Lessing's Nathan the Wise.
In 2007, Klaus Maria Brandauer played Wallenstein in Peter Stein's ten-hour production at the Berliner Ensemble. He returned to the Salzburg Festival in the summer of 2010 with Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus, where he had played Everyman from 1983 to 1989. Together with Peter Stein, he also created the village judge Adam in Heinrich von Kleist's "The Broken Jug", Krapp in "The Last Volume" by Samuel Beckett, and Shakespeare's "King Lear".
In addition to his acting work, Klaus Maria Brandauer regularly directs. In recent years he has staged Esther Vilar's "Speer" in Berlin and London, "Hamlet" at the Vienna Burgtheater, Richard Wagner's "Lohengrin" at the Cologne Opera and Bertolt Brecht's "The Threepenny Opera" at the Berlin Admiralspalast.
Klaus Maria Brandauer is one of the few German-speaking actors who have achieved worldwide recognition. In 1970 he made his film debut in the Hollywood production “The Salzburg Connection”. Over the years, the James Bond film “Never Say Never Again”, “Out Of Africa”, “White Fang”, “Streets Of Gold”, “Rembrandt”, “Introducing Dorothy”, and “Tetro” directed by Francis Ford Coppola followed. With his friend István Szabó he created the film trilogy “Colonel Redl” – “Mephisto” – “Hanussen”. As a director, he filmed “Georg Elser – One from Germany” and “Mario and the Magician” by Thomas Mann.
Klaus Maria Brandauer's work has been recognized and awarded many times. These include honorary citizenship of his hometown Altaussee and an honorary doctorate from Tel Aviv University. He has been honored with, among others, the New York Film Critics Circle Award, the Golden Globe, the Federal Film Prize, the Nestroy Theater Prize for Lifetime Achievement, the Stanislawski Prize, the Peace Prize for German Film - The Bridge, the Ring of Honor of the State of Styria and the Ring of Honor of the Burgtheater.