Günter Grabbert

Günter Grabbert

1931-01-15 – 2010-12-15 (age 79) Schwerin, Germany
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Biography

Günter Grabbert (also: Günther Grabbert; born January 15, 1931 in Schwerin; died December 15, 2010 in Leipzig) was a German actor.

Günter Grabbert came from the amateur drama movement and played his first roles in performances by a group of the Society for German-Soviet Friendship at the Pushkin House in Schwerin. From 1950 to 1953, he studied acting at the German Theater Institute Weimar Schloß Belvedere. From 1956, he was a member of the ensemble of the Leipzig Schauspielhaus. He was also a particularly busy actor in GDR cinema, for example in 1962 in “Beschreibung eines Sommers“ after Karl-Heinz Jakobs.

As a dubbing actor, he lent his German voice to Lex Barker, among others.

On the theater stage, Günter Grabbert played almost all the major roles - Faust as well as Mephisto, Richard III, Karl Moor, King Lear, Peer Gynt, Galileo Galilei, Goya, Nathan and Falstaff.

As a reciter, he was on the road with his own literary programs - after reunification throughout Germany - with texts by Goethe, Schiller, Ringelnatz and Wilhelm Busch, among others, usually accompanied by the guitarist Frank Fröhlich. His art of performance has also been recorded on recordings and audio books. One of his first releases in this regard was a record with Josef Čapek's Geschichten vom Hündchen und vom Kätzchen.

In 1986, he was awarded the National Prize II Class for Art and Literature as a member of the acting collective of the television film Ernst Thälmann.

Grabbert continued to appear in film and television even after reunification. He lived in the Gohlis district of Leipzig until the end.

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Known For

The Sailor's Song
The Sailor's Song

1958

as Gunmaster

Rapunzel, or The Magic of Tears
Das Double
Das Geheimnis meiner Mutter
Das Geheimnis meiner Mutter

2002

as Friedrich 'Fred' Schöffel

Ernst Thälmann
Ernst Thälmann

1986

as Wilhelm Pieck

Der Regimentskommandeur
Divided Heaven
Divided Heaven

1964

as Ernst Schwarzenbach

Weil ich dich liebe …
Weil ich dich liebe …

1970

as Dr. Wolfgang Felling

The Russian Miracle
The Russian Miracle

1963

as (narrator)

Victory
Victory

1985

as Вильгельм Пик

Kein Mann für Camp Detrick
… verdammt, ich bin erwachsen
… verdammt, ich bin erwachsen

1974

as Meister Funke

Achillesferse
Achillesferse

1978

as Michaels Vater

Sehnsucht nach Liebe
Sehnsucht nach Liebe

2004

as Werner Hofmann

Einer von uns
Einer von uns

1960

as Erich Sens

Chronicle of a Summer
Chronicle of a Summer

1963

as Schibulla

Flowers for the Man in the Moon
Flowers for the Man in the Moon

1975

as Narrator (voice)