Wilhelm Borchert

Wilhelm Borchert
Wilhelm Borchert in 1946
Born(1907-03-13)13 March 1907
Rixdorf, German Empire
Died1 June 1990(1990-06-01) (aged 83)
West Berlin, West Germany
OccupationActor
Years active1941–1976

Ernst Wilhelm Borchert, or just Wilhelm Borchert, (13 March 1907 in Rixdorf – 1 June 1990 in West Berlin) was a German actor. He was also a voice actor for audio books and films.

Relationship to the Nazi Party

Borchert was a member of the Nazi Party beginning in 1933, and joined the Nazi SA stormtroopers in 1933-1934. In 1946, Borchert was arrested and shown to have hidden his Nazi Party membership during American denazification. Albert Johannes, who acted alongside Borchert in Die Mörder sind unter uns, testified that Borchert was "strictly opposed to the Nazis" and had protected Johannes's Jewish wife. Borchert was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment by the American military court, but immediately released from prison due to time served since Borchert's arrest.[1]

In 1947, he was exonerated from the accusation of being an active member of the Nazi Party by the Denazification Commission for Artists in the Soviet sector.[2]

Theater

After graduating, Borchert pursued a degree in acting at the Reicherschen Hochschule für dramatische Kunst (Reicherschen School for dramatic arts) from 1926 to 1927.

For his talent in acting, Borchert became a Staatsschauspieler (Actor of the state) and an Honorary member of the State Theater of Berlin in 1973. He was also a member of the Akademie der Künste Berlin until 1976.[3] Borchert equally impressed the public and critics in classic hero roles. He was the first to play Woyzeck after the war.

Films

Dubbing

Next to theater Borchert worked between 1945 and 1989 as a dubbing actor. He replaced many actors voices, including:

Audiobooks

He also voiced many audiobooks.

  • 1948: Arnaud d’Usseau/James Gow: Tief sind die Wurzeln (Brett Charles) – Regie: Hans Küpper (Berliner Rundfunk)
  • 1950: Jacques Roumain: Herr über den Tau – Regie: Hanns Farenburg (Berliner Rundfunk)
  • 2004: Krieg der Sterne – Eine Neue Hoffnung, Episode 4, Das Hörspiel zum Kinofilm, Universal, ISBN 9783899457759
  • 2004: Das Imperium Schlägt Zurück, Episode 5, Das Hörspiel zum Kinofilm, Universal, ISBN 9783899457773
  • 2004: Die Rückkehr der Jedi Ritter, Episode 6, Das Hörspiel zum Kinofilm, Universal, ISBN 9783899457797

Awards

References

  1. ^ Ciesla, Burghard (2016). "Denazification & the E.W. Borchert Case" (PDF). DEFA Film Library. p. 7-8.
  2. ^ "Ernst Wilhelm Borchert". DEFA Film Library: (East) German Cinema & Beyond since 1993, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
  3. ^ Redaktionsbüro Harenberg (1979), "Borchert, Wilhelm", Knaurs Prominentenlexikon 1980. Die persönlichen Daten der Prominenz aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Kultur und Gesellschaft: Mit über 400 Fotos (in German), München/Zürich: Droemer Knaur, p. 52, ISBN 3-426-07604-7
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