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{{Short description|German actor (1930–2022)}}
{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Günter Lamprecht
| name = Günter Lamprecht
| image = Günter Lamprecht.jpg
| image = Günter Lamprecht.jpg
| caption =
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| birth_name =
| birth_name = Günter Hans Lamprecht
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1930|1|21}}
| birth_date = 21 January 1930
| birth_place = [[Berlin]], Germany
| birth_place = [[Berlin]], [[Province of Brandenburg|Brandenburg]], [[Free State of Prussia|Prussia]], [[Weimar Republic|Germany]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|10|4|1930|2|21|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Bad Godesberg]], [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], Germany
| occupation = Actor
| occupation = Actor
|years active=1959–present
| years active = 1959–2022
}}
}}


'''Günter Lamprecht''' (born 21 January 1930) is a German actor known for his leading role in the [[Rainer Werner Fassbinder|Fassbinder]] miniseries ''[[Berlin Alexanderplatz (miniseries)|Berlin Alexanderplatz]]'' (1980) and as a ship captain in the epic war film ''[[Das Boot]]'' (1981).
'''Günter Hans Lamprecht''' (21 January 1930 – 4 October 2022) was a German film and stage actor, best-known internationally for his leading role in the [[Rainer Werner Fassbinder|Fassbinder]] miniseries ''[[Berlin Alexanderplatz (miniseries)|Berlin Alexanderplatz]]'' (1980) and as a ship captain in the epic war film ''[[Das Boot]]'' (1981).


==Life and career==
==Life and career==
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[[File:Der Tod zu Basel 03.jpg|thumb|Lamprecht in the television film ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Der Tod zu Basel|de}}'' (1990), with [[Hilde Ziegler]]]]
[[File:Der Tod zu Basel 03.jpg|thumb|Lamprecht in the television film ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Der Tod zu Basel|de}}'' (1990), with [[Hilde Ziegler]]]]


Lamprecht began appearing on television in the 1960s. He was cast in the series ''[[Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi]]'', which ran from 1973 to 1975. His first film role was in [[Ottokar Runze]]'s ''A Knife in the Back'' (''Das Messer im Rücken'', 1975). In 1976, Lamprecht won the Ernst Lubitsch Award for his performance in ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Das Brot des Bäckers|de}}'', and in 1978 won the [[Goldene Kamera]] award for Best German Actor for ''Rückfälle''.<ref name=awards>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0483945/awards?ref_=nm_awd|title=Günter Lamprecht Awards|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=11 January 2015}}</ref> He played the leading role in the 1979 TV movie ''Frontiers of Darkness'' (''Schattengrenze'').<ref name="tcm">[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/107781|0/Gunter-Lamprecht/ Gunter Lamprecht]. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 11 January 2015.</ref>
Lamprecht began appearing on television in the 1960s. He was cast in the series ''[[Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi]]'', which ran from 1973 to 1975. His first film role was in [[Ottokar Runze]]'s ''{{ill|Knife in the Back (film)|de|3=Das Messer im Rücken|lt=Knife in the Back}}'' (1975). In 1976, Lamprecht won the Ernst Lubitsch Award for his performance in ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Baker's Bread|de|Das Brot des Bäckers}}'', and in 1978 won the [[Goldene Kamera]] award for Best German Actor for ''Rückfälle''.<ref name=awards>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0483945/awards?ref_=nm_awd|title=Günter Lamprecht Awards|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=11 January 2015}}</ref> He played the leading role in the 1979 TV movie ''Frontiers of Darkness'' (''Schattengrenze'').<ref name="tcm">[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/107781|0/Gunter-Lamprecht/ Gunter Lamprecht]. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 11 January 2015.</ref>


In 1973, filmmaker [[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]] cast Lamprecht in his series ''[[World on a Wire]]''. He recruited him again for ''[[The Marriage of Maria Braun]]'' (1979). Fassbinder then gave Lamprecht the lead role of Franz Biberkopf in his acclaimed 1980 miniseries ''[[Berlin Alexanderplatz (miniseries)|Berlin Alexanderplatz]]'', based on [[Alfred Döblin]]'s 1929 [[Berlin Alexanderplatz|novel of the same name]]. [[Turner Classic Movies]] wrote of his performance: "Lamprecht was quite extraordinary as the hapless center of gravity as Biberkopf is drawn into and betrayed by Berlin's underworld in the days spanning from the end of WWI to the Nazi era."<ref name="tcm"/> The role won him Best Actor at the [[Munich Film Festival]], and he came in third place at the American [[National Society of Film Critics Awards]].<ref name="awards"/>
In 1973, filmmaker [[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]] cast Lamprecht in his series ''[[World on a Wire]]''. He recruited him again for ''[[The Marriage of Maria Braun]]'' (1979). Fassbinder then gave Lamprecht the lead role of Franz Biberkopf in his acclaimed 1980 miniseries ''[[Berlin Alexanderplatz (miniseries)|Berlin Alexanderplatz]]'', based on [[Alfred Döblin]]'s 1929 [[Berlin Alexanderplatz|novel of the same name]]. [[Turner Classic Movies]] wrote of his performance: "Lamprecht was quite extraordinary as the hapless center of gravity as Biberkopf is drawn into and betrayed by Berlin's underworld in the days spanning from the end of WWI to the Nazi era."<ref name="tcm"/> The role won him Best Actor at the [[Munich Film Festival]], and he came in third place at the American [[National Society of Film Critics Awards]].<ref name="awards"/>


Lamprecht had a role in the World War II submarine film ''[[Das Boot]]'' (1981), playing the captain of the SS ''Weser'', and has continued to appear regularly on German television.
Lamprecht had a role in the World War II submarine film ''[[Das Boot]]'' (1981), playing the captain of the SS ''Weser'', and continued to appear regularly on German television. One of his last roles was [[Paul von Hindenburg]] in the German TV production ''[[Babylon Berlin]]'' in 2017.


===Personal life===
===Personal life===
In 1999, Lamprecht and his partner, actress Claudia Amm, were involved in a shooting at a theatre and badly injured.<ref name="SPON-52703">{{cite web| url=http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/anwalt-bossi-eltern-des-amoklaeufers-von-reichenhall-sollen-vor-gericht-a-52703.html | title=Eltern des Amokläufers von Reichenhall sollen vor Gericht | work=Spiegel Online |date=17 November 1999 |accessdate=11 January 2015}} In German.</ref><ref>[http://www.heimatzeitung.de/cho/archiv/734318_Motiv-bis-heute-unklar.html Motiv bis heute unklar]. Heimatzeitung (27 October 2009). In German.</ref>
In 1999, Lamprecht and his partner, actress Claudia Amm, were badly injured in [[Martin Peyerl|a mass shooting]].<ref name="SPON-52703">{{cite web| url=http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/anwalt-bossi-eltern-des-amoklaeufers-von-reichenhall-sollen-vor-gericht-a-52703.html | title=Eltern des Amokläufers von Reichenhall sollen vor Gericht | work=Spiegel Online |date=17 November 1999 |accessdate=11 January 2015}} In German.</ref><ref>[http://www.heimatzeitung.de/cho/archiv/734318_Motiv-bis-heute-unklar.html Motiv bis heute unklar]. Heimatzeitung (27 October 2009). In German.</ref>


Lamprecht's memoirs ''And Sadly I'm Still: A Youth in Berlin'' was published in 2000, where he discusses his experiences in Nazi Germany and the postwar years. His second book, ''A Hellish Thing, Life'' was published in 2007.
Lamprecht's memoirs, ''And Sadly I'm Still: A Youth in Berlin'' was published in 2000, where he discusses his experiences in Nazi Germany and the postwar years. His second book, ''A Hellish Thing, Life'' was published in 2007. He died on 4 October 2022 in [[Bad Godesberg]] at the age of 92.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/leute/leute/guenter-lamprecht-ist-tot-tatort-kommissar-im-alter-von-92-jahren-gestorben-81543716.bild.html | title=Günter Lamprecht ist tot: "Tatort"-Kommissar im Alter von 92 Jahren gestorben | date=7 October 2022 }}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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|1974|| ''[[Martha (1974 film)|Martha]]'' || Dr. Herbert Salomon || TV film
|1974|| ''[[Martha (1974 film)|Martha]]'' || Dr. Herbert Salomon || TV film
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|1975
|rowspan=3|1975
| ''The Unguarded House'' || The Baker || TV film<!--20 January 1975-->
|-
| ''Stellenweise Glatteis'' || Karl Maiwald || TV film<!--22 June 1975-->
| ''Stellenweise Glatteis'' || Karl Maiwald || TV film<!--22 June 1975-->
|-
|-
| ''{{ill|Das Messer im Rücken|de}}'' || Schöffe ||<!--11 July 1975-->
| ''{{ill|Knife in the Back (film)|de|3=Das Messer im Rücken|lt=Knife in the Back}}'' || Schöffe ||<!--11 July 1975-->
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|1976
|rowspan=3|1976
| ''{{Ill|Der Stumme|de}}'' || Kahlmann ||<!--12 August 1976-->
| ''{{Ill|Der Stumme|de}}'' || Kahlmann ||<!--12 August 1976-->
|-
|-
| ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Das Brot des Bäckers|de}}'' || Georg Baum ||<!--30 October 1976-->
| ''{{ill|Die Ilse ist weg|de}}'' || Kurt || TV film<!--26 October 1976-->
|-
| ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Baker's Bread|de|Das Brot des Bäckers}}'' || Georg Baum ||<!--30 October 1976-->
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|1977
|rowspan=2|1977
| ''Planübung'' || Bundeswehr Officer || TV film<!--13 September 1977-->
| ''{{ill|Planübung|de}}'' || Bundeswehr Officer || TV film<!--13 September 1977-->
|-
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| ''Rückfälle'' || Manfred Burger || TV film<!--13 December 1977-->
| ''Rückfälle'' || Manfred Burger || TV film<!--13 December 1977-->
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|-
|-
|rowspan=2|1979
|rowspan=2|1979
| ''Schattengrenze'' || Matthias Berger || TV film<!--23 April 1979 -->
| ''Frontiers of Darkness'' || Matthias Berger || TV film<!--23 April 1979 -->
|-
|-
| ''{{ill|Die große Flatter|de}}'' || Piesch || TV miniseries<!--30 September 1979-->
| ''{{ill|The Great Runaway|de|Die große Flatter}}'' || Piesch || TV miniseries<!--30 September 1979-->
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|rowspan=2|1980
|rowspan=2|1980
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|1981|| ''[[Das Boot]]'' || Captain of the 'Weser' ||
|1981|| ''[[Das Boot]]'' || Captain of the 'Weser' ||
|-
|-
|1982|| ''Flüchtige Bekanntschaften'' || Walter || TV film
|1982|| ''Fleeting Acquaintances'' || Walter || TV film
|-
|-
|1983|| ''Milo Barus, der stärkste Mann der Welt'' || Emil Bahr i.e. Milo Barus ||
|1983|| ''Milo Barus, the Strongest Man in the World'' || {{Ill|Milo Barus|de}} ||
|-
|-
|rowspan=7|1984
|rowspan=7|1984
| ''Liebe ist kein Argument'' || Felix ||<!--20 January 1984-->
| ''{{ill|Love Is Not an Argument|de|Liebe ist kein Argument}}'' || Felix ||<!--20 January 1984-->
|-
|-
| ''{{Ill|Is was, Kanzler?|de}}'' || Chef ||<!--16 March 1984-->
| ''{{ill|What's Up, Chancellor?|de|Is was, Kanzler?}}'' || Chef ||<!--16 March 1984-->
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| ''Ein Mann namens Parvus'' || [[Alexander Parvus]] ||TV film<!--10 April 1984-->
| ''Ein Mann namens Parvus'' || [[Alexander Parvus]] ||TV film<!--10 April 1984-->
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| ''[[Super (1984 film)|Super]]'' || Kuballa ||<!--11 May 1984-->
| ''[[Super (1984 film)|Super]]'' || Kuballa ||<!--11 May 1984-->
|-
|-
| ''{{Ill|Wedle wyroków twoich...|pl|3=Wedle wyroków twoich...|lt=After Your Decrees}}'' || Sergeant Kleinschmidt ||<!--3 September 1984, Poland-->
| ''{{ill|After Your Decrees|de|Blutiger Schnee (1984)}}'' || Sergeant Kleinschmidt ||<!--3 September 1984, Poland-->
|-
|-
| ''Das leise Gift'' || Philipp Fäsch ||TV film<!--5 September 1984-->
| ''Silent Poison'' || Philipp Fäsch ||TV film<!--5 September 1984-->
|-
|-
| ''Gnadenlos'' || Jakob ||TV film<!--23 October 1984-->
| ''Gnadenlos'' || Jakob ||TV film<!--23 October 1984-->
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|1991|| ''Amaurose'' || ||
|1991|| ''Amaurose'' || ||
|-
|-
|1992|| ''Herzsprung'' || Vater ||
|rowspan=2|1992
| ''Herzsprung'' || Vater ||
|-
| ''{{ill|Moebius (1992 film)|de|3=Moebius (1992)|lt=Moebius}}'' || Arnold ||
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|1993
|rowspan=2|1993
| ''Möbius'' || Arnold ||
| ''Gefährliche Verbindung'' || Kiefer || TV film
|-
|-
| ''Engel ohne Flügel'' || Paul ||
| ''Engel ohne Flügel'' || Paul ||
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|1997
|rowspan=3|1997
| ''Berlin – Moskau'' || Jürgen Schröder || TV film
|-
| ''Friedrich und der verzauberte Einbrecher'' || Fischer ||
| ''Friedrich und der verzauberte Einbrecher'' || Fischer ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Comedian Harmonists (film)|Comedian Harmonists]]'' || Eric Charell ||
| ''[[Comedian Harmonists (film)|Comedian Harmonists]]'' || [[Erik Charell]] ||
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|1998|| ''Black Ice'' || Jupp Scholten || TV film
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|2002|| ''{{Ill|Epsteins Nacht|de}}'' || Groll / Giesser ||
|2002|| ''{{ill|Epstein's Night|de|Epsteins Nacht}}'' || Groll / Giesser ||
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|2013|| ''Wir'' || Sprecher || voice
|2013|| ''Wir'' || Sprecher || voice
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Günter Lamprecht
Born
Günter Hans Lamprecht

21 January 1930
Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany
Died4 October 2022(2022-10-04) (aged 92)
Bad Godesberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
OccupationActor
Years active1959–2022

Günter Hans Lamprecht (21 January 1930 – 4 October 2022) was a German film and stage actor, best-known internationally for his leading role in the Fassbinder miniseries Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) and as a ship captain in the epic war film Das Boot (1981).

Life and career

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Lamprecht was born in Berlin, the son of a taxi driver. After training at the Max Reinhardt Seminar, he had his first theatre engagement at the Schauspielhaus Bochum. He joined the Theater Oberhausen in 1959, and remained with them until 1961.[1] His roles there included Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire and John in Gerhart Hauptmann's The Rats.

Lamprecht in the television film Der Tod zu Basel [de] (1990), with Hilde Ziegler

Lamprecht began appearing on television in the 1960s. He was cast in the series Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi, which ran from 1973 to 1975. His first film role was in Ottokar Runze's Knife in the Back [de] (1975). In 1976, Lamprecht won the Ernst Lubitsch Award for his performance in Baker's Bread [de], and in 1978 won the Goldene Kamera award for Best German Actor for Rückfälle.[2] He played the leading role in the 1979 TV movie Frontiers of Darkness (Schattengrenze).[3]

In 1973, filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder cast Lamprecht in his series World on a Wire. He recruited him again for The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979). Fassbinder then gave Lamprecht the lead role of Franz Biberkopf in his acclaimed 1980 miniseries Berlin Alexanderplatz, based on Alfred Döblin's 1929 novel of the same name. Turner Classic Movies wrote of his performance: "Lamprecht was quite extraordinary as the hapless center of gravity as Biberkopf is drawn into and betrayed by Berlin's underworld in the days spanning from the end of WWI to the Nazi era."[3] The role won him Best Actor at the Munich Film Festival, and he came in third place at the American National Society of Film Critics Awards.[2]

Lamprecht had a role in the World War II submarine film Das Boot (1981), playing the captain of the SS Weser, and continued to appear regularly on German television. One of his last roles was Paul von Hindenburg in the German TV production Babylon Berlin in 2017.

Personal life

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In 1999, Lamprecht and his partner, actress Claudia Amm, were badly injured in a mass shooting.[4][5]

Lamprecht's memoirs, And Sadly I'm Still: A Youth in Berlin was published in 2000, where he discusses his experiences in Nazi Germany and the postwar years. His second book, A Hellish Thing, Life was published in 2007. He died on 4 October 2022 in Bad Godesberg at the age of 92.[6]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1960 Die Brücke des Schicksals [de] Schläger in Tanzbar
1973 World on a Wire Fritz Walfang TV film
1974 Martha Dr. Herbert Salomon TV film
1975 The Unguarded House The Baker TV film
Stellenweise Glatteis Karl Maiwald TV film
Knife in the Back [de] Schöffe
1976 Der Stumme [de] Kahlmann
Die Ilse ist weg [de] Kurt TV film
Baker's Bread [de] Georg Baum
1977 Planübung [de] Bundeswehr Officer TV film
Rückfälle Manfred Burger TV film
1978 The Marriage of Maria Braun Hans Wetzel
1979 Frontiers of Darkness Matthias Berger TV film
The Great Runaway [de] Piesch TV miniseries
1980 Das gefrorene Herz Gwerder
Berlin Alexanderplatz Franz Biberkopf his magnum opus
1981 Das Boot Captain of the 'Weser'
1982 Fleeting Acquaintances Walter TV film
1983 Milo Barus, the Strongest Man in the World Milo Barus [de]
1984 Love Is Not an Argument [de] Felix
What's Up, Chancellor? [de] Chef
Ein Mann namens Parvus Alexander Parvus TV film
Super Kuballa
After Your Decrees [de] Sergeant Kleinschmidt
Silent Poison Philipp Fäsch TV film
Gnadenlos Jakob TV film
1985 Liebfrauen Philipp TV film
Die Komplizen Joseph Lambert TV film
Red Kiss Herschel
1987 Gegen die Regel Klaus Weber TV film
1991 Amaurose
1992 Herzsprung Vater
Moebius [de] Arnold
1993 Gefährliche Verbindung Kiefer TV film
Engel ohne Flügel Paul
1997 Berlin – Moskau Jürgen Schröder TV film
Friedrich und der verzauberte Einbrecher Fischer
Comedian Harmonists Erik Charell
1998 Black Ice Jupp Scholten TV film
2002 Epstein's Night [de] Groll / Giesser
2013 Wir Sprecher voice
2017 Babylon Berlin President Hindenburg TV series

References

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  1. ^ Andrea Rickers: Hier ist es menschlich, Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. September 2010. In German.
  2. ^ a b "Günter Lamprecht Awards". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  3. ^ a b Gunter Lamprecht. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Eltern des Amokläufers von Reichenhall sollen vor Gericht". Spiegel Online. 17 November 1999. Retrieved 11 January 2015. In German.
  5. ^ Motiv bis heute unklar. Heimatzeitung (27 October 2009). In German.
  6. ^ "Günter Lamprecht ist tot: "Tatort"-Kommissar im Alter von 92 Jahren gestorben". 7 October 2022.
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