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'{{short description|German actor}} {{Infobox person | name = Günter Lamprecht | image = Günter Lamprecht.jpg | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = [[21 January]] [[1930]] | birth_place = [[Berlin]], Germany | death_date = [[4 October]] [[2022]] (age 92) | occupation = Actor |years active=1959–present }} '''Günter Lamprecht''' (21 January 1930 - 4 October 2022<ref>https://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/leute/leute/guenter-lamprecht-ist-tot-tatort-kommissar-im-alter-von-92-jahren-gestorben-81543716.bild.html</ref>) was 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). ==Life and career== 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.<ref>Andrea Rickers: ''Hier ist es menschlich'', ''[[Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung]]''. September 2010. In German.</ref> His roles there included Stanley Kowalski in ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (play)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' and John in [[Gerhart Hauptmann]]'s ''[[The Rats (play)|The Rats]]''. [[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> 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. ===Personal life=== 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. ==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1960|| ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Die Brücke des Schicksals|de}}'' || Schläger in Tanzbar || |- |1973|| ''[[World on a Wire]]'' || Fritz Walfang || TV film |- |1974|| ''[[Martha (1974 film)|Martha]]'' || Dr. Herbert Salomon || TV film |- |rowspan=2|1975 | ''Stellenweise Glatteis'' || Karl Maiwald || TV film<!--22 June 1975--> |- | ''{{ill|Das Messer im Rücken|de}}'' || Schöffe ||<!--11 July 1975--> |- |rowspan=2|1976 | ''{{Ill|Der Stumme|de}}'' || Kahlmann ||<!--12 August 1976--> |- | ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Das Brot des Bäckers|de}}'' || Georg Baum ||<!--30 October 1976--> |- |rowspan=2|1977 | ''Planübung'' || Bundeswehr Officer || TV film<!--13 September 1977--> |- | ''Rückfälle'' || Manfred Burger || TV film<!--13 December 1977--> |- |1978|| ''[[The Marriage of Maria Braun]]'' || Hans Wetzel ||<!--22 May 1978, Cannes--> |- |rowspan=2|1979 | ''Schattengrenze'' || Matthias Berger || TV film<!--23 April 1979 --> |- | ''{{ill|The Great Runaway|de|Die große Flatter}}'' || Piesch || TV miniseries<!--30 September 1979--> |- |rowspan=2|1980 | ''Das gefrorene Herz'' || Gwerder || |- | ''[[Berlin Alexanderplatz (miniseries)|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'' || {{Ill|Milo Barus|de}} || |- |rowspan=7|1984 | ''{{ill|Love Is Not an Argument|de|Liebe ist kein Argument}}'' || Felix ||<!--20 January 1984--> |- | ''{{ill|What's Up, Chancellor?|de|Is was, Kanzler?}}'' || Chef ||<!--16 March 1984--> |- | ''Ein Mann namens Parvus'' || [[Alexander Parvus]] ||TV film<!--10 April 1984--> |- | ''[[Super (1984 film)|Super]]'' || Kuballa ||<!--11 May 1984--> |- | ''{{ill|After Your Decrees|de|Blutiger Schnee (1984)}}'' || Sergeant Kleinschmidt ||<!--3 September 1984, Poland--> |- | ''Das leise Gift'' || Philipp Fäsch ||TV film<!--5 September 1984--> |- | ''Gnadenlos'' || Jakob ||TV film<!--23 October 1984--> |- |rowspan=3|1985 | ''Liebfrauen'' || Philipp ||TV film<!--5 April 1985--> |- | ''Die Komplizen'' || Joseph Lambert ||TV film<!--12 May 1985--> |- | ''[[Red Kiss]]'' || Herschel ||<!--27 November 1985--> |- |1987|| ''Gegen die Regel'' || Klaus Weber ||TV film |- |1991|| ''Amaurose'' || || |- |rowspan=2|1992 | ''Herzsprung'' || Vater || |- | ''{{ill|Moebius (1992 film)|de|3=Moebius (1992)|lt=Moebius}}'' || Arnold || |- |1993|| ''Engel ohne Flügel'' || Paul || |- |rowspan=2|1997 | ''Friedrich und der verzauberte Einbrecher'' || Fischer || |- | ''[[Comedian Harmonists (film)|Comedian Harmonists]]'' || [[Erik Charell]] || |- |1998|| ''Black Ice'' || Jupp Scholten || TV film |- |2002|| ''{{ill|Epstein's Night|de|Epsteins Nacht}}'' || Groll / Giesser || |- |2013|| ''Wir'' || Sprecher || voice |- |2017|| ''[[Babylon Berlin]]'' || President [[Paul von Hindenburg|Hindenburg]] || TV series |} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{IMDb name|0483945}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lamprecht, Gunter}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:20th-century German male actors]] [[Category:21st-century German male actors]] [[Category:Male actors from Berlin]] [[Category:German male film actors]] [[Category:German male television actors]] [[Category:German male stage actors]] [[Category:Recipients of the Order of Merit of Berlin]]'