Gerhard Polt
Gerhard Polt (born 7 May 1942 in Munich) is a German writer, filmmaker, actor and satirical cabaret artist from Bavaria. Main topics are Bavarian people, culture and politics. On stage he often plays the role of an ignorant Bavarian petty bourgeoisie.
Gerhard Polt
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- Name
- Gerhard Polt
- Born
- 7 May 1942
- Birthplace
- Munich, Germany
- Occupation
- author, filmmaker, cabaret artist
- Known for
- Man spricht deutsh
- Nationality
- Germany
- Languages
- German
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Gerhard Polt (born 7 May 1942 in Munich) is a German writer, filmmaker, actor and satirical cabaret artist from Bavaria. Main topics are Bavarian people, culture and politics. On stage he often plays the role of an ignorant Bavarian petty bourgeoisie.
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One of his trademarks is the constant switching and the combining of Bavarian, Standard German and even (pseudo-) Englisch language elements (albeit always performed with strongly Bavarian pronunciation and melody), where a lot of jokes and wordplays derive from. His performances in Munich theaters, which he started in 1976, are very popular. In 1979, he became known to a wider audience in West Germany as a result of his television comedy series Fast wia im richtigen Leben (Almost like in real life). In the following years, he was writer and actor in the movies ' (1983), Man spricht deutsh [sic] [de] (1987), Germanikus [de] (2004), and writer and director of Herr Ober! [de] (1992). He is known as one of the most regarded and highest decorated German cabaret artists.
Bilder vom ZMF 2015 Die Gala am 12. 07. 2015
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• Name — Gerhard Polt • Born — 7 May 1942 • Birthplace — Munich, Germany • Occupation — author, filmmaker, cabaret artist • Known for — Man spricht deutsh • Illustration — Awarding of honorary prices of the Zelt Musik Festival Freiburg, Germany 2015 by Gernot Erler (MdB) • Illustration — Zelt Musik Festival. Gerhard Polt reads Peter and the Wolf accompanied by the Russische Kammerphilharmonie St. Petersburg.
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• 1980 Deutscher Kleinkunstpreis • 1982 Adolf-Grimme-Preis • 1984 Deutscher Darstellerpreis • 2002 Prix Pantheon • 2006 Kassel Literary Prize. • 2017: Honorary Prize of the Bavarian minister-president at the Bavarian TV-Awards • 2019 Cultural Honor Prize of the City of Munich • 2021 Bavarian Order of Merit
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- 1.Prager, Brad. A Companion to Werner Herzog. John Wiley & Sons. 250–. 30 March 2012. 978-1-4443-6140-7.
- 2.Lüdi, Heidi. Movie Worlds: Production Design in Film. Edition Axel Menges. 118–. 2000. 978-3-932565-13-7.
- 3.Haines, Brigid. Aesthetics and Politics in Modern German Culture: Festschrift in Honour of Rhys W. Williams. Peter Lang. 73–. 17 March 2010. 978-3-03911-355-2.
- 4.Preis für Polt. Der Spiegel. 30 November 1980.
- 5.Autorenporträt zu Gerhard Polt. bavarikon.
- 6.Chronik. Bundesverband Regie.
- 7.Bonn, Pantheon Theater. Alle Preisträger und Nominierten. Prix Pantheon.
- 8.Kasseler Literaturpreis an Gerhard Polt. Der Standard. 26 June 2006.
- 9.Der Blaue Panther – 29. Bayerischer Fernsehpreis: Ehrenpreis des Bayerischen Ministerpräsidenten für den Kabarettisten und Autor Gerhard Polt – Bayerisches Landesportal. Bayerisches Landesportal – Das Landesportal des Freistaats Bayern und der Bayerischen Staatsregierung.
- 10.Kultureller Ehrenpreis. Rathaus – Landeshauptstadt München.
- 11.Bayerischer Verdienstorden für Gerhard Polt: OB Reiter gratuliert. Landeshauptstadt München. 19 October 2021.
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