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Dieter Mann (20 June 1941 – 3 February 2022) was a German actor, director, university professor, and radio personality. In his career, he acted in several theater productions and in over 140 film and television productions. Between 1984 and 1991, he was director of the Deutsches Theater. In 1986, he became a member of the Berlin Academy of Arts. Internationally, he is best known for having portrayed Wilhelm Keitel in Downfall.




Early life


Mann was born in Berlin as the son of a worker. He had an older brother who later became a foreign correspondent. He went to school in Pankow and learned the trade of lathe operator at VEB Kühlautomat. After his Abitur, he began acting training in the early 1960s at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts.




Career



From 1964 to 2006, during his time at the Deutsches Theater Berlin, Mann portrayed the Templar in Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's Nathan the Wise, the lead role in Clavigo and Edgar Wibeau in Die neuen Leiden des jungen W.. He also portrayed Demetrius in a German production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. From 1984 to 1991, he was Intendant of the house.
Mann was also a radio announcer for Rundfunk der DDR and would often read plays while on the air. His audio books became bestsellers.
After the reunification of Germany, Mann appeared in a number of productions on film and television. He had guest appearances on the television series such as AS – Danger is his business, Peter Strohm, Tresko, Ein starkes Team, Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall, In aller Freundschaft, Rosa Roth, Bella Block and several times in Tatort. From 1998 to 2007, he played Prof. Dr. Siegmar Bondzio in the series Der letzte Zeuge. Mann played at the Burgtheater in Vienna and at Frank Castorf's Volksbühne.
From 1995, Mann was a lecturer at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Mann played the role of Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel in the Academy Award-nominated 2004 film Downfall. His final roles were in the 2011 drama Way Home and in the 2014 television comedy film Die letzten Millionen.




Awards


Source:

1965 Erich Weinert Medal
1975 Art Prize of the German Democratic Republic
1981 Johannes R. Becher Gold Medal
1984 National Prize 2nd class
1986 Member of the Academy of Arts Berlin
1997 Critics' Award from the Berliner Zeitung for his title role in Ithaca
2003 nomination of the Berliner Morgenpost for the Critics' Prize 2003 for Fülle des Wohllauts
2004 honorary member of the Deutsches Theater
Member of the Deutsche Akademie der Darstellenden Künste




Personal life


Mann was married to Barbara Schnitzler and had a daughter, actress Pauline Knof. His mother-in-law was actress Inge Keller. Mann remarried and lived near Königs Wusterhausen, Germany.
In 2016, Mann announced that he had Parkinson's disease. He died on 3 February 2022 in Berlin, at the age of 80.




Filmography


The following is an incomplete list of the films where he is credited as actor




Writings


Mann, Dieter (2016). Schöne Vorstellung eine Autobiographie in Gesprächen mit Hans-Dieter Schütt (in German). Berlin: Aufbau. ISBN 978-3-351-03637-9. OCLC 929992762.




References






External links



Dieter Mann at IMDb
Walk, Ines (March 2008). "Dieter Mann" (in German). Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2010.

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