Hannelore Elsner
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Hannelore Elsner (born Hannelore Elstner, 26 July 1942 – 21 April 2019) was a German actress with a long career on television and in film. She first worked on stages in Munich, then starred in popular films and television series such as Die Schwarzwaldklinik, and as the lead character, Inspector Lea Sommer, in the series Die Kommissarin. She was recognized internationally for her lead role in the 2000 film Die Unberührbare (No Place to Go), shown at the Cannes Film Festival. Elsner was awarded honours for her acting and her social engagement.
Hannelore Elsner
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Hannelore Elsner in 2011
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Hannelore Elstner
26 July 1942 |
| Died | 21 April 2019 (aged 76)
Munich, Germany
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| Occupation | actress |
| Years active | 1959–2019 |
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Career
Elsner achieved international recognition for her lead role as a character actor in the 2000 film Die Unberührbare (No Place to Go), which tells the last days in the life of a writer, based closely on the life of Gisela Elsner who took her life in 1992. The black & white film was written and filmed by Gisela Elsner's son, Oskar Roehler. It was a German entry for the Cannes Film Festival, and received three film awards.[1] Her last completed film was Kirschblüten und Dämonen by Doris Dörrie, who said that Elsner was a great adventurer who through herself in every role and in life with ccuriosity, dedication and bravery ("Für mich war Hannelore Elsner eine große Abenteuerin, die sich mit Neugier, Hingabe und Tapferkeit in jede Rolle und in ihr Leben gestürzt hat.")[3]
Elsner also made audio plays and readings of books. Socially, she worked in an association promoting not to forget the Holocaust. She wrote her memoirs in 2011, titled Im Überschwang: Aus meinem Leben (In Exuberance: From My Life)",[2] describing in detail how she grew up in Bavarian provincial surrounding, and tragic episodes from her childhood.[1]
Elsner was married to the the actor Gerd Vespermann, the director Alf Brustellin and the producer Uwe B. Carstensen.[3] She died of cancer in a clinic in Munich on 21 April.[4][5] She was described as national institution, wild, seductive and independent ("wild, verführerisch und unabhängig").[2] The broadcaster BR changed the program in order to show films with her and an interview.[4]
Films
Films with Elsner include:[6]- Old Heidelberg (1959)
- Das Mädchen mit den schmalen Hüften (1961)
- Die endlose Nacht (1963)
- An Alibi for Death (1963)
- Glorious Times at the Spessart Inn (1967)
- Zur Hölle mit den Paukern (1968)
- Student of the Bedroom (1970)
- Gentlemen in White Vests (1970)
- Willi wird das Kind schon schaukeln (1971)
- The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of (1972)
- ...aber Jonny! (1973)
- Trip to Vienna (1973)
- Challenge to White Fang (1974)
- Berlinger (1975)
- Grete Minde (1977)
- Der Sturz (1979)
- The Tailor from Ulm (1979)
- Der grüne Vogel (1980)
- Man Without Memory (1984)
- Eine Art von Zorn (TV film, 1984)
- Parker (1985)
- Kaminsky (1985)
- Operation Dead End (1985)
- Bitte laßt die Blumen leben (1986)
- Noch ein Wunsch (TV film, 1989)
- Der achte Tag (1990)
- Długa rozmowa z ptakiem (TV film, 1992)
- Klippen des Todes (TV film, 1993)
- Die Kommissarin (TV series, 1994-2006)
- Schmetterlingsgefühle (TV film, 1996)
- A Girl Called Rosemary (TV film, 1996)
- Andrea und Marie (TV film, 1998)
- Kai Rabe gegen die Vatikankiller (1998)
- No Place to Go (2000)
- Mein letzter Film (2002)
- Eine Liebe in Afrika (TV film, 2003)
- Rot und Blau (2003)
- Frau fährt, Mann schläft (2004)
- Alles auf Zucker! (2004)
- Die Spielerin (TV film, 2005)
- Du hast gesagt, dass du mich liebst (2006)
- Rauchzeichen (2006)
- Vivere (2007)
- Das Sichtbare und das Unsichtbare (2007)
- War and Peace (TV miniseries, 2008)
- Cherry Blossoms (2008)
- Mein Herz in Chile (TV film, 2008)
- Zeiten ändern dich (2010)
- Der letzte Patriarch (TV film, 2010)
- Lüg weiter, Liebling (TV film, 2010)
- Alles Liebe (TV film, 2010)
- Das Blaue vom Himmel (2011)
- Alles inklusive (2014)
- Tour de Force (2014)
- Auf das Leben! (To Life) (2014)
- Kirschblüten und Dämonen (2019)
Awards
Elsner was awarded the 2000 Bavarian Film Awards, the Deutscher Filmpreis (Geman Film Award) in the category Best Actress and the Deutscher Kritikerpreis, all for No Place to Go (Die Unberührbare).[3][7] In 2005, she received the German Order of Merit for her campaigning fighting Aids.[1] In 2006, she was awarded the Bavarian Film Award for her life's work.[3]References
- "Bayerischer Filmpreis – "Pierrot"" (PDF) (in German). Bayerischer Filmpreis. 2000. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hannelore Elsner. |
- Official website
- Literature by and about Hannelore Elsner in the German National Library catalogue
- Hannelore Elsner on IMDb
- Hannelore Elsner discography at Discogs
- Hannelore Elsner: Dieser ganz undeutsche Glamour (photos) Die Zeit, 23 April 2019
