Otto Schenk

Otto Schenk was born on the 12^th June 1930 in the city of Vienna; he is an Austrian actor and a theatre and opera director.

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Life and Career

Otto Schenk was born to catholic parents. His father was a lawyer and had Jewish roots and so he left his job after the 1938 Anschluss. Otto Schenk studied acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar and kicked off his acting career at the Theater in der Josefstadt and the Wiener Volkstheater and kicked off his career as a comedian at the Vienna's Simpl cabaret theater. He kicked off his directing career in the year 1953 at the small venues in the city of Vienna and that led him to the bigger theatre of the country like Burgtheater, the Munich Kammerspiele and the Salzburg Festival and he staged plays by William Shakespeare, Arthur Schnitzler, Ödön von Horváth, Anton Chekhov.

Otto Schenk directed his first opera in the year 1957, his success as an opera director was in the year 1962 with the Alban Berg's Lulu at the Theater an der Wien, the production was later moved to the Vienna State Opera where Otto Schenk made his first appearance in the year 1964 with the Leoš Janáček's Jenůfa.

He was contracted as a permanent producer for many seasons by the State Opera, while keeping up with his freelance actor of the country, comedian and a director in Austria and in Germany. He was engaged as a director of a studio production of Verdi's Othello that was sung in German language with a stellar cast. He worked for many theatres from Germany like Berlin State Opera, the Bavarian State Opera and the Hamburg State Opera.

In the United States, Otto Schenk is popular for his lavish, realist, traditionalist stagings at the Metropolitan Opera, more with the production of the Richard Wagner's four-opera epic called Der Ring des Nibelungen.

Otto Schenk has appeared in more than 30 movies, mostly in Germany. He was the director of Reigen, a film that is based on Arthur Schnitzler's Reigen.

Filmography

As an Actor

Ø  2013 Chuzpe (TV Movie) as Edek

Ø  2007 Mein alter Freund Fritz (TV Movie) as Patient Knoppig

Ø  2005 Der eingebildete Kranke (TV Movie) as Monsieur Argan

Ø  2005 Kampl (TV Movie) as Gabriel Brunner

Ø  2002 Hochwürden wird Papa (TV Movie) as Enrico Beloni

Ø  2002 Othello darf nicht platzen (TV Movie) as Tito Merelli

Ø  2002 August der Glückliche (TV Movie) as August Grandits

Ø  2001 Der verkaufte Großvater (TV Movie) as Großvater

Ø  2001/I Rosmersholm (TV Movie) as Ulrik Brendel

Ø  2001 Zwei unter einem Dach (TV Movie) as Walter Hofer

Ø  2000 Die Verhaftung des Johann Nepomuk Nestroy (TV Movie) as Augustinus Fittl

Ø  1999 Sonny Boys (TV Movie) as Willie Clark

Ø  1999 Ein Herz wird wieder jung as Friedrich Hoffmann

Ø  1999 Late Show as Dr. August Beer

Ø  1997 Mein Opa und die 13 Stühle (TV Movie) as Franz Sedlak

Ø  1997 Ein Schutzengel auf Reisen (TV Movie)

Ø  1996 Potasch und Perlmutter (TV Movie) as Potasch

Ø  1995 Unser Opa ist der Beste (TV Movie) as Franz 'Grandpa' Sedlak

Ø  1994 Tafelspitz as William Nowotny

Ø  1992 Die Sternstunde des Josef Bieder (TV Movie) as Josef Bieder

Ø  1992 Duett (TV Movie) as Kommissar Joseph Mallinger

Ø  1992 Immer Ärger mit Nicole

Ø  1991 Der Schwierige (TV Movie) as Ein berühmter Mann

Ø  1989 Das Mädl aus der Vorstadt (TV Movie) as Schnoferl

Ø  1989 Singen kann der Mensch auf unzählige Arten (TV Movie)

Ø  1988 Starke Zeiten as Eugen Doleschal

Ø  1988 Heiteres Bezirksgericht (TV Series)

Ø  1986 The Metropolitan Opera Presents (TV Series) as Frosch - Die Fledermaus (1986) ... Frosch

Ø  1985 Spiel im Schloß (TV Movie) as Lakai

Ø  1984 Eine blaßblaue Frauenschrift (TV Movie) as Spittelberger

Ø  1984 Der Zerrissene (TV Movie) as Gluthammer - ein Schlosser

Ø  1981 Der lebende Leichnam (TV Movie) as Iwan Petrowitsch Alexandrow

Ø  1979 Der Unbestechliche (TV Movie) as Theodor - Diener

Ø  1979 Das Veilchen (TV Movie) as Direktor

Ø  1978 Sechs Personen suchen einen Autor (TV Movie) as Direktor

Ø  1978 Vor Gericht seh'n wir uns wieder (TV Movie)

Ø  1976 Darf ich mitspielen? (TV Movie)

Ø  1976 Der Talisman (TV Movie) as Plutzerkern

Ø  1975 Literatur (TV Movie)

Ø  1975 Alte Hüte aus Wien - Witziges - Spitziges - Spritziges (TV Movie)

Ø  1972 Die Fledermaus (TV Movie) as Frosch

Ø  1972 Immer Ärger mit Hochwürden as Oskar

Ø  1971 Der Wald (TV Movie) as Gennadij Domjanytsch Gurmyshski, genannt Pechvogel

Ø  1971 Überall ist Wunderland - Erinnerungen an Joachim Ringelnatz (TV Movie)

Ø  1970 Herzliches Beileid (TV Short) as Albert

Ø  1970 Hier bin ich, mein Vater (TV Movie) as Köck

Ø  1969 Zeitvertreib (TV Movie) as Diener Bumml

Ø  1968 Zimmer 13 (TV Series) as Herr Löwe - Ich war OE 29 (1968) ... Herr Löwe

Ø  1965 Die letzten Tage der Menschheit (TV Movie)

Ø  1963 Ein Dorf ohne Männer (TV Movie) as Hofbeamter

Ø  1962 Das haben die Mädchen gern as Josef Specht

Ø  1962 Anatol (TV Movie)

Ø  1962 Mit den besten Empfehlungen (TV Movie)

Ø  1961 Der Bauer als Millionär as Lorenz

Ø  1960 The Good Soldier Schweik as Doctor #2 (uncredited)

Ø  1958 Die Alkestiade (TV Movie) as Ein junger Nachtwächter

Ø  1955 Her Crime Was Love

As a Director

Ø  1985 Die Hose (TV Movie)

Ø  1985 Spiel im Schloß (TV Movie)

Ø  1984 Der Zerrissene (TV Movie)

Ø  1982 Die verkaufte Braut (TV Movie)

Ø  1981 Der lebende Leichnam (TV Movie)

Ø  1979 Das Veilchen (TV Movie)

Ø  1978 Fidelio (TV Movie)

Ø  1977 Arabella

Ø  1976 Der Talisman (TV Movie) (theatre director)

Ø  1975 Viel Lärmen um nichts (TV Movie)

Ø  1975 Komtesse Mizzi (TV Movie)

Ø  1973 Was Ihr wollt (TV Movie)

Ø  1973 Dance of Love

Ø  1972 Die Fledermaus (TV Movie)

Ø  1971 Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung (TV Movie)

Ø  1971 Liliom (TV Movie)

Ø  1968 Der Kaufmann von Venedig (TV Movie)

Ø  1968 Das Telefon oder Liebe zu dritt (TV Short)

Ø  1966 Zeit der Kirschen (TV Movie)

Ø  1965 Dame Kobold (TV Movie)

Ø  1964 Die Teepuppe (TV Movie)

Ø  1964 Die Zauberflöte (TV Movie)

Ø  1963 Hin und her

Ø  1962 Anatol (TV Movie)

Ø  1960-1961 Familie Leitner (TV Series) (14 episodes) - Eltern und Kinder (1961) - Der Hund, der 'Herr Novak' hieß (1961) - Heimkehr vom Urlaub (1961) - Familienausflug (1961) - Walter ist eifersüchtig (1961)

Self Credits

Ø  2012 Arik Brauer - Eine Jugend in WIen (TV Movie documentary) as Himself

Ø  2012 Der Salon am Dienstag (TV Series) as Himself as - Episode dated 9 October 2012 (2012) ... Himself

Ø  2012 Stöckl am Samstag (TV Series) as Himself - Episode dated 6 October 2012 (2012) ...as Himself

Ø  2012 Was wurde aus...? (TV Series documentary) as Himself - Brigitte Fassbaender - Die Opern-Legende (2012) ... Himself

Ø  2011 Willkommen Österreich (TV Series) as Himself as - Episode #1.148 (2011) ... Himself

Ø  2010 Revealed (TV Series) as Himself - Actor and Director as - Anna Netrebko (2010) ... Himself - Actor and Director

Ø  2010 Der ewige Dienstmann - Hans Moser im Porträt (TV Movie documentary) as Himself

Ø  2010 Spuren ins Nichts - Der Dirigent Carlos Kleiber (Documentary) as Himself

Ø  2010 Im Gespräch mit Teddy Podgorski (TV Series) as Himself - Episode #1.1 (2010) ... Himself

Ø  2009 DAS! (TV Series) as Himself - Episode dated 14 September 2009 (2009) ... Himself

Ø  2007 Kult am Sonntag (TV Series) as Himself - Operettenzauber (2007) ... Himself

Ø  2005 Die Johannes B. Kerner Show (TV Series) as Himself - Episode dated 10 March 2005 (2005) ... Himself

Ø  2005 Deutsche Lebensläufe (TV Series documentary) as Himself - Fritz Kortner (2005) ... Himself

Ø  2004 Alpha Forum (TV Series) as Himself - Otto Schenk - Schauspieler (2004) ... Himself

Ø  2003 Johannes Heesters: Eine Legende wird 100 (TV Movie) as Himself

Ø  1989 Showgeschichten (TV Series) as Himself - Otto Schenk (1989) ... Himself

Ø  1984 Stars in der Manege (TV Series documentary) as Performer - Stars in der Manege 1984 (1984) ... Performer

Ø  1984 Theater Talk (TV Series) as Himself - Episode #1.13 (1984) ... Himself

Ø  1975 ...ganz persönlich (TV Series) as Himself - Otto Schenk (1975) ... Himself

Ø  1973 Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt (TV Movie documentary) as Himself

Ø  1970 Bernstein on Beethoven: A Celebration in Vienna (TV Special documentary) as Himself

Ø  1969 Hereinspaziert ins neue Jahr - Silvester mit Heinz Conrads (TV Movie) as Himself