Herbert Köfer

Herbert Köfer (17 February 1921 – 24 July 2021) was a German actor and television presenter. He was the first German TV news presenter for the East German Deutscher Fernsehfunk, and also presented the station's last news before the reunification of Germany. His first theatre engagement was in 1940, and he kept acting until the age of 100. Köfer played an SS-Hauptsturmführer in the 1963 film Nackt unter Wölfen (Naked Among Wolves). He was known for detective series such as Polizeiruf 110 and comic roles. He founded his own troupe, Köfers Komödiantenbühne, in 2003, and published memoirs.

Life Herbert Köfer was born in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin.Herbert Köfer: Nie war es so verrückt wie immer… Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2008 He went to acting school and started his career in 1940 with his first engagements at the theatre in Brieg, Lower Silesia. From 1941 to 1945 Köfer served in the Wehrmacht. He was a prisoner of war; when he returned, he worked in different theatres in Berlin, including the Volksbühne, Deutsches Theater and Kabarett Kleine Bühne.

From 1952, he worked for the East German TV channel Deutscher Fernsehfunk and was on 21 December 1952 the first German TV presenter, moderating Aktuelle Kamera.Zum Geburtstag auf die Klubhausbühne: Herbert Köfer feiert 94. in Ludwigsfelde In: Märkische Allgemeine 14 February 2015. Köfer was both the presenter of the first moments of East German television and the host of the final show nearly 40 years later on 31 December 1991. Beginning in the late 1950s, he had roles as an actor in films and TV series. He also became part of the cabaret .

In Nackt unter Wölfen (Naked Among Wolves), he played the role of SS-Hauptsturmführer Kluttig. He was known for detective series such as Polizeiruf 110 and for comic roles. He was popular as Opa Paul Schmidt in the TV series Rentner haben niemals Zeit (Senior citizens never have time).

After the reunification of Germany, he continued his career. In 2003 he founded his stage show Köfers Komödiantenbühne. In March 2008 he published his biography Nie war es so verrückt wie immer … (It is never as crazy as always).

Köfer lived in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district near the Seddiner See. From 2000 until his death, he was in his third marriage with actress Heike Köfer.Herbert Köfer (79) und sein "Ja" zu Heike (40) , berliner-kurier.de, access date 6 August 2014 His daughters Mirjam Köfer and Geertje Boeden from his second marriage to actress Ute Boeden are also actresses. His son Andreas Köfer from his first marriage is a cinematographer. He also had a foster daughter. Köfer turned 100 in February 2021, and died in Berlin five months later.Schauspieler Herbert Köfer mit 100 Jahren gestorben Die Zeit, 25 July 2021

Films

Films with Köfer include:Herbert Köfer at filmportal.de 2021

1951: The Sonnenbrucks 1953: Anna Susanna 1956: Der Teufelskreis 1957: Mazurka der Liebe 1959: Maibowle (The Punch Bowl) 1959: Reportage 57 1960: Die schöne Lurette 1963: Reserviert für den Tod (Reserved for the Death) 1963: Nackt unter Wölfen (Naked Among Wolves) 1964: Schwarzer Samt

1964: 1965: Der Reserveheld 1965: Denk bloß nicht, ich heule

1965: Hände hoch oder ich schieße (Hands Up or I'll Shoot)

1967: Hochzeitsnacht im Regen 1967: Ein Lord am Alexanderplatz 1967: Frau Venus und ihr Teufel 1968: Hauptmann Florian von der Mühle

1969: Jungfer, Sie gefällt mir 1970: Jeder stirbt für sich allein (three mini series) 1971: KLK an PTX – Die Rote Kapelle (KLK Calling PTZ – The Red Orchestra)

1972: Tecumseh 1972: Walter Defends Sarajevo (Валтер брани Сарајево)

1973: Polizeiruf 110: Nachttresor (TV series, thenfrequently)

1974:

1978: Rentner haben niemals Zeit, as Opa Paul Schmidt (TV series)

1982: Geschichten übern Gartenzaun (TV series) 1984–1986: Familie Neumann / Neumanns Geschichten (TV series)

1993: Auto Fritze: Weiberwirtschaft 1993: Immer wieder Sonntag: Das neue Haus

1994: Elbflorenz (TV series)

1997: Dr. Sommerfeld – Neues vom Bülowbogen: Der neue Doktor (TV series)

2000: Wolffs Revier: Wolffs Falle (TV series) 2001–2021: In aller Freundschaft (TV series, four episodes) 2002: Unser Charly: Rufmord (TV series)

2005: SOKO Wismar: Schöne Aussicht (TV series)

2006: Leipzig Homicide: Katzenfutter (TV series) 2007: Allein unter Bauern: Der alte Mann und das Gewehr 2007: Ein starkes Team: Blutige Ernte (TV series) 2008: KDD – Kriminaldauerdienst: Im Zwielicht (TV series) 2010: Notruf Hafenkante: Alte Freunde (TV series) 2012: 2012: Heiter bis tödlich: Akte Ex: Endlich Prinzessin (TV series) 2014: Leipzig Homicide: Letzte Wahrheit (TV series) 2021: Krauses Zukunft (TV film)

Theatre

1946: Schiller's Die Braut von Messina, as Don Cesar, Neues Berliner Künstlertheater Kleinmachnow

1951: Shakespeare's Was ihr wollt, Deutsches Theater Berlin 1952: Shakespeare's Die Komödie der Irrungen, Brandenburgisches Landestheater Potsdam

1997: Die Feuerzangenbowle, as Schnauz, Comödie Dresden 1997: Im weißen Rössl, as Wilhelm Gieseke, Comödie Dresden 2010: Ritter Ludwig, title role, Comödie Dresden

Publications

Das war's noch lange nicht. Erinnerungen. Ullstein, Berlin 1995, . Nie war es so verrückt wie immer… Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2008, . 99 und kein bisschen leise, 2019, .

Awards

1964: Heinrich Greif Prize

1969: Nationalpreis der DDR, I. Klasse for Krupp und Krause / Krause und Krupp 1977: Vaterländischer Verdienstorden in bronze 1979: Vaterländischer Verdienstorden in gold

(shared) 2002: , for lifetime achievementsHerbert Köfer: Mit 99 zweite "Goldene Henne" fürs Lebenswerk (in German) Die Welt 27 October 2020

References

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