Charlotte Kerr
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Charlotte Kerr is a German director, film producer, actress, writer, and journalist.
She first performed on stage in Fritz Kortner
’s version of Schiller’s
Don Carlos
in 1951. She became well known for her television role as commander of the spaceship Hydra in the Raumpatrouille
series and for her appearances in the films of Rainer Erler, including Fleisch
.
In 1971, she was a member of the jury at the 21st Berlin International Film Festival
.
In 1983, during the filming of a film about the Greek minister Melina Mercouri
, Kerr met the Swiss poet Friedrich Dürrenmatt
. They became close after discussing his latest play Achterloo and were married in 1984. The two collaborated on the film Portrait eines Planeten and the play Rollenspiele. Dürrenmatt died in 1990. Her autobiography, , discussed her life with the writer. In 2000, her Centre Dürrenmatt was opened in Neuchâtel.
She took legal action against the writer Hugo Loetscher
for an alleged affront of her dignity and personal rights in his book about Dürrenmatt's abdication, which was released 13 years after Dürrenmatt's death and published by Lesen statt Klettern. She criticised several details of the book, including the following:
Kerr said Dürrenmatt was an atheist and would never have folded his hands. She also claimed she never in her life had to use crutches. Loetscher argued that there was a drawing that showed that Dürrenmatt's hands were indeed folded, but Kerr obtained it and promptly burned it.
She first performed on stage in Fritz Kortner
Fritz Kortner
Fritz Kortner was an Austrian-born stage and film actor and theatre director.Kortner was born in Vienna as Fritz Nathan Kohn. He studied at the Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. After graduating, he joined Max Reinhardt in Berlin in 1911 and then Leopold Jessner in 1916. Also in that year...
’s version of Schiller’s
Friedrich Schiller
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life , Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe...
Don Carlos
Don Carlos (play)
Don Carlos is a historical tragedy in five acts by Friedrich Schiller; it was written between 1783 and 1787 and first produced in Hamburg in 1787...
in 1951. She became well known for her television role as commander of the spaceship Hydra in the Raumpatrouille
Raumpatrouille
Raumpatrouille – Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion , colloquially also known as Raumpatrouille Orion, and Space Patrol Orion in English, was the first German science fiction television series...
series and for her appearances in the films of Rainer Erler, including Fleisch
Fleisch (1979)
Fleisch is a German cult film by Rainer Erler about organ trade, the thriller was produced in the year 1979.- Plot :...
.
In 1971, she was a member of the jury at the 21st Berlin International Film Festival
21st Berlin International Film Festival
The 21st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 26 to July 6, 1971.-Jury:* Bjørn Rasmussen * Ida Ehre* Walter Albuquerque Mello* Paul Claudon* Kenneth Harper* Mani Kaul* Charlotte Kerr* Rex Reed* Giancarlo Zagni...
.
In 1983, during the filming of a film about the Greek minister Melina Mercouri
Melina Mercouri
Melina Mercouri , born as Maria Amalia Mercouri was a Greek actress, singer and politician.As an actress she made her film debut in Stella and met international success with her performances in Never on Sunday, Phaedra, Topkapi and Promise at Dawn...
, Kerr met the Swiss poet Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Friedrich Dürrenmatt was a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant-garde dramas, philosophically deep crime novels, and often macabre satire...
. They became close after discussing his latest play Achterloo and were married in 1984. The two collaborated on the film Portrait eines Planeten and the play Rollenspiele. Dürrenmatt died in 1990. Her autobiography, , discussed her life with the writer. In 2000, her Centre Dürrenmatt was opened in Neuchâtel.
She took legal action against the writer Hugo Loetscher
Hugo Loetscher
Hugo Loetscher was a Swiss writer and essayist.- Life :Loetscher was born in Zürich, and grew up there. He studied philosophy, sociology and literature at the University of Zürich and the Sorbonne...
for an alleged affront of her dignity and personal rights in his book about Dürrenmatt's abdication, which was released 13 years after Dürrenmatt's death and published by Lesen statt Klettern. She criticised several details of the book, including the following:
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novel on his bedside table - Dürrenmatt's corpse had its hands folded
- Kerr once had to use crutches in church
Kerr said Dürrenmatt was an atheist and would never have folded his hands. She also claimed she never in her life had to use crutches. Loetscher argued that there was a drawing that showed that Dürrenmatt's hands were indeed folded, but Kerr obtained it and promptly burned it.
Filmography
- Das Wunder des Malachias (1961)
- RaumpatrouilleRaumpatrouilleRaumpatrouille – Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion , colloquially also known as Raumpatrouille Orion, and Space Patrol Orion in English, was the first German science fiction television series...
(Fernsehserie, 1966) - as General Lydia van Dyke - Heißer Sand auf Sylt
- Die Antwort kennt nur der Wind (1974)
- Plutonium (1977)
- Fleisch (1979)
- Eine Liebe von Swann (1984)
- Raumpatrouille Orion – Rücksturz ins Kino (2003)