Herbert Köfer Explained

Herbert Köfer
Birth Date:1921 2, df=y
Birth Place:Berlin, Prussia, Weimar Republic
Death Place:Berlin, Germany
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Herbert Köfer (17 February 1921 – 24 July 2021) was a German actor, voice artist, 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 for comic roles. He founded his own troupe, Köfers Komödiantenbühne, in 2003, and published memoirs.

Life

Herbert Köfer was born in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin.[1] He went to acting school and started his career in 1940 with first engagements at the theatre in Brieg, Lower Silesia. From 1941 to 1945 Köfer served in the Wehrmacht.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] His daughters Mirjam Köfer and Geertje Boeden from his second marriage to actress Ute Boeden are also actresses.[6] His son Andreas Köfer from his first marriage is a cinematographer. He also had a foster daughter.[6] Köfer turned 100 in February 2021,[7] and died in Berlin five months later.[8] [9]

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Films with Köfer include:[10]

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Notes and References

  1. Herbert Köfer: Nie war es so verrückt wie immer… Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2008
  2. Web site: Rundschau . Lausitzer . Herbert Köfer spricht über den Schrecken des Krieges . lr-online.de . 29 November 2008 . de . 26 July 2021.
  3. https://www.maz-online.de/Lokales/Teltow-Flaeming/Herbert-Koefer-feiert-94.-in-Ludwigsfelde Zum Geburtstag auf die Klubhausbühne: Herbert Köfer feiert 94. in Ludwigsfelde
  4. Web site: Herbert Köfer: "Namen vergesse auch ich. Bei Texten ist es anders ..."…. https://archive.today/20130212053857/http://www.superillu.de/kino-tv/Koefer_feiert_70-jaehriges_Buehnenjubilaeum_1771872.html. dead. 12 February 2013. 12 February 2013. archive.ph. 3 January 2020.
  5. http://www.berliner-kurier.de/archiv/herbert-koefer--79--und-sein--ja--zu-heike--40-,8259702,7991948.html Herbert Köfer (79) und sein "Ja" zu Heike (40)
  6. Web site: Schauspieler-Kinder: Sie nutzen ihr Talent – und ihre Chancen: Das haben wir von Papa gelernt. 22 September 1999. MOPO.de. de-DE. 3 January 2020. 21 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190721195734/https://www.mopo.de/schauspieler-kinder--sie-nutzen-ihr-talent---und--ihre-chancen-das-haben-wir-von-papa-gelernt-18804914. dead.
  7. Web site: Zum 100. Geburtstag Herbert Köfer – der älteste aktive Schauspieler der Welt. MDR. 21 February 2021.
  8. Web site: Herbert Köfer tot: Schauspieler und erster deutscher Nachrichtensprecher . . 25 July 2021 . 26 July 2021.
  9. https://www.zeit.de/amp/news/2021-07/25/schauspieler-herbert-koefer-mit-100-jahren-gestorben Schauspieler Herbert Köfer mit 100 Jahren gestorben
  10. https://www.filmportal.de/person/herbert-koefer_275138e0e2ef48a182b68058d6dc7663 Herbert Köfer
  11. Web site: BC 2/2021: Heimat- und Kulturverein Kleinmachnow gratuliert Herbert Köfer . BÄKE Courier . 2 March 2021 . de . 26 July 2021.
  12. Web site: William Shakespeare WAS IHR WOLLT Deutsches Theater DDR 1951 . Programmhefte24.de . 20 November 2020 . de . 26 July 2021.
  13. Book: Köfer, Herbert . 99 und kein bisschen leise . Eulenspiegel Verlag . 2020 . 978-3-359-50092-6 . de . 26 July 2021 . 28.
  14. Web site: Herbert Köfer: Ein Leben für die Schauspielerei . NDR.de . 26 July 2021 . de . 26 July 2021.
  15. Web site: Von der Laientruppe zum Profi-Theater . PNN . de . 26 July 2021.
  16. Web site: Herbert Köfer . Comödie Dresden . 6 February 2012 . de . 26 July 2021.
  17. Web site: Walk . Ines . Herbert Köfer . Stiftung Defa Filme . de . 26 July 2021 . 25 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210725204224/https://www.defa-stiftung.de/defa/biografien/kuenstlerin/herbert-koefer/ . dead .
  18. https://www.welt.de/regionales/sachsen/article218737530/Herbert-Koefer-Mit-99-zweite-Goldene-Henne-fuers-Lebenswerk.html Herbert Köfer: Mit 99 zweite "Goldene Henne" fürs Lebenswerk

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