Manfred Krug (February 8, 1937 – October 21, 2016) was a German actor, singer and author. Krug was born in Duisburg in 1937. After moving to East Germany at the age of 13, Krug worked at a steel plant before beginning his acting career on the stage and, ultimately, in film. By the end of the 1950s he had several film roles, and in 1960 he appeared in Frank Beyer's successful war movie Fünf Patronenhülsen (Five Cartridges). Many more film roles followed, with Krug often cast as a socialist hero....
Manfred Krug (February 8, 1937 – October 21, 2016) was a German actor, singer and author.
Krug was born in Duisburg in 1937. After moving to East Germany at the age of 13, Krug worked at a steel plant before beginning his acting career on the stage and, ultimately, in film. By the end of the 1950s he had several film roles, and in 1960 he appeared in Frank Beyer's successful war movie Fünf Patronenhülsen (Five Cartridges). Many more film roles followed, with Krug often cast as a socialist hero. Krug also achieved notability as a popular jazz singer, often in collaboration with composer Guenther Fischer.
In 1976 the East German government (GDR) forbade Krug to work as an actor and singer because he participated in protests against the expulsion and stripping of GDR citizenship of Wolf Biermann. On April 20, 1977 he requested to leave the GDR and as soon as he got the approval he left the GDR and moved to Schöneberg in West Berlin.
After moving back to West Germany he very soon got new roles as an actor but very rarely sang in public for a long time. In 1978 Krug appeared as one of the male leads of the action-drama television series Auf Achse, and would continue to appear on the series until 1995, one year before the show ended its long run. Krug's various television roles even included a two-year stint on the children's program Sesamstraße, the German version of the American children's program Sesame Street. In the 1980s and 1990s, he also starred as Hauptkommissar Paul Stoever in the Tatort series of TV crime movies, which would eventually run for forty installments in total. He died on October 21, 2016 in Berlin.
Awards 1962 Heinrich-Greif-Preis First Class for Auf der Sonnenseite, ensemble award 1963 Erich-Weinert-Medaille for Beschreibung eines Sommers with Christel Bodenstein 1965 Erich-Weinert-Medaille for Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt, ensemble award 1968 National Prize of East Germany First Class for Wege übers Land, ensemble award 1971 National Prize of East Germany Second Class 1972 "Ehrende Anerkennung" (Special Award) at Workers' Filmfestival of Czechoslovakia for Die gestohlene Schlacht 1973 Verdienstmedaille der DDR 1979 Goldene Europa of Europawelle Saar 1984 Goldener Bambi 1990 Bayerischer Fernsehpreis for TV series Liebling Kreuzberg (SFB/NDR/WDR), together with Jurek Becker and Werner Masten 1990 Bavarian Film Awards, Best Actor 2006 Platin Romy lifetime award
Discography 1962: Auf der Sonnenseite 1964: Jazz und Lyrik 1965: Manfred Krug und die Modern Jazz Big Band 1966: Lyrik - Jazz - Prosa (with Eberhard Esche, Gerd E. Schäfer, Annekathrin Bürger and others, in different editions and under different names, some of them in censored versions without Manfred Krug) 1969: Onkel Toms Hütte (Hörbuch, Krug singing to spirituals) 1970: Fredmanns Episteln an diese und jene aber hauptsächlich an Ulla Winblad (after Carl Michael Bellman) 1971: Das war nur ein Moment 1973: Ein Hauch von Frühling 1974: Greens 1976: Du bist heute wie neu 1977: Abgehauen 1979: Da bist Du ja 1997: Anthologie 2000: Tatort – die Songs (with Charles Brauer) 2000: Evergreens - Das Beste von Manfred Krug - 1962–1977 2000: Deutsche Schlager 2000: Schlafstörung 2001: Manfred Krug Live mit Fanny (with Fanny Krug) 2002: Leben bis Männer (Audiobook; from Thomas Brussig) 2002: Der Weihnachtskrug 2003: Sweet Nothings (with Decebal Badila and Fanny Krug) 2005: Geschichten Vom Herrn K. (Audiobook; from Bertolt Brecht) 2005: Lust des Beginnens (Audiobook; from Bertolt Brecht) 2005: Neuigkeiten an Manfred Krug und Otti (Audiobook; from Jurek Becker)
Filmography (Selection) 1957: Ein Mädchen von 16 1⁄2 1959: Ware für Katalonien 1959: Der Freischütz 1959: Reportage 57 1959: Bevor der Blitz einschlägt 1960: Was wäre, wenn...? 1960: Leute mit Flügeln 1960: Fünf Patronenhülsen 1961: Professor Mamlock 1961: Guten Tag, lieber Tag 1961: Urfaust 1961: Bei Anruf Mord 1961: Drei Kapitel Glück 1961: Auf der Sonnenseite 1962: Revue um Mitternacht 1962: Minna von Barnhelm 1962: Königskinder 1962: Der Kinnhaken 1963: Nebel 1963: Boxer 1963: Beschreibung eines Sommers 1964: Follow Me, Scoundrels 1965: König Drosselbart 1965: Die antike Münze 1966: Traces of Stones 1967: Frau Venus und ihr Teufel 1967: Die Fahne von Kriwoj Rog 1968: Hauptmann Florian von der Mühle 1968: Abschied 1969: Weite Straßen, Stille Liebe 1969: Käuzchenkuhle 1969: Mit mir nicht, Madame! 1970: Netzwerk 1970: Meine Stunde Null 1970: Junge Frau von 1914 1971: Husaren in Berlin 1971: Die Verschworenen 1972: Die gestohlene Schlacht 1973: Wie füttert man einen Esel 1974: Kit & Co 1976: Daniel Druskat 1977: Das Versteck 1977: Feuer unter Deck 1978: Paul kehrt zurück 1979: Die Faust in der Tasche 1979: Die Phantasten 1980: Ein Mann fürs Leben 1981: Flächenbrand 1983: Konsul Möllers Erben 1984: Joseph Süß Oppenheimer 1990: Rosamunde (de) 1990: Neuner 1994: Der Blaue Television[edit] 1968: Wege übers Land 1973: Stülpner-Legende 1982: Die Fischer von Moorhövd Auf Achse Liebling Kreuzberg Tatort Wir sind auch nur ein Volk Sesamstraße Detektivbüro Roth
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