Cast

Jürgen Holtz

1932 – 2020

Active years (films on this site)

1986–2001

Genres

DramaBiographyHistory

Schools and movements

Animation and Puppet FilmIsraeli and Palestinian CinemaNew German CinemaWomen Directors

Directors worked with

Margarethe von Trotta1 filmAri Folman1 film

Biography

Jürgen Holtz was a German actor on stage and in film, and an artist and author. On stage he played leading roles in East Berlin, including with the Berliner Ensemble, and from 1983 in the West, in both classics such as Shakespeare and Brecht, whose Galileo he played at age 86, and contemporary theatre, such as the title role in the premiere of Moritz Tassow by Peter Hacks. In film, he played leading roles such as Egon Schultz in Ari Folman's Made in Israel. He received several awards including the Theaterpreis Berlin and the Konrad Wolf Prize.

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Awards and honours

International

• Eysoldt-Ring 1993
• Theaterpreis Berlin 2013

National / local

• Hessian Cultural Prize 2004
• Konrad Wolf Prize 2014

2 films on this site

1. Rosa Luxemburg 1986 · Margarethe von Trotta · IMDb 6.9 · Cast
2. Made in Israel 2001 · Ari Folman · IMDb 6.4 · Cast