King from "Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel"
Rolf Hoppe is dead
Spiegel
11/15/2018
The actor Rolf Hoppe died at the age of 87 years. He was one of the most famous actors of the GDR - among other things, he was in the Christmas classic "Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel" to see.
The Dresden actor Rolf Hoppe is dead. This confirmed his family to the German Press Agency and the "Dresdner Latest News".
Hoppe was also known internationally as a GDR actor and filled out more than 400 film and stage roles during his lifetime. Just last year, Hoppe won several prizes - the Märchenfilmfestival Prize for his life's work in Annaberg-Buchholz and the Order of the Dresden SemperOper Ball.
Since 1977 he has been a member of the ensemble of the Dresdner Schauspiel. In addition to his theatrical work, Hoppe has appeared in numerous movies and TV films, in the Christmas fairy tale "Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel" by Václav Vorlícek he played the king alongside Karin Lesch.
In 1995, Hoppe - born in Ellrich in Thuringia - bought a farm on the outskirts of Dresden and founded the Hoftheater Dresden, as it is called on the website of the theater. At the Salzburg Festival he was the Mammon in "Everyman" several times.
In 1982, the feature film "Mephisto" by István Szabó , in which Hoppe appeared in the role of Nazi Prime Minister Hermann Göring , received the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. His much praised Göring presentation helped Hoppe to international breakthrough. After that, Hoppe was long considered a "villain of the service". Also in the ARD "Tatort" he was seen several times.
HOPPE, Rolf
Born: 12/6/1930, Ellrich, Thuringia, Germany
Died: 11/16,/2018 Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Rolf Hoppe’s westerns – actor:
The Falcon’s Trail – 1967 (Bashan)
Fatal Error – 1969 (Allison)
White Wolves – 1969 (James Bashan)
Apaches – 1973 (Captain Brown/Burton)
Kit & Co. – 1974 (Shorty)
Ulzana – 1974 (Captain Burton)
The Long Ride from School – 1983 (trapper)