Christoph Bantzer

Christoph Bantzer ( born January 4, 1936 in Marburg ) is a German actor.

Life and work

Christoph Bantzer was born in 1936 in Marburg in a family of artists ( both father and grandfather were painters Carl Bantzer ). His younger brother Claus Bantzer is a musician and composer.

Bantzer studied acting at the Max Reinhardt School in Berlin.

Its focus is the theater spectacle; He played in many important theaters in Germany, including at Berlin's Schiller Theater, the Schauspielhaus Zurich, and Vienna's Burgtheater. From 1972 to 1977 Christoph Bantzer belonged to the ensemble of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. Since 1985 - the beginning of the artistic director Jürgen Flimm - Bantzer part of the Thalia Theater in Hamburg.

In addition to his theatrical engagements Bantzer works with many films, mainly products are TV productions. As a speaker he can be heard on a number of audio books and also in synchronizations.

Audiobook ( selection)

• Mario Vargas Llosa: Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter. Editing: Daniel Howald, Director: Claude Pierre Salmony, spoken by André Jung, Christoph Bantzer include: Swiss Radio DRS / The audiobook publishing house, Munich 2010 (10 CD)
• Stéphane Hessel: you Outraged! from the French by Michael Kogon, read by Christopher Bantzer, audiobook Hamburg, Hamburg 2011 1 CD 51 min, ISBN 978-3-89903-336-6.

Filmography (selection)

Honors

• Inclusion in the Free Academy of the Arts in Hamburg in the section Performing Arts, the section head is Bantzer