Fritz Rasp
Fritz Rasp Heinrich ( born May 13, 1891 in Bayreuth, † November 30, 1976 in Graefelfing ) was a German actor and radio speaker, he was known primarily as a movie villain. His acting work covered a wide field, which ranged from a stage actor in Max Reinhardt to films like Metropolis and Emil and the Detectives.
Life
Rasp grew up as a child of the 13 Bezirksgeometers Daniel Rasp and his wife Auguste ( née graehl ) in Bayreuth. From 1908 to 1909, he learned his craft at a Munich theater school. He overcame a speech impediment and his Frankish dialect. In 1909 he made his stage debut at the Schauspielhaus in Munich. After that commitment joined at theaters in Swinoujscie, Tilsit under Francesco Sioli in Detmold and Bromberg. At this time also began Rasps friendship with the later Iffland - Ring Bearer Werner Krauss.
In May 1914 Rasp got a five-year contract with Max Reinhardt at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin. 1915/16, the actor first worked for the film soon with well-known directors such as Ernst Lubitsch and Paul Wegener. From 1916 to 1918 Rasp was in military service, after which he again worked with Max Reinhardt. The stations until 1924 were: the Metropol Theatre, Little Theatre and again the German theater. From 1924, he acted as an actor at various stages in Berlin, in 1922 began Rasps actual movie career; he also acted in Fritz Lang's silent film Metropolis with Opus ( as: the Slim ). On the side of the legendary Louise Brooks, he played in 1929 in the social drama Diary a lost.
As a stage actor Fritz Rasp was fixed to any particular subject, the film actor Rasp was, however, " with his gaunt, ascetic figure " quickly " gloomy figures, seducer, cowardly traitors and thieves " ( Volker Wachter) subscribed. He became the arch-villain of German film; forgotten his portrayal of the thief Grundeis in Emil and the Detectives ( the Erstverfilmung 1931 by Erich Kästner's children's book ). Rasp was also ambiguous figures as true caring family men, terrorists and a police spy in one person ( agent provocateur Asev by Phil Jutzi ). In 1938, he threw as taciturn Indianerkomparse ( " Shiver, paleface !") Diameter at the Ufa -Star Heinz Rühmann in the movie ( Hey, you know Korff not yet?).
After the Second World War, he turned again in 1946 films, first for the DEFA, and also appeared again in theaters in Berlin. From 1951 he was engaged at West German opera houses, including the Bavarian State Theatre in Munich. Had Fritz Rasp participated in the 30s already in the Edgar Wallace films The Squeaker and The Witcher, it proved to be for the new edition of West German Wallace films from 1959 than adequate performer: Already with the first Wallace adaptation The frog with the mask he was repeatedly seen in movies of this genre. In 1963 he received the Film Award for his many years of outstanding work in the German film. 1971 saw Rasp in an episode of the television series " Tatort". Most recently, Rasp in 1974 for the political seniors comedy Lina Braake front of the camera, in the same time two veteran Brecht performers were united in a common movie: Lina Carstens had given the first Mother Courage on stage, Rasp in the first sound film version Threepenny Opera, the Peachum.
Also known as radio speaker he was involved in many productions. In the early postwar years, mainly in Berlin at the local studio of NWDR. He then worked mainly for Bayerischer Rundfunk in Munich. He was occupied in a variety of genres. So you could hear his voice in numerous classics, thrillers and comedies
His grave is in the cemetery of Graefelfing.
The Russian writer Ilya Ehrenburg wrote back over Rasps work in The Love of Jeanne Ney: "Of the actors I liked best Fritz Rasp. He looked like a veritable rogue. As he bit the girl in the arm and the bite site immediately afterwards covered with a dollar instead of an adhesive bandage, I forgot that one actor stood before me. (...) He played villains, but his heart was gentle and even sentimental. I baptized him in the name Jeanne. "