Karin Düwel
East-German postcard by VEB Progress Film-Vertrieb, Berlin, no. 75/79, 1979. Photo: Ute Mahler.
Karin Düwel (1954) is a German actress, who had her breakthrough in the DEFA film Sabine Wulff (1978), followed by such films as the popular family film Das Schulgespenst/The school ghost (1986). She also appeared in many German TV series and on stage.
Karin Düwel was born in 1954 in Berlin. After graduating from high school she applied to drama school and was rejected there because she was too young. Therefore, she learned the job of a train conductor at the Deutsche Reichsbahn, which she also exercised for quite some time. After a renewed application, she studied between 1973-1976 at the Staatlichen Schauspielschule Rostock (State Drama School Rostock). From 1976 to 1978, she worked at the Thuringian State Theatre Rudolstadt. On screen she had a succesful breakthrough in 1978 with the role of Sabine Wulff in the eponymous drama, directed by Erwin Stranka . For this she was honored in 1980 at the 1st National Feature Film Festival of the GDR as the best young actress. From then on she appeared in numerous television and cinema films in the GDR. In 1982, for example, she starred as Petra, a self-confident and emancipated young woman, in an episode of the popular Krimi series Polizeiruf 110/110 Police (1982). She returned many times in this series, in which she acted both as an investigator and a victim. From 2007 to 2013, she also played the life partner of the Halle Commissioner Herbert Schneider (Jaecki Schwarz) in the popular TV series.
Karin Düwell is also well-known for her role as the teacher Prohaska in the children's film Das Schulgespenst/The school ghost (Rolf Losansky, 1986), which was awarded both in the GDR, as well as in West-Germany in 1987. She also played a major role in the DEFA feature film Blonder Tango/Blonde Tango (Lothar Warneke, 1986), which was awarded as Best Film at the 4th National Feature Film Festival of the GDR. After the German reunification, Düwel continued her career. From 1995 to 1999, she played PhD student Lilli Schwarzenberg-Teschner at the side of Walter Plathe in the series Der Landarzt/The country doctor. Düwel also played roles in episodes of many other German television series, including Ein starkes Team/A Strong Team (1994-2007), Unser Charly/Our Charly (1999-2010), SOKO Wismar (2006) and Tatort/Crime Scene (1995-2006). On stage, Düwel played several guest roles and she was seen as Molly in Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap, Jelena in The Philistines by Maxim Gorki and as Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare. In 2012, she played in the telenovela Wege zum Glück – Spuren im Sand/Ways to happiness - tracks in the sand. Karin Düwel's most recent screen appearance was in the TV series Inga Lindström (2016).
Sources: Wikipedia (German) and IMDb.
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Karin Düwel
East-German postcard by VEB Progress Film-Vertrieb, Berlin, no. 75/79, 1979. Photo: Ute Mahler.
Karin Düwel (1954) is a German actress, who had her breakthrough in the DEFA film Sabine Wulff (1978), followed by such films as the popular family film Das Schulgespenst/The school ghost (1986). She also appeared in many German TV series and on stage.
Karin Düwel was born in 1954 in Berlin. After graduating from high school she applied to drama school and was rejected there because she was too young. Therefore, she learned the job of a train conductor at the Deutsche Reichsbahn, which she also exercised for quite some time. After a renewed application, she studied between 1973-1976 at the Staatlichen Schauspielschule Rostock (State Drama School Rostock). From 1976 to 1978, she worked at the Thuringian State Theatre Rudolstadt. On screen she had a succesful breakthrough in 1978 with the role of Sabine Wulff in the eponymous drama, directed by Erwin Stranka . For this she was honored in 1980 at the 1st National Feature Film Festival of the GDR as the best young actress. From then on she appeared in numerous television and cinema films in the GDR. In 1982, for example, she starred as Petra, a self-confident and emancipated young woman, in an episode of the popular Krimi series Polizeiruf 110/110 Police (1982). She returned many times in this series, in which she acted both as an investigator and a victim. From 2007 to 2013, she also played the life partner of the Halle Commissioner Herbert Schneider (Jaecki Schwarz) in the popular TV series.
Karin Düwell is also well-known for her role as the teacher Prohaska in the children's film Das Schulgespenst/The school ghost (Rolf Losansky, 1986), which was awarded both in the GDR, as well as in West-Germany in 1987. She also played a major role in the DEFA feature film Blonder Tango/Blonde Tango (Lothar Warneke, 1986), which was awarded as Best Film at the 4th National Feature Film Festival of the GDR. After the German reunification, Düwel continued her career. From 1995 to 1999, she played PhD student Lilli Schwarzenberg-Teschner at the side of Walter Plathe in the series Der Landarzt/The country doctor. Düwel also played roles in episodes of many other German television series, including Ein starkes Team/A Strong Team (1994-2007), Unser Charly/Our Charly (1999-2010), SOKO Wismar (2006) and Tatort/Crime Scene (1995-2006). On stage, Düwel played several guest roles and she was seen as Molly in Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap, Jelena in The Philistines by Maxim Gorki and as Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare. In 2012, she played in the telenovela Wege zum Glück – Spuren im Sand/Ways to happiness - tracks in the sand. Karin Düwel's most recent screen appearance was in the TV series Inga Lindström (2016).
Sources: Wikipedia (German) and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.