Eugen Klöpfer: Difference between revisions

Born to Karl Klöpfer and his wife Karoline, née Hörsch, Eugen attended the [[Realschule]] ("secondary school") in [[Heilbronn]]. He subsequently attended the [[Hölderlin-Gymnasium Lauffen am Neckar|Lateinschule]] ([[Latin school|Latin School]]) in [[Lauffen]] and then the [[Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium Heilbronn|Karlsgymnasium]] in Heilbronn.

Although he started an apprenticeship with a lumber business in Munich, Klöpfer soon discovered that his passion was the theater. He joined the Theatre Association of Munich and performed at various provincial theaters. In 1905 he was cast in his first role in Landshut, afterwards playing in Ingolstadtand Biel. In 1909 he came to the Volkstheater München ("Munich People's Theater). From 1914 to 1918, he performed in Colmar, Erfurt, Bonn and Frankfurt am Main.

After the [[First World War]], Klöpfer relocated to Berlin. There he played from 1920 to 1923 at the [[Deutsches Theater (Berlin)|Deutsches Theater]] , then at various stages, starting in 1925 in Vienna and Salzburg. Finally, he toured Europe and South America. He played the title role in [[Carl Zuckmayer]]'s 1927 play ''[[Schinderhannes (play)|Schinderhannes]]''. In the twenties1920s, he appeared in numerous silent films.

After 1945, Klöpfer was banned and spent two months in prison in 1948. After a denazification trial, he was exonerated fromof the charge of complicity in the death of [[Joachim Gottschalk]]. In 1949, he began performing again with his own ensemble in Cologne and Neustadt in der Pfalz,. but heHe died in 1950 of pneumonia. His graveand is locatedburied in the South Cemetery in Wiesbaden.