Rolf Hoppe

Rolf Hoppe (6 December 1930 – 14 November 2018)[1] was a prolific German stage, cinema, and television actor, who played in more than 400 films in a career which spanned over six decades.

For the Chilean Olympic athlete, see Rolf Hoppe (athlete).
Rolf Hoppe
Born6 December 1930
Ellrich, Thuringia, Weimar Republic
Died14 November 2018, age 87
Dresden, Saxony, Germany
NationalityGerman
EducationStaatliches Konservatorium, Erfurt
OccupationActor
Years active1948–2014
Notable work
DEFA 1973: Tři oříšky pro Popelku – Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel (Three Wishes for Cinderella): role of the King; Mephisto: Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film of 1981: rôle of Tábornagy
Spouse(s)wife: Friederike
Children2: Josephine and Christine

To international audiences Hoppe is perhaps best known for his roles in the Oscar-winning Mephisto (1981) and as the King in the East-German–Czechoslovakian Holiday classic Three Gifts for Cinderella (1973)[2][3].

Early life

Hoppe was born the son of a master baker in Ellrich, Thuringia, Germany. After his apprenticeship as a baker, he worked from 1945 to 1948 as a coach driver.

Career

Hoppe moved to Erfurt where he began formal training as an actor at the Staatliches Konservatorium from 1949 to 1951, during which time he supported himself by working as an animal handler at the Zircus Aeros. He later performed at Thalia Theater in Halle (Saale) and at the Young World Theatre in Leipzig. His stage performances included such notable venues as the Staatsschauspiel Dresden, the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, and the Salzburg Festival. Internationally, he worked in Switzerland, Italy, Poland and China.

In the East German DEFA movies, Hoppe often played villains, frequently in different Osterns. One of his most notable roles was that of the Tábornagy (Hermann Göring) in Mephisto, which was awarded the 1981 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

In addition to numerous appearances in feature films and television productions, Hoppe also worked as a voice-artist in children's radio plays and audio-books, such as the German version of Alice in Wonderland where he provided the voice of the White Rabbit.

Private life and death

Hoppe died 14 November 2018 in Dresden,[4] where he lived in the suburb of Weißig. He was interred in the Waldfriedhof Weisser Hirsch (cemetery), Dresden; and survived by his wife Friederike with whom he had two daughters: Josephine and Christine Hoppe, the latter who is also an actress.[5] His grandson Oscar Hoppe is an actor as well.

Selected filmography
  • 1963: Jetzt und in der Stunde meines Todes as Portier
  • 1965: Solange Leben in mir ist as Abgeordneter
  • 1965: Die besten Jahre as Lehrer Klein
  • 1965: Der Frühling braucht Zeit as Rudi Wiesen
  • 1965: Karla as Lehrer Eiffler
  • 1966: Fräulein Schmetterling as Himmelblau
  • 1967: Frau Venus und ihr Teufel as Siegfried
  • 1968: I Was Nineteen as Major Behring
  • 1968: Die Nacht im Grenzwald as Bennigsen
  • 1968: Spur des Falken as Bashan
  • 1968: Hauptmann Florian von der Mühle as Polizeidirektor
  • 1968: Mohr und die Raben von London as Bankier
  • 1968-1970: Ich – Axel Cäsar Springer (TV series)
  • 1969: Lebende Ware as Grabau
  • 1969: Jungfer, Sie gefällt mir as Reitender Bote
  • 1969: Nebelnacht as Herr Kranepuhl
  • 1969: Weiße Wölfe as James Bashan
  • 1970: Tödlicher Irrtum as Allison
  • 1970: Jeder stirbt für sich allein (TV Mini-Series)
  • 1971: Männer ohne Bart as Gangster
  • 1971: Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment as Karl IV
  • 1971-1973: Die Brüder Lautensack (TV miniseries)
  • 1972: Leichensache Zernik as Werner W. Bergmann
  • 1972: Ukradená bitva (Die gestohlene Schlacht) as Josef Barody
  • 1972: Eolomea as Prof. Oli Tal
  • 1973: Das zweite Leben des Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow as Dr. Hoppe
  • 1973: Apachen as Captain Burton
  • 1973: Susanne und der Zauberring as Schleusenwärter
  • 1973: Die Hosen des Ritters von Bredow as Ritter Götz von Bredow
  • 1973: Tři oříšky pro Popelku (Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel) as King
  • 1973: Die Zwillinge (TV Movie) as Generaldirektor Beißer
  • 1974: Orpheus in der Unterwelt as Jupiter
  • 1974: Leben mit Uwe as Dr. Bohnsack
  • 1974: Der nackte Mann auf dem Sportplatz as Tautz
  • 1974: Für die Liebe noch zu mager as Onkel Carlo
  • 1974: Ulzana as Captain Burton
  • 1974: Wie füttert man einen Esel as Otto-Ernst Schuster
  • 1974: Hans Röckle und der Teufel as Meister Hans Röckle
  • 1974: Johannes Kepler as Emperor Rudolf II.
  • 1974: Kit & Co as Shorty
  • 1975: Between Day and Night
  • 1975: Die Bösewichter müssen dran as Christian
  • 1975: Ikarus as Brigadier
  • 1975-1996: Polizeiruf 110: Die Rechnung geht nicht auf (TV Series) as Goertz / Hopfer / Paul Kramer
  • 1976: Daniel Druskat (TV Mini-Series) as Herr Mühlstädt
  • 1976: Das Licht auf dem Galgen as Pfarrer Clark
  • 1976: Unser stiller Mann as Schuster
  • 1976: Beethoven – Tage aus einem Leben as Ignaz Schuppanzigh
  • 1977: Zur See (TV Series) as Havarie-Kapitän Topf
  • 1977: Unterwegs nach Atlantis as Alexander Grey
  • 1977: Die Flucht as Der Runde
  • 1977–1979: Das unsichtbare Visier (TV Series)
  • 1978: Jörg Ratgeb - Maler as Gaukler
  • 1978: Sabine Wulff as Professor
  • 1978: Fleur Lafontaine as Bullklein
  • 1978: Volpone (TV Movie) as Volpone
  • 1978: Ein Sonntagskind, das manchmal spinnt as Lehrer Schütterow
  • 1979: Schatzsucher as Blinder
  • 1980: Komödianten-Emil as Kommissar
  • 1980: Yunost Petra
  • 1980: Levins Mühle as Froese
  • 1980: Heute abend und morgen früh
  • 1981: Mephisto as Tábornagy
  • 1981: Pugowitza as Hopf
  • 1981: Feuerdrachen (TV Series) as Solka
  • 1982: Rächer, Retter und Rapiere (TV Series) as Heinrich von Müffling
  • 1982: Die Gerechten von Kummerow as Superintendent
  • 1982: Der lange Ritt zur Schule as Trapper
  • 1982: Sonjas Rapport
  • 1982: Bahnwärter Thiel (TV Movie) as Pfarrer
  • 1983: Spring Symphony as Friedrich Wieck
  • 1983: Mein Vater ist ein Dieb
  • 1983: Martin Luther (TV Series)
  • 1983-1985: Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort (TV Series) as Clemens Gerlach / Tristan
  • 1984: Woman Doctors as Dr. Böblinger
  • 1984: Wer war Edgar Allan? (TV Movie) as Edgar Allan
  • 1985: Irrläufer (TV Movie) as Bergmann
  • 1985: Die Grünstein-Variante as Gefängnisdirektor
  • 1985: Hälfte des Lebens
  • 1985: Kaiser und eine Nacht as Eddie
  • 1985: Besuch bei Van Gogh as Amadeus Bergk
  • 1985: Die Gänse von Bützow as Dr. Hane
  • 1985: Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria (TV Series) as August III. - König von Polen und Kurfürst von Sachsen
  • 1986: The House on the River as Director Hüsgen
  • 1986: Der Nachbar as Georg Walz
  • 1986: Johann Strauß – Der König ohne Krone as Herzog Eduard II
  • 1986: Caspar David Friedrich – Grenzen der Zeit (TV Movie)
  • 1987: Liane as Jürgens Vater
  • 1987: Magnat as Heinberg
  • 1987: Shao ye de mo nan
  • 1988: Melanios letzte Liebe (TV Movie) as Melanio Altolaguirre
  • 1988: Zimmer 36
  • 1989: Der Bruch as Bruno Markward
  • 1989: Pestalozzi's Mountain as Zehender
  • 1989: Bangkok Story as Hart
  • 1989: The Dancing Girl (舞姫) as Robert Koch
  • 1989: Ein brauchbarer Mann as Heiner Rudolf
  • 1990: Kohl – ein deutscher Politiker
  • 1991: Das Licht der Liebe
  • 1991: Ende der Unschuld (TV Movie) as Otto Hahn
  • 1991: Bronstein's Children as Gefangener
  • 1992: Die Männer vom K3 (TV Series) as Adolf Buchegger
  • 1992: Schtonk! as Karl Lentz
  • 1992: Brandnacht as Tobler
  • 1992: The Democratic Terrorist as Lodge Hecht
  • 1992: Das große Fest (TV Movie) as Friedrich
  • 1993: Durchreise – Die Geschichte einer Firma (TV Mini-Series)
  • 1993: Die Lok as Hans Kastler
  • 1993-2000: Das Traumschiff (TV Series) as Kommisar Franz Engel / Kurt Steiner
  • 1993-1999: Rosamunde Pilcher (TV Series) as Peter Green / Grenville Bayliss
  • 1994: Wachtmeister Zumbühl as Gemeindepräsident Mathis
  • 1994: Mario and the Magician as Prefecto Angiolieri
  • 1994-2003: Tatort' (TV Series) as Dr. Paul Knödgen / Karsunke / Mr. Sudhoff / Walter Severing / Karl Ammond / Tauber
  • 1994: Wachtmeister Zumbühl
  • 1995: La piovra, season 7 (TV Mini-Series) as Professor Ramonte
  • 1995: Zu treuen Händen (TV Movie) as Theo Krautinger
  • 1995: Matulla und Busch (TV Movie) as Senft
  • 1995: Inspector Rex (TV Series) as Erich Staller
  • 1996: Geisterstunde: Der Haustyrann (TV Movie)
  • 1997: Lorenz im Land der Lügner as König
  • 1997: Der Hauptmann von Köpenick (TV Movie) as Zuchthausdirektor
  • 1997: Comedian Harmonists as Gauleiter Streicher
  • 1997: Sterben ist gesünder as Georg Mosbacher
  • 1997: Reise in die Dunkelheit (TV Movie)
  • 1998: Palmetto as Felix Malroux
  • 1998: Zucker für die Bestie (TV Movie) as Prof. Weihrauch
  • 1998: Konsalik Collection – Eine Sünde zuviel (TV Movie) as Anwalt Bornstein
  • 1999: Hans im Glück as Reiter
  • 1999: Klemperer – Ein Leben in Deutschland (TV Series) as Opa Findeisen
  • 2000: Am Ende siegt die Liebe (TV Movie) as Max Sander
  • 2000: Models (TV Movie) as Berhard Rief
  • 2001: Die Verbrechen des Professor Capellari (TV Series) as Dr. Walter Schneider
  • 2001: Der Bulle von Tölz (TV Series) as Dr. Berthold Schwaninger
  • 2002: Der letzte Zeuge (TV Series) as Josef Karzmann
  • 2001-2006: SOKO Kitzbühel (TV Series) as Manninger / Santigo / Konsul Tichalski
  • 2004: Wilsberg (TV Series) as Erwin Kuhn
  • 2004: Donna Leon (TV Series) as Gabriele Cossato
  • 2004: Am Kap der Liebe (TV Movie) as Ferdinand Hansen / Paul Freeman
  • 2005: Alles auf Zucker! as Rabbi Ginsberg
  • 2007: Giganten (TV Series) as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • 2007: SOKO Rhein-Main (TV Series) as Rosenbaum
  • 2007: Mein alter Freund Fritz
  • 2007-2009: Commissario Laurenti (TV Series) as Galvano
  • 2008: Der Besuch der alten Dame (TV Movie) as Georg Riemann
  • 2009: Swinki as Weber
  • 2009: So ein Schlamassel (TV Movie) as Mosche 'Zaide' Pulver
  • 2009: Eine Liebe in Petersburg (TV Movie) as Grischa
  • 2010: Küstenwache (TV Series) as Gunther Breitscheid
  • 2011: Bittere Kirschen
  • 2011: Linda geht tanzen (TV Movie) as Wilhelm Hessler
  • 2012: Wir wollten aufs Meer as Oberst Seler
  • 2013: Die letzte Instanz (TV Movie) as Otmar Koplin
  • 2014: Ohne Dich as Hans
  • 2016: Die Blumen von gestern as Professor Norkus

Discography
  • 2010: Hoppe spricht Schöne Frühlingslieder[6]

Awards
  • 1971: National Prize of East Germany 1. class for art and literature
  • 1981: Critics Award of the Hungarian Journalist. Association for his role in Mephisto
  • 1995: Lessing Award of the Free State of Saxony
  • 1998: Grimme-Preis for his role in the TV miniseries Sardsch
  • 2005: Goldene Henne for his lifetime achievement
  • 2007: Art Award, City of Dresden
  • 2010: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1st Class
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References
  1. Der Dresdner Schauspieler Rolf Hoppe ist tot. In: Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten, 14 November 2018
  2. "Tohle jste o pohádce Tři oříšky pro Popelku určitě nevěděli!". TV Prima (in Czech).
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20190301180235/http://www.dubbningshemsidan.se/forum/index.php?topic=4069.0;all
  4. Der Dresdner Schauspieler Rolf Hoppe ist tot. In: Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten, 14 November 2018
  5. "IMDb Christine Hoppe Biography". Retrieved 22 Aug 2011.
  6. Frühlingslieder auf Frühlingslieder.com (abgerufen am 19. Juni 2010)

Further reading
  • Eberhard Görner: Der Schauspieler Rolf Hoppe. Henschel, 1996, ISBN 3894872535
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