WINTERSTEIN, EDUARD VON

Winterstein, Eduard von: translation

(Eduard, Baron von Wangenheim, 1871-1961)

Actor. In an extraordinarily long and distinguished career, Winterstein worked with the most significant of 20th-century German theater artists. He began performing with touring troupes, moving up to small provincial theaters, and made hisBerlindebut in 1895 at the Schiller Theater. In 1898Otto Brahmhired him for numerousGerhart Hauptmannpremieres, and in 1905 Winterstein began his lengthy association withMax Reinhardt. In the 1920s he also appeared extensively in productions at the Prussian State Theater underLeopold Jessner. During the Third Reich, Winterstein was a member of the Schiller Theater company, and after the war he remained in East Germany until his retirement. He appeared in several world premieres, includingCarlZuckmayer'sDer fröhliche Weinberg(The Merry Vineyard) andDerHauptmann von Köpenick(The Captain of Köpenick). Winterstein also appeared in the German-language premiere of George Bernard Shaw'sThe Apple Cart, but the Germantranslation premiere for which he gained the widest notoriety was Eugene O'Neill'sThe Hairy Ape, in which he played the title role. Winterstein also appeared in scores of films, beginning in 1910. The most notable among them wereDer blaue Engel(The Blue Angel) in 1931 with Marlene Dietrich andMünchhausenin 1943 withHans Albers; Winterstein completed his last film shortly before he died.