Erdal Merdan


Erdal Merdan was a German dramatist, actor and stage director of Turkish origin.
Born in Kayseri he lived and worked in Germany since 1969. In the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film-winning movie Journey of Hope he also had an international appearance as a movie actor.

Works

Theater

Aladdin and the tired lamp, children's play along with Gretel MerdanLeyla, Leyla, piece for youth and adults along with Gretel MerdanAyschegül and black ass, children's play

Radio play

The Feast of Sacrifice, radio playFriends, along with radio play Gretel Scherzinger

Book contribution

  • Birgit Kirchhöfer : Children's Theatre Workshop in 1991, with scenic texts and discussion contributions from Lilly Axster, Silvio Huonder, Katrin Lange, Erdal Merdan, Henning Fangauf, Wolfgang Schneider, Manuel Schöbel ; Literary Colloquium Berlin 1992

Filmography (selection)

  • 1975: Tatort: Death in the subway tunnel, directed by Wolf Gremm
  • 1978: The Rose and the Nightingale, directed by Frank Guthke
  • 1979: Alamanya, Alamanya – Germania, Germania, directed by Hans A. Guttner
  • 1983: In the middle of nowhere, directed by Hans A. Guttner
  • 1984:, directed by Eberhard Itzenplitz
  • 1990: Journey of Hope, directed by Xavier Koller
  • 1991: Tatort: The Chinese Method, directed by Maria Knilli
  • 1994: Polizeiruf 110: Ghosts, directed by Klaus Emmerich
  • 1995: On foot and without money, directed by Werner Masten
  • 1998: The pirate, directed by Bernd Schadewald
  • 1998: The key, directed by Su Turhan
  • 2003: A number / Karen, directed by Stefan Mehlhorn
  • 2005: Photosynthesis, directed by Jens Leske
  • 2006: Cypress, directed by Johannes Bauer, Monika Lödl among others
  • 2006: Kopfsache, directed by Doron Wisotzky
  • 2009: Charity, directed by Stephanie Olthoff

Awards

  • Shot in the English edition of personal encyclopaedia Who's Who 1978
  • Grant from the Literary Colloquium Berlin 1991
  • AZ -star 1997 as an ensemble member for transit home / Set tables – a trip with Gorky's Summer Guests
  • tz -Rose as an ensemble member for ''transit home / Set tables – a trip with Gorky's Summer Guests''

Literature

  • Otto J. Groeg: Who's who in the Arts: A Biographical Encyclopedia Containing Some 13,000 Biographies and Addresses of Prominent Personalities, Organizations, Associations and Institutions Connected with the Arts in the Federal Republic of Germany, Who's Who Book & Publ., 1978