César Keiser
César Keiser | |
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Canton of Basel-Stadt, Switzerland | |
Died | 25 February 2007 , Switzerland | (aged 81)
Nationality | Swiss |
Other names | Cés Keiser; Hanspeter Keiser; Keiser, Cäsar |
Occupation(s) | Cabarettist, comedian, radio personality, stage, television and film actor |
Years active | 1946–2007 |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Website | Official website (in German) |
César Keiser or Hanspeter Keiser (4 April 1925 – 25 February 2007) was a Swiss cabarettist, comedian, radio personality, and stage and film actor, usually starring in Swiss German language cinema, television and stage productions.
Life and work
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Born in
During World War II Keiser was drummer in various entertainment and jazz groups, among others, together with Lukas Cheese Burckhardt in his own orchestra César Roy. In 1944 Keiser founded the amateur theater group "Quodlibet Basel", a circle of literary and culturally interested people. In 1946 Keiser was co-founder of "Cabaret Kikeriki" in which he participated as a writer and performer until its dissolution in 1951. Then he was hired as an actor and writer for
During ten months he was a travel correspondent in the Middle East in 1955/56. Starting 1958 Keiser for three years worked as director and scriptwriter for commercials at the "CEFI" movie company in Zürich.
On 18 April 1962 his satirical program "César Keiser: Solo Programm" on
In addition to these duo programs, in 1976 Keiser and Läubli directed the exhibition "1916–1976: 60 Jahre Theater in der Schweiz" in the
César Keiser was buried at the Enzenbühl cemetery in
Awards
Some of Keiser's awards include:
- 1982: Literaturkommissionen der Zürcher Kantonsregierung und der Stadt Zürich.
- 1984: Auszeichnung für kulturelle Verdienste by the city of Zürich.
- 1990: Cornichon-Preis by Oltner Cabaret-Tage.
- 1999: Salzburger Ehrenstier.
- 2003: Goldplakette by Zuger Annemarie und Eugen Hotz-Stiftung,
- 2004: Ehren Prix Walo for his lifetime work.
Select filmography
- 1954: Grüezi, Herr Nachbar!
- 1956: Polizischt Wäckerli
- 1959: Hinter den sieben Gleisen
- 1961: Chikita
- 1962: Spaß mit Ernst (Stankovski) (Television film)
- 1982: Herr Herr (Television film)
- 1982: Der Besuch der alten Dame (Television film)
- 2001–2003: Lüthi und Blanc (Television series, 54 episodes)
- 2005: Anjas Engel (Television film)
- 2005: Mein Name ist Eugen(Rascals on the Road, international English title)
Literature
- César Keiser and ISBN 3-7193-1400-6.
References
- ^ Hansruedi Lerch (2014-11-26). "Keiser, César" (in German). HDS. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
- ^ a b "César Keiser" (in German). theaterwissenschaft.ch. 2013-12-05. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
- ^ Stefan Koslowski and Christine Wyss (2013-12-05). "Margrit Läubli" (in German). Retrieved 2015-09-29.
- ^ "Friedhof Enzenbühl - Gräber von prominenten Verstorbenen" (PDF) (in German). stadt-zuerich.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
External links
- Official website (in German)
- Hansruedi Lerch: Keiser, César in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 26 November 2014.
- César Keiser at IMDb
- César Keiser on the website of the Swiss national television SRF (in German)