Erdal Merdan

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Erdal Merdan (April 8, 1949 – March 24, 2010) 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 (1990) he also had an international appearance as a movie actor.

Works

Theater

Aladdin and the tired lamp (1986), children's play along with Gretel Merdan
Leyla, Leyla (1986), piece for youth and adults along with Gretel Merdan
Ayschegül and black ass (1991), children's play

Radio play

The Feast of Sacrifice (1982), radio play
Friends (1983), along with radio play Gretel Scherzinger

Book contribution

Birgit Kirchhöfer (ed.): 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 (TV), directed by Wolf Gremm
1978: The Rose and the Nightingale (TV), directed by Frank Guthke
1979: Alamanya, Alamanya - Germania, Germania (documentary), directed by Hans A. Guttner
1983: In the middle of nowhere (documentary), directed by Hans A. Guttner
1984: Fire for the Big Dragon [de] (TV), directed by Eberhard Itzenplitz
1990: Journey of Hope, directed by Xavier Koller
1991: Tatort: The Chinese Method (TV), directed by Maria Knilli
1994: Polizeiruf 110: Ghosts (TV), directed by Klaus Emmerich
1995: On foot and without money (TV miniseries), directed by Werner Masten
1998: The pirate, directed by Bernd Schadewald
1998: The key (short film), directed by Su Turhan
2003: A number / Karen (experimental film), directed by Stefan Mehlhorn
2005: Photosynthesis (Short Film), directed by Jens Leske
2006: Cypress, directed by Johannes Bauer, Monika Lödl among others
2006: Kopfsache (short film), directed by Doron Wisotzky
2009: Charity (short film), 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 (Fish & plastic)
tz -Rose as an ensemble member for transit home / Set tables - a trip with Gorky's Summer Guests (Fish & plastic)

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

References

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