Cordula Trantow

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© Nikola Konstantin
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© Nikola Konstantin

Facts

Languages
English, French
 

Biography

Cordula Trantow is the daughter of composer and director Herbert Trantow und dancer Edith Kirchhoff.

Born and growing up in Berlin she studied acting with Marlise Ludwig.

In 1959 she was chosen by Bernhard Wicki to play in the main cast of his war drama DIE BRÜCKE.

Since then, Cordula Trantow has played a plethora of roles on film, tv and stage.

Her appearances on screen and television include JENSEITS DES RHEINS (André Cayatte), BEKENNTNISSE EINES MÖBLIERTEN HERRN (Franz Peter Wirth), DAS SCHLOSS (Rudolf Noelte), BABECK (Wolfgang Becker), VOR SONNENUNTERGANG (Oswald Döpke), UNSER WALTER (Peter Schubert), DIE RATTEN (Rudolf Noelte), KÄTHE KOLLWITZ (Herbert Ballmann), numerous episodes of DER ALTE, TATORT, DERRICK and EIN FALL FÜR ZWEI. She belonged to the running cast of BIS IN DIE SPITZEN, played in BELLA BLOCK (Thorsten Näter), SOKO LEIPZIG (Sebastian Vigg) STUBBE (Peter Kahane), 30 TAGE ANGST (Thorsten Näter), MIT GLANZ UND GLORIA (Dieter Wedel) t.b.c.

Cordula Trantow is also one of Germany's most prolific stage actresses, engaged at Theaters such as the Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel München (eg as Cordelia in KING LEAR), the Württembergische Staatstheater Stuttgart (Irina in Chekov's THREE SISTERS, the Münchner Kammerspiele (eg as Molly in DER MARQUIS VON KEITH), the Renaissance-Theater Berlin (Nora in A DOLL'S HOUSE), the Freien Volksbühne Berlin (Frau John in THE RATS) and the Rheinisches Landestheater Neuss (title role in MISS JULIE).

Cordula Trantow learned directing from her husband Rudolf Noelte. In 1989 she wrote and directed the tv play THE VISIT, starring Judy Winter. From 1988-2006 she was director of Theatric Summer Festivals in Weilheim, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and the Southern Bavarian region.

Among her numerous works as director are THE DOVE, ROMEO AND JULIET, A SUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM and THE WIZARD OF OZ.

In 2010 her production of DIE NADEL DER KLEOPATRA (CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE) played at the re-opened Schlosspark-Theater Berlin, starring Ingrid van Bergen and Cosma Shiva Hagen.

Ms. Trantow speaks English and Russian. She lives by the Starnberg Lake and has two sons from her marriage with Rudolf Noelte. In 2000 she was honored with the Federal Cross of Merit.

Publications

TV Directing

1988/89

The Visitor
ZDF / Arbor TV
dir.: Buch und Regie
Munich

Theatre Directing

2011

Arsenic and old Lace (Joseph Kesselring)
Konzertdirektion Landgraf
tour

2010

Die Nadel der Kleopatra (Philipp Moog/Frank Röth)
Schlossparktheater
Berlin

2007

Ein Gespräch im Hause Stein über den abwesenden Herrn v. Goethe (Peter Hacks)
Münchner Tournee
tour

2006

Ein Gespräch im Hause Stein über den abwesenden Herrn v. Goethe (Peter Hacks)
Südbayerisches Theaterfestival
Ein Gespräch im Hause Stein über den abwesenden Herrn v. Goethe (Peter Hacks)
Theater am Kirchplatz, Liechtenstein
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Festspiele Burg Königstein
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Serenadenhof
Nürnberg
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Brunnenhof der Residenz
Munich
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Thurn & Taxis Festspiele
Regensburg
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Festspiele Herrenchiemsee
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
Südbayerisches Theaterfestival

2005

Andersens Welt
Südbayerisches Theaterfestival

2004/05

Momo (according to Michael Ende)
Südbayerisches Theaterfestival

2004

Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Südbayerisches Theaterfestival

2003

since 2003 artistic director Südbayerisches Theaterfestival
Der kleine Prinz/Le petit prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)
Südbayerisches Theaterfestival

2002

Der Brandner Kaspar (Kurt Wilhelm)
Theatersommer in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Nathan, der Weise (Gotthold Ephraim Lessing)
Theater am Kirchplatz, Liechtenstein
Dr. med. Hiob Praetorius (Curt Goetz)
Theatersommer in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Stella (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
Theatersommer in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Nathan, der Weise (Gotthold Ephraim Lessing)
Theatersommer in Garmisch-Partenkirchen

2000

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Frank L. Baum)
Theatersommer in Garmisch-Partenkirchen

1999

since 1999 artistic director Theatersommer in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Faust (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
Theatersommer in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Momo (according to Michael Ende)
Theatersommer in Garmisch-Partenkirchen

1998

Faust (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
Weilheimer Theatersommer

1997

Saint Joan (George Bernard Shaw)
Weilheimer Theatersommer

1996

Das Käthchen von Heilbronn (Heinrich von Kleist)
Weilheimer Theatersommer

1995

A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
Weilheimer Theatersommer

1994

The Madwoman of Chaillot (Jean Giraudoux)
Weilheimer Theatersommer

1992

Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Weilheimer Theatersommer

1991

The Seagull (Anton Tschechow)
Weilheimer Theatersommer
The Skin of Our Teeth (Thornton Wilder)
Weilheimer Theatersommer

1990

The Seagull (Anton Tschechow)
Weilheimer Theatersommer

1988

since 1988 artistic director Weilheimer Theatersommer