July 25, 2007

Ulrich Muehe, 1953-2007.

Well, this is awful - and, to me at least, entirely unexpected - news:

Ulrich Muehe (Mühe), so empathetically good in the Oscar-winning film The Lives of Others, has died.

From the BBC:

A well-known TV and theatre actor in his homeland, he had been receiving treatment for stomach cancer.

Muehe's performance as a Stasi agent who secretly protects a dissident playwright won him a best actor prize at the European Film Awards in 2006.

More from Der Spiegel.

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I'll be doing up a wee batch of "shorts" tomorrow, just to post something here that isn't about someone's death, but wanted to get this out there. [Thanks, Evan.]

Update, 7/30: Signandsight translates Matthias Heine's remembrance for Die Welt.



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Posted by cphillips at July 25, 2007 8:59 AM

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Terrible loss. An amazing actor and a very kind, decent man. Absolute shame. R.I.P.

Posted by: Tom at July 25, 2007 10:19 AM

Talk about untimely. What a waste -- this cutting short of what most likely would have been a fine international career for this excellent actor. Though I am not among those who fell utterly in love with The Lives of Others, I found in Mr. Muehe's performance something quite rare. Now I'll have to watch it again -- in place of all that might have been.

Posted by: James van Maanen at July 25, 2007 10:38 AM

How sad.

Posted by: Michael Guillen at July 25, 2007 12:38 PM

a great person who will be dearly missed by his audience.

Posted by: milena at July 28, 2007 11:07 AM