German actor Ernst Hannawald (1959) is known for such films as the groundbreaking gay drama Die Konsequenz/The Consequence (Wolfgang Petersen, 1977) with Jürgen Prochnow, and the Italian comedy L'ingorgo/Traffic Jam (Luigi Comencini, 1979). In later life, he had drug problems and was sentenced to prison for a bank and a post office robbery.
German autograph card.
German autograph card.
Ernst Hannawald was born in 1959 in Haidholzen, Bavaria, Germany.
He made his film debut at 17 in the groundbreaking prison drama Die Konsequenz/The Consequence (Wolfgang Petersen, 1977) based on a novel by Swiss author Alexander Ziegler. Hannawald played the son of a prison warden, who falls for and seduces one of the prison inmates, Marin Kurath (Jürgen Prochnow). The novel 'Die Konsequenz', which reads like the diary of Martin Kurath, is set in 1974. Ziegler processed his personal experiences in the book. He himself served two and a half years in prison for "seducing an innocent underaged person to unnatural sexual acts".
Die Konsequenz/The Consequence was made-for-television and filmed in black and white on 16 mm. The novel and film had a pivotal role in West Germany in starting a dialogue on the topic of homosexuality. The film won several awards and was an early and unusual work in director Wolfgang Petersen's filmography, which includes such Hollywood blockbusters as In the Line of Fire (1993) and Air Force One (1997). German magazine Der Spiegel wrote about the film: "Despite somewhat dramatic decorations [...] it [the story] is, above all, a natural love story in black and white – one of the most private and credible to have been seen on the screen in a long time."
Hannawald followed his remarkable debut with a lead role in Die Faust in der Tasche/Fist in the Pocket (Max Willutzki, 1978) with Manfred Krug, and a supporting part in Die letzten Jahre der Kindheit/The Last Years of Childhood (Norbert Kuckelmann, 1979).
He also had a part in the Italian film L'ingorgo/Traffic Jam (Luigi Comencini, 1979) at the side of such stars as Fernando Rey, Alberto Sordi, and Annie Girardot. In a main thoroughfare on the outskirts of Rome, thousands of motorists are stuck in a big traffic jam for more than twenty-four hours. In a stretch of road, there is a variety of characters whose behaviour becomes stranger and stranger. The film ends with personal dramas, hysteric reactions, and crime.
During the 1980s and 1990s, Hannawald mainly appeared on TV in such series as Zur Freiheit (1987), the Krimi Derrick (1989-1991), and Löwengrube (Rainer Wolffhardt, 1989). He had a leading role in Franz Xaver Bogner's series Zeit genug/Plenty of Time (1982). He also had a leading part in the TV Mini-series Mali (Rainer Wolffhardt, 1997) opposite Christine Neubauer.
German autograph card by Simon Offset, München.
German autograph card.
Ernst Hannawald was sentenced to prison for a bank and a post office robbery in 1998. Later, he appeared in various talk shows to talk about his drug problems that started after a terrible car accident.
In 2003, he published the autobiography 'Das Leben ist kein Film' (Life is not a film) about what happened to him. According to his own website: "Only his strong personality, his awakened spirituality through the encounter with Buddhism and the love of a woman made Ernst Hannawald survive - and start again."
He later guest-starred on TV in such Krimi series as Die Rosenheim-Cops/The Rosenheim Cops (2002-2005), Siska (2003), and München 7/Munich 7 (2004-2017).
His most recent films were the thriller Das sardonische Lächeln/Sardonic Smile (Tilo Koch, 2012) with Julia Heinze, and the crime comedy Dampfnudelblues (Ed Herzog, 2013) with Sebastian Bezzel.
Ernst Hannawald also works as an author of screenplays and novels, including 'Von der Sehnsucht nach Frieden und Liebe' (2018).
German autograph card by Verlag Giger, Altendorf, 2003. Photo: Rogger Hinrichs. Promotion for the publication of Ernst Hannawald's autobiography 'Das Leben ist kein Film' (Life is not a film).
German autograph card.
Sources: Ernst-Hannawald.com, Wikipedia, and IMDb.
German autograph card.
German autograph card.
An early and unusual work of Wolfgang Petersen
Ernst Hannawald was born in 1959 in Haidholzen, Bavaria, Germany.
He made his film debut at 17 in the groundbreaking prison drama Die Konsequenz/The Consequence (Wolfgang Petersen, 1977) based on a novel by Swiss author Alexander Ziegler. Hannawald played the son of a prison warden, who falls for and seduces one of the prison inmates, Marin Kurath (Jürgen Prochnow). The novel 'Die Konsequenz', which reads like the diary of Martin Kurath, is set in 1974. Ziegler processed his personal experiences in the book. He himself served two and a half years in prison for "seducing an innocent underaged person to unnatural sexual acts".
Die Konsequenz/The Consequence was made-for-television and filmed in black and white on 16 mm. The novel and film had a pivotal role in West Germany in starting a dialogue on the topic of homosexuality. The film won several awards and was an early and unusual work in director Wolfgang Petersen's filmography, which includes such Hollywood blockbusters as In the Line of Fire (1993) and Air Force One (1997). German magazine Der Spiegel wrote about the film: "Despite somewhat dramatic decorations [...] it [the story] is, above all, a natural love story in black and white – one of the most private and credible to have been seen on the screen in a long time."
Hannawald followed his remarkable debut with a lead role in Die Faust in der Tasche/Fist in the Pocket (Max Willutzki, 1978) with Manfred Krug, and a supporting part in Die letzten Jahre der Kindheit/The Last Years of Childhood (Norbert Kuckelmann, 1979).
He also had a part in the Italian film L'ingorgo/Traffic Jam (Luigi Comencini, 1979) at the side of such stars as Fernando Rey, Alberto Sordi, and Annie Girardot. In a main thoroughfare on the outskirts of Rome, thousands of motorists are stuck in a big traffic jam for more than twenty-four hours. In a stretch of road, there is a variety of characters whose behaviour becomes stranger and stranger. The film ends with personal dramas, hysteric reactions, and crime.
During the 1980s and 1990s, Hannawald mainly appeared on TV in such series as Zur Freiheit (1987), the Krimi Derrick (1989-1991), and Löwengrube (Rainer Wolffhardt, 1989). He had a leading role in Franz Xaver Bogner's series Zeit genug/Plenty of Time (1982). He also had a leading part in the TV Mini-series Mali (Rainer Wolffhardt, 1997) opposite Christine Neubauer.
German autograph card by Simon Offset, München.
German autograph card.
Sentenced to prison for a bank and a post office robbery
Ernst Hannawald was sentenced to prison for a bank and a post office robbery in 1998. Later, he appeared in various talk shows to talk about his drug problems that started after a terrible car accident.
In 2003, he published the autobiography 'Das Leben ist kein Film' (Life is not a film) about what happened to him. According to his own website: "Only his strong personality, his awakened spirituality through the encounter with Buddhism and the love of a woman made Ernst Hannawald survive - and start again."
He later guest-starred on TV in such Krimi series as Die Rosenheim-Cops/The Rosenheim Cops (2002-2005), Siska (2003), and München 7/Munich 7 (2004-2017).
His most recent films were the thriller Das sardonische Lächeln/Sardonic Smile (Tilo Koch, 2012) with Julia Heinze, and the crime comedy Dampfnudelblues (Ed Herzog, 2013) with Sebastian Bezzel.
Ernst Hannawald also works as an author of screenplays and novels, including 'Von der Sehnsucht nach Frieden und Liebe' (2018).
German autograph card by Verlag Giger, Altendorf, 2003. Photo: Rogger Hinrichs. Promotion for the publication of Ernst Hannawald's autobiography 'Das Leben ist kein Film' (Life is not a film).
German autograph card.
Sources: Ernst-Hannawald.com, Wikipedia, and IMDb.
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