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Urs Rechn

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Nationality German
Birth 18 january 1978 (46 years)

Urs Rechn is a German actor, most famous for his appearance in the 2015 Cannes Grand Prix-winning Holocaust drama Son of Saul.

Biography

Urs Günther Rechn was born on January 18, 1978 in Halle an der Saale, then German Democratic republic, now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, to Günther Rechn (a renowned painter and graphic artist from Eastern Germany, GDR) and his wife Beate Rechn, and was the second of their three children.

From 1987 onwards, Urs Rechn attended the Special Grammar School for Music "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" in Halle, where he excelled in Violoncello, French Horn and Singing. After the Fall of the Berlin Wall, the family relocated to Cottbus, Brandenburg, where Urs Rechn attended the 1. Academic High School for Music and Fine Arts "Heinrich Heine" and the Konservatorium Cottbus, where he gained an outstanding reputation as Junior Conductor of the youth symphony orchestra and brass band.

Despite having received no formal previous training in acting, Urs Rechn segued into an acting career, encouraged by the honoured and renowned East German Director and Impresario Christoph Schroth. He appeared on the stage plays "Hamlet" (1995), "The Beaver Coat" (1996) and "Steig'in das Traumboot der Liebe" (1996) and as a chorister in the Opera "The Magic Flute" (1995)on the State Theater Cottbus.

In 1997, owing to conscription, Urs Rechn went to the German paratroops and later to the German special forces. In the meantime, he played in several TV episodes thanks to an agreement with his Colonel. Upon completion of the active service in 2002, Urs Rechn attended the University of Music and Theater Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Leipzig, and graduated in 2004. He became then – and still is – a visiting scholar at this very institution.

Urs Rechn has been performing most of his acting time on stage: 2003-2005 Staatsschauspiel Dresden, 2005-2007 Landestheater Tübingen, 2008-2013 Theater Chemnitz, (Chemnitz Opera) e.g.: "The Seagull" - Treblev ; "A Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" - Brick ; "The Merchant of Venice" - Antonio ; "Julius Caesar" - Marcus Antonius ; "Caligula" - Caligula ; "A Streetcar Named Desire" - Stanley Kowalski ; "The Threepenny Opera" - Jonathan Peachum.

Urs Rechn attracted international attention for his role of the Jewish Oberkapo " Biedermann " in the film Son of Saul by Hungarian director László Nemes which won the Grand Prix at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival as well as several further international awards. In June 2015, Hungary announced to hand in 'Son of Saul' as candidate to the foreign language Oscar at the Academy Awards 2016.

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Filmography of Urs Rechn (4 films)

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Sunset
Sunset (2018)
, 2h22
Directed by László Nemes
Origin Hongrie
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Susanne Wuest, Vlad Ivanov, Levente Molnar, Mónika Balsai, Urs Rechn, Sándor Zsótér
Roles Ismael
Rating62% 3.145473.145473.145473.145473.14547
Budapest, Belle Époque pour la monarchie austro-hongroise et certaine noblesse, prestigieuse et décadente, été étouffant.
Son of Saul, 1h47
Directed by László Nemes
Origin Hongrie
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnar, Urs Rechn, Sándor Zsótér, András Jeles
Roles Eli Biedermann (Oberkapo)
Rating73% 3.6973653.6973653.6973653.6973653.697365
It is early October, 1944. Saul Ausländer (Géza Röhrig), a Hungarian-Jewish prisoner in Auschwitz works as a Sonderkommando member, burning the dead. One day he finds the body of a boy he takes for his son. He tries to salvage the body from the flames, and find a rabbi to arrange a clandestine burial. Meanwhile other members of the Sonderkommando learn about their impending extermination, rise up and destroy the crematorium. Saul keeps focused on his own plan to pay the last honours to a son he never could take care of before.
Run Boy Run, 1h48
Directed by Pepe Danquart
Origin German
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films about children, Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Zbigniew Zamachowski, Mirosław Baka, Andrzej Tkacz, Grażyna Szapołowska, Itay Tiran, Rainer Bock
Roles Scharführer SS
Rating71% 3.594243.594243.594243.594243.59424
Srulik, Juif Polonais de 8 ans et demi, fuit le ghetto de Varsovie, où il vit avec ses parents et son frère. Après la perte de sa famille, commence alors pour lui un long périple pour échapper aux soldats qui le recherchent. Pour survivre, Srulik doit tout oublier de son ancienne vie. Mais peut-on oublier son propre nom ?
Eight Miles High, 1h54
Directed by Achim Bornhak
Origin German
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Feminist films, Films about anarchism, Films about music and musicians, Naturisme, Politique, Transport films, Le thème des vacances, Films about automobiles, Musical films, Political films, Road movies
Actors Natalia Avelon, Matthias Schweighöfer, David Scheller, Georg Friedrich, Urs Rechn, Inga Busch
Roles Boxer
Rating62% 3.1498553.1498553.1498553.1498553.149855
Obermaier enjoyed sexual freedom at the legendary Kommune 1 in Berlin after being with the krautrock band, Amon Düül. In the Kommune, she becomes friendly with Rainer Langhans. The young woman from Munich gains employment as a model, and becomes a sex symbol and youth icon. Now a cover girl in Playboy magazine, she meets rock stars such as Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, while Italian film producer, Carlo Ponti, offers her a ten-year contract, but she declines: her freedom is more important than a contract.