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| History / Otto Reutter |
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Otto
Reutter is the best-known among the important
inhabitants of Gardelegen. Born on April 24th
in 1870 in a poor Catholic family as a son of the
Ex-Ulan Andreas Pfützenreuter who was not at home,
visited the Catholic primary school, absolved
afterwards an education in and out of Gardelegen as
a commercial assistant, ran away after finishing
this and went to Berlin, earned money as a Charge at
quite simple theaters, tried to be an actor and
commedian at little theaters in Berlin.
His father took him away from Berlin and then he
ended up being in Karlsruhe, where he joined a group
of pub-singers and pub-commedians.
In 1895 he dared to have his first performance as a
"Salonhumorist", first performance was
probably in Bern in Switzerland.
In 1896 he got hired for the first time in Berlin,
he really convinced the audience with his talent to
recite the funny-pointed verses with easy melodies
in a kind of spoken song and to be ironically funny
even with his appearance. Reutter rose up to a
popular star since his first performance in the
"Wintergarten-Variete"
of the Central- Hotel in Berlin. In the
following years Reutter was able to remain on top of
the financial and artistic top of the German
little-theater-artists with the help of his huge
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Otto
Reutter |
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In 1919
after 30 years of hard work and marked by personal
blows Reutter was very tired and he wanted to retire
with an account that recorded millions and go back
to Gardelegen.
Driven on by his own ambition and the need to earn
money in insecure times because he was now husband
Reutter created his „work of his old times“ from
the year 1919 on and by doing this he suffered from
indefatigable helplessness. This work consisted of
Couplets that were on humor and melancholy, worldly
wisdom and mild old-age cheekyness and these
Couplets are still part of the German humor for
higher demands.
Ill and tired of life Reutter died on March 3rd
in 1931 in Düsseldorf and was buried in Gardelegen.
Here you are able to see that he is the richest dead
on the cemetery. |
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The museum of the town pays tribute to his eventful
life since January 2003. The private person and the
stage artist is introduced with the help of word and
picture. The museum is also willing to help and
answer questions of all people that are specially
interested in Otto Reutter.
The museum has a brief
description of his life that can only be found in
the museum. |
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