Playing for My Life

In September 2010, the celebrated actor Mario Adorf turns 80. For the past six decades Mario Adorf has won universal acclaim for his stage roles and appearances in over 100 films. He has performed as a singer and entertainer, and his unmistakable voice can be heard on countless audio books. Since the early 1990s, Mario Adorf has also made a name for himself as a successful author, publishing five volumes of stories, his autobiography Himmel und Erde (Heaven and Earth) and the photobook Bilder meines Lebens (Photos of My Life). This volume features the finest stories by Mario Adorf, one of Germany´s best-known and most popular actor.

»Mario Adorf has the capacity to tell wonderful and beautifully crafted tales.« (Stuttgarter Zeitung)

»Modest and erudite: The story-teller Mario Adorf( deserves respect.« Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)

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  • Publisher: Kiepenheuer&Witsch
  • Release: 19.08.2010
  • ISBN: 978-3-462-04275-7
  • 256 Pages
  • Author: Mario Adorf
Playing for My Life
Mario Adorf Playing for My Life
Melanie Grande
© Melanie Grande
Mario Adorf

Mario Adorf , born 1930 in Zurich, spent his childhood and adolescence in Germany and studied philology and dramatics. From 1955 until 1962 he worked at the Münchener Kammerspiele. Since then he has participated in about 100 films in Germany, in several foreign countries and has worked for different theaters. He has published several volumes of stories, which are selling most successfully.