Ekkehard Schall

Ekkehard Schall (29 May 1930 in Magdeburg – 3 September 2005 in Berlin) was a German stage and screen actor/director.

He was one of the best-known interpreters of Brecht's works and together with Helene Weigel a member of the Berliner Ensemble.

After engagements in Frankfurt (Oder) (Stadttheater Frankfurt (Oder)) and on the Neuen Bühne in Berlin, Bertolt Brecht hired him in 1952 as part of the Berliner Ensemble.

Schall played here till 1995, for 14 years as intendant.

He was married to Brecht's daughter Barbara Brecht-Schall and is the father of actress Johanna Schall.

Ekkehard Schall's autograph, 1989.
Ekkehard Schall (November 1989)
Headstone on Schall's grave at Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof in Berlin.